Kansas Jayhawks at Oklahoma State Cowboys Odds: Big 12 Matchup

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Feb 192013
 

The Kansas Jayhawks will travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma to face the Oklahoma State Cowboys in a pivotal Big 12 conference game with league title implications on Wednesday, February 20th at 9:00 PM ET. Currently, there is a three way tie atop the Big 12 standings between the Kansas State Wildcats, Kansas Jayhawks and Oklahoma State Cowboys as each team has three losses in conference play. The winner of Wednesday night’s showdown between Kansas and Oklahoma State will move to 10-3 with the Kansas State Wildcats while the loser will drop down to second place.

The Kansas Jayhawks have seen a nice turnaround in their level of play after dropping three straight conference games earlier in the month of February. In their most recent game, the Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Texas Longhorns by a final score of 73-47. In that blowout, center Jeff Withey scored 15 points to go with 11 rebounds and four steals while Travis Releford had one of his best games of the season scoring 15 points and grabbing five rebounds. Freshman Ben McLemore also had a nice game against Texas, scoring 13 points to go with six rebounds and three assists.

The offense of the Jayhawks has improved dramatically after suffering an embarrassing loss at the hands of the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs on February 6th. As long as the Jayhawks are able to maintain their current level of offensive efficiency, they will have as good a shot as anyone to win the Big 12 conference title.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys have been on a roll as of late, winning seven straight games. In their most recent game, the Cowboys defeated their rival Oklahoma Sooners 84-79 in overtime. Guard Marcus Smart continued his excellent play as he scored 28 points and grabbed seven rebounds to go with four assists in the game. Fellow guard Le’Bryan Nash scored 26 points and grabbed five rebounds during the overtime victory.

That win over Oklahoma set the Oklahoma State Cowboys on track to win the Big 12 title. With a relatively easy schedule after Wednesday game against Kansas, the Big 12 title could be decided when the Oklahoma State Cowboys host the Kansas State Wildcats on March 9th.

Odds makers have set the Oklahoma State Cowboys as 1.5 point home favorites.

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Pittsburgh Panthers Vs. Villanova Wildcats – Match Preview

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Mar 032011
 

In their final Big East regular season game, the No.19 Villanova Wildcats take the short trip to Pittsburgh to battle against the No. 5 Panthers. To ranked Big East teams, both teams are coming off losses.  The Louisville Cardinals and Villanova is fresh off a shellacking by the No.7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish as the Panthers are coming off a devastating loss to Rick Pitino.

After dropping their close game to Louisville, the Panthers are ranked No.5 this week. To the hottest team in the Big East, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, they have also lost. Without their leading scorer Ashton Gibbs, Pittsburgh beat the Villanova Wildcats in their first meeting on the Panthers home court, 57-54. The Wildcats will be hard pressed to keep Gibbs under wraps as now he is back.

In NCAAB Odds, the Wildcats were a 3-point road favorite in their first encounter with Pitt and lost by three. From the first round this game will be much different. With vengeance on their mind and a chip on their shoulder, Pittsburgh will enter the Peterson Events Center. A win over No.19 Villanova will get the Pitt’s right back in the hunt as their loss to Louisville cost them a No.1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Whether two Corey’s can beat one Ashton Gibbs as Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes have been a two man wrecking crew for Villanova. The key to this game will be the battle on the boards, aside from the scoring battle between those three. In the rebounding department, Pittsburgh has a huge advantage.

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