Jayhawks and Longhorns duke it out in Austin
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02/08/2010 -
Austin, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of Big 12 heavyweights collide in Austin
this evening, as the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks take on the ninth-ranked Texas Longhorns from the Frank Erwin Center.
Bill Self's Jayhawks sit atop the Big 12 standings with a flawless 8-0 record.
The team has won 22 of its 23 games on the year and enters this tilt with an
eight-game win streak in tow, including Saturday's 75-64 win over Nebraska in
Lawrence. The victory extended the nation's longest homecourt winning streak
to 55 games.
The Longhorns looked like the team to beat in the Big 12 just a few weeks ago,
but they have hit a wall of late, losing four of their last six games,
including an 80-71 setback at Oklahoma on Saturday. With the loss, Texas fell
to 5-3 in league play.
These are the two winningest programs in conference play since the inception
of the Big 12, with Kansas posting a league-best 180 league wins and Texas
ranking second with 150. This is the 23rd all-time meeting between these two
teams, with Kansas holding a 16-6 series advantage, including wins in each of
the last two meetings.
The Jayhawks forced Nebraska into 19 turnovers and shot an efficient .481 from
the floor, marking the team's 55th consecutive win at the Allen Fieldhouse.
Marcus Morris led the way with his fourth double-double this season, finishing
with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Sherron Collins added 17 points and six
assists for Kansas, which remained unbeaten in league play. The Jayhawks have
been able to rack up the victories thanks to stellar play at both ends of the
floor. The team boasts of an impressive +21.0 scoring margin (leads the
nation), averaging 83.7 ppg, while allowing just 62.7. KU has certainly been
efficient shooting the ball, converting 49.3 percent from the floor, with four
players currently averaging double figures. It starts with Collins, an All-
American candidate with the ability to create for himself (15.6 ppg) and
others (team-high 98 assists). Morris, a sophomore, and Xavier Henry, a
freshman, are next at 13.0 ppg, while junior Cole Aldrich (11.6 ppg, 10.3 rpg)
rounds things out with his dominant play inside.
The Longhorns are definitely capable of hanging with Kansas at the offensive
end, as Texas comes into this week averaging a steady 84.1 ppg on 48-percent
efficiency from the field. The key to this game may be the battle inside
between KU's Aldrich and UT's standout Damion James. The Big 12's all-time
leading rebounder, James is a force down low, averaging a double-double with
team-highs of 17.8 points (sixth in the league) and 11.0 rebounds per game
(leads the league). The 6-7 senior gets perimeter support from Avery Bradley
(12.5 ppg), J'Covan Brown (9.4 ppg) and Jordan Hamilton (9.3 ppg), while big
man Dexter Pittman (11.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg, team-high 48 blocks) helps out in the
paint. Texas was its own worst enemy in Norman this past weekend, as the team
shot just .417 from the floor and a miserable 10-of-27 from the free-throw
line (.370) in a nine-point loss to the Sooners. Bradley did his best to keep
the Longhorns in it, finishing with 21 points. James just missed a double-
double with 12 points and nine rebounds, while Gary Johnson did complete the
feat, coming off the bench with 11 points and 10 boards. Pittman tallied eight
points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds in the loss.
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ODDS TO WIN THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Notre Dame
Ohio State
West Virginia
Texas
USC
Florida
California
Auburn
Oklahoma
Iowa
Louisville
Florida State
Michigan
Miami (FL)
LSU
Penn State
Virginia Tech
Nebraska
Tennessee
Georgia
Arizona State
Oregon
Clemson
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Alabama
Arkansas
Boston College
Michigan State
Maryland
South Carolina
Colorado
Purdue
Georgia Tech
TCU
UCLA
Arizona
Pittsburgh
Iowa State
Wisconsin
North Carolina State
Virginia
North Carolina
Fresno State
Hawaii
Northwestern
BYU
Oregon State
UNLV
Field (Any Other Team) |
5-1
7-1
8-1
8-1
8-1
12-1
15-1
15-1
18-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
25-1
40-1
40-1
50-1
60-1
60-1
60-1
70-1
70-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
150-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
250-1
250-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
400-1
500-1
500-1
500-1
500-1
1000-1
1000-1
40-1 |
ODDS TO WIN ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Miami (FL)
Florida State
Virginia Tech
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Boston College
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina State
North Carolina
Wake Forest
Duke |
2-1
2-1
3-1
7-1
15-1
15-1
15-1
30-1
30-1
30-1
50-1
500-1 |
ODDS TO WIN BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Texas Tech
Colorado
Iowa State
Texas A&M
Kansas State
Missouri
Kansas
Baylor
Oklahoma State |
7-5
9-5
9-2
12-1
14-1
15-1
15-1
30-1
30-1
35-1
100-1
100-1 |
ODDS TO WIN SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Auburn
Florida
LSU
Georgia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Mississippi State
Kentucky
Vanderbilt |
5-2
11-4
4-1
6-1
7-1
7-1
9-1
20-1
28-1
75-1
100-1
300-1 |
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