Texas-Kansas State Line

Ordinarily a Big 12 match-up between Texas and Kansas State would have plenty on the line, yet this season shapes as wildly different for both, with Texas having their worst season in 15 years and Kansas State having their best in 40.

Thankfully however the bookies are still buying into both the prestige of Texas and the comforts of home court. I’m however more swayed by Kansas State still playing for the Big 12 regular season title and the basic fact of this being a match-up between the best defence in the Big 12 pitted against the second worst offence.

Since Texas beat out North Carolina on their home court just prior to Christmas they’ve gone 5-10 as their schedule weaved through more difficult parts including a 26 point loss to this very Kansas State team.

Kansas State with a win today will likely have one hand on their first ever Big 12 Regular Season title in Bruce Weber’s first year as coach. They’ll also likely receive a top 10 national ranking. Incidentally Texas, based on Ken Pomeroy’s rankings is 98^th in the nation and unlikely to qualify for the tournament.

When I put my own ratings together I had Kansas State as 8-9 point favourites. Kansas State has instead only been imposed with a 3 point handicap which is a number I don’t think they’ll have too much trouble clearing.