Kansas vs Kansas State – 2.5
I can smell revenge in the air! There is nothing like having the opportunity to play your in state rival at home after getting blown out the year before by 16 points. The Jayhawks right now are a wounded animal and the Wildcats smell blood. Ever since Kansas lost Udoka Azubukie they have been very average dropping games to Texas, West Virginia and Kentucky. As a matter of fact this Jayhawks team is only 1-5 ATS as an away team and 1-3 in conference play. The Wildcats on the other hand has been trending up since getting back their stud big man Dean Wade against teams like Iowa State, TCU and Texas Tech. This game for the Wildcats is much more important to them in order to move up in the rankings and solidify a number 1 ranking in the Big 12. Now that Marcus Garrett was just announced injured and out for this game with an ankle sprain the Jayhawks even have more depth issues. Most of these Kansas Kids playing are young Kansas knows that some of their key wins will be enough when it comes to tournament seeding and since they just won on Saturday against Texas Tech, I see a flat spot for them in order to try and get healthy.
Kansas State -2.5
Florida State vs Syracuse -2.5 O/U 137
Florida State has played some high scoring games but if you look at the ACC in general it is a fast paced conference. When the Semis had to play the slower teams they seemed to struggle to score against the likes of Pittsburgh, Virginia and Georgia Tech. Even more prevalent is that Florida State hasn’t played well at all on the road being 1-4 ATS while Syracuse is 8-6 at home. Florida State likes to use their height to dominate games because they are so bad from 3 point land at only 33%. Syracuse is the tallest team in basketball and matches up VERY well against the Semi’s inside game. I like the fact that both of these teams have good defenses and both of these teams do not shoot the ball well at all both ranking in the bottom 180 in effective FG percentage. I really like the fact that Syracuse plays the 10th slowest pace in the ACC. Since the Orange struggles from free throw land I do not see how this game goes over the total of 137 and I also think with that top 20 D, they they stop the Seminals from scoring many points.
Syracuse -2.5 small and Under 137 large. Correlated parlay as well.
