The No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks and the West Virginia Mountaineers will face off in a Big 12 clash at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday at WVU Coliseum. West Virginia is 14-11 overall and 11-3 at home, while the Jayhawks are 21-4 overall and 5-2 on the road. Kansas has won eight of the last 10 head-to-head meetings with West Virginia and is also 7-3 against the spread during that span.
However, neither team has been particularly reliable against the number, with Kansas going 11-13 ATS, while West Virginia is 10-15. The Jayhawks are favored by 4.5 points in the latest West Virginia vs. Kansas odds from Caesars Sportsbook and the over-under is set at 145.5. Before entering any Kansas vs. West Virginia picks, you'll want to see the college basketball predictions from the model at SportsLine.
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Now, the model has set its sights on WVU vs. Kansas. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several college basketball odds for Kansas vs. WVU:
- West Virginia vs. Kansas spread: Kansas -4.5
- West Virginia vs. Kansas over-under: 145.5 points
What you need to know about West Virginia
West Virginia was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Monday as it fell 78-73 to the Kansas State Wildcats. Mountaineers forward Isaiah Cottrell had a career-high 13 points in the loss and Taz Sherman led all scorers with 23 points.
Sherman is a third-year guard out of Texas and he's West Virginia's leading scorer, averaging 18.6 points per game. However, Bob Huggins' squad has struggled to get secondary scoring to help Sherman. The Mountaineers are shooting just 41.5 percent from the floor this season (305th in NCAA D-I) and are hitting just 31.9 percent from the 3-point line (274th).
What you need to know about Kansas
Meanwhile, Kansas strolled past the Oklahoma State Cowboys with points to spare on Monday, taking the contest 76-62. Kansas can attribute much of its success to guard Ochai Agbaji, who had 20 points in addition to seven rebounds. Agbaji continues to be a leading candidate for player of the year both in the Big 12 and nationally as he averages 19.9 points per game while shooting 50.1 percent from the floor and 43.5 percent from beyond the arc.
David McCormack also had a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds as all five Kansas starters reached double-figures in scoring. McCormack is averaging 9.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game this season and is now 43 points shy of 1,000 career points in his fourth year at Kansas.
How to make Kansas vs. West Virginia picks
The model is leaning under on the total and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in over 60 percent of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
So who wins WVU vs. Kansas? And which side of the spread hits over 60 percent of the time? Visit SportsLine now to find out, all from the model that has crushed its college basketball picks.
