Oregon Ducks at Kansas Jayhawks Free Pick - Betting Odds

Oregon Ducks at Kansas Jayhawks Free Pick - Betting Odds

Cliff Knox
Date: March 25, 8:49 pm
Location: Sprint Center
TV: TBS

Betting Odds

Point Spread: Kansas -6.5
Total: 158.5

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The 3rd seed Oregon Ducks face the top-seed Kansas Jayhawks in a Midwest Region Elite 8 NCAA Tournament game that will take place at a neutral site at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday, March 25 at 6:09 PM ET. The betting odds for this match opened with the Big 12 Kansas as a -6.5 point favorite over the Pac-12 Oregon with the total on the NCAA betting board at 158.5 points.
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The 3rd seed Oregon Ducks face the top-seed Kansas Jayhawks in a Midwest Region Elite 8 NCAA Tournament game that will take place at a neutral site at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday, March 25 at 6:09 PM ET. Oregon has won 32 of their 37 games on the season and they have an ATS record of 20-15-1 in the 36 games that have had a posted line. Kansas has won 31 of their 35 games this season and they have an ATS record of 14-18-1 in the 33 games that have had a posted line.
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Oregon is coming off a 69-68 win over Michigan in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament where the game was a PICK with the Ducks a 1-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 137, which was under the closing line of 148. The Ducks have an ATS record of 1-3-1 in their last five games and previous to the Michigan game the total had gone over in four in a row. Oregon has won 11 of their last 12 games.
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Kansas is coming off a 98-66 blowout win over Purdue in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament where they covered the 5-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 164, which was over the closing line of 156. The Jayhawks have covered the spread in four of their last five games, including their last three, and in their last five games the total has gone over every time. Kansas has won 11 of their last 12 games.
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Offensively, Oregon is putting up 79.4 points per game on a 48.3% FG average, which ranks 16th in the nation. On the defensive side of things the Ducks are allowing 65.6 points on a 40.8% FG average.
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Kansas is putting up 83.4 points per game, which ranks 15th in the nation, on a 49.2% FG average, which ranks 8th in the nation. On defense the Jayhawks are allowing 72 points per game on a 41.8% FG average.
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These teams last met in the 2003 season were Kansas beat Oregon 77-67.
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Oregon Ducks at Kansas Jayhawks Betting Trends<br />
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Oregon is 9-3 against the spread in their last 12 Saturday games.
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The game total has gone over in 7 of Kansas’s last 9 non-conference games.
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The game total has gone under in 27 of Kansas’s last 37 NCAA Tournament games.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this college basketball matchup between Oregon and Kansas have the public leaning to the Jayhawks minus the 6.5 points with 77%. The over/under bettors are banking on this game going over the posted total line of 158.5 with 69% on board.
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Oregon Ducks vs Kansas Jayhawks Prediction

One thing any handicapper knows is that a team is not as good or as bad they looked in their previous game, but one thing is certain no team is playing better than the Jayhawks in this tournament. Their opening two games weren't against the toughest teams beating a completely overmatched UC Davis by 38 points and a Michigan State team that had tailed off in the last month of the season by 20. Where they did impress was in their total beat down of Purdue in the Sweet 16.. The Boilermakers did lose 11 games on the season, but were beaten by double digits just once, losing by 12 to Michigan before getting crushed by 32 by the Jayhawks. As I’ve touched on before, Oregon has some problems on defense in the paint without Chris Boucher and while Michigan didn’t use that weakness to their advantage, Kansas certainly will. This is a real big line for a game matching two quality opponents. The Ducks like the Boilermakers rarely lose by extended margins, but I believe that they’ll suffer the same fate.

Free Pick: Take the Kansas Jayhawks -7
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