It’s officially March, which means tournament time in college basketball. Tuesday's Big 12 Tournament features the Kansas State Wildcats (12-19) locking horns with the BYU Cougars (21-10) in the T-Mobile Center.
This is the second meeting of the season between these two teams, and the Wildcats look to even the score after losing at home to BYU in January, 73-83.
Kansas State vs. BYU tips off at 7:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday from Kansas City, MO, live on ESPN+.
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Kansas State vs. BYU Prediction, Spread, Over/Under
It’s been a disappointing season for the Wildcats. They're 12-19 overall and a putrid 3-15 in conference play, second-worst in the Big 12. This disappointment spiraled into a press conference, where head coach Jerome Tang stated that players “do not deserve to wear this uniform,” which subsequently led to his firing.
BYU lost star senior F Richie Saunders to a torn ACL on February 14 and has since gone 2-4 overall without him.
The good news is that those two wins came against #6 Iowa State and #10 Texas Tech, showing that they can still beat top teams in his absence. The bad news is that three of the four losses came to unranked UCF, West Virginia, and Cincinnati.
Saunders' absence has led to the true emergence of potential first overall NBA Draft pick, F AJ Dybansta. Dybansta is averaging 26.2 points per game since Saunders went down, upping his season-long scoring average to 24.7.
BYU may need Dybansta and sophomore G Rob Wright III to both be at their absolute best if they hope to make a deep run in both the Big 12 and NCAA Tournaments.
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Kansas State vs. BYU Spread, Over/Under
The Cougars enter Tuesday’s game as 9.5-point favorites, returning a 1.14x payout on PrizePicks Team Picks if they win outright.
The Wildcats are the underdogs with a 5x payout if they win, via PrizePicks Team Picks, where you can earn money with your picks in 35 states.
- Spread: BYU Cougars -9.5 (1.72x payout)
- Over/Under: 167.5 (1.96x payout on over)
- Game Winner Payout: Kansas State 5x | BYU 1.14x
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Kansas State vs. BYU Prediction on Spread
Here are the key stats to know before locking in your Kansas State vs. BYU prediction on the spread for Tuesday, March 10, on PrizePicks.
- Kansas State is 12-19-0 (38.7%) against the spread (ATS), the worst record in the Big 12.
- While BYU is technically listed as the home team, this game will be played in Kansas City and could serve as a de facto KSU home game. That’s not good news for the Wildcats, who are 5-13-0 (27.8%) ATS at home, also worst in the Big 12.
- KenPom shows a staggering net rating difference between BYU (+22.41) and Kansas State (+7.27).
- There are advantages all over the board for the Cougars, but perhaps none greater than on the offensive side of the ball. According to Bart Torvik, BYU ranks 18th in the country in adjusted offensive efficiency at 125.8.
- Kansas State's defense ranks 215th in effective field goal percentage allowed (52.1).
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