Texas Southern Tigers vs Kansas Jayhawks Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 03/17/2022

Game Time: 9:57 pm ET, Thursday, March 17, 2022

Venue:  Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, TX

Where to Watch:  TruTV

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Texas Southern +21.5, Kansas -21.5; Over/Under:  143 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Texas Southern +21.5, Kansas -21.5; Over/Under:  144.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Texas Southern +21.5, Kansas -21.5; Over/Under:  144.5 points

 

Texas Southern Tigers:  19-12 (2nd place, SWAC)

Kansas Jayhawks:  28-6 (1st place, Big 12)

 

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Texas Southern Tigers:  5-0 last 5

Kansas Jayhawks:  5-0 last 5

 

 

 

Texas Southern is coming into this game with a 19-12 record overall and they are 4-0 in their neutral site games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 8 of their last 9 games and are coming into this one on a 5 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the Alcorn State Braves while their 5 wins since then have come against the Prairie View A&M Panthers, the Jackson State Tigers, the Grambling State Tigers, Alcorn State, and the Texas A&M-CC Islanders in their last game. Bryson Etienne off the bench led the team in points in that game with 21 while John Walker III was next on the team with 16 points. A.J. Lawson and PJ Henry both led the team in assists in that game with 2 each while Brison Gresham led the team in rebounds with 13. They were 41.8% from the field, 30.8% from 3-point range, and 74.3% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 69.5 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 65.5 PPG against them. Texas Southern has an ATS record of 17-13-1 this season and their O/U record is 14-17.

 

 

Kansas is coming into this game with a 28-6 record overall and they are 6-1 in their neutral site games this season where they will be in this game. Their last loss was against the TCU Horned Frogs but they have gone on a 5 game winning streak since then with wins coming against TCU, the Texas Longhorns, the West Virginia Mountaineers, TCU again, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders in their last game. David McCormack led the team in points in that game with 18 while Ochai Agbaji was next on the team with 16 points. Remy Martin off the bench led the team in assists in that game with 4 while David McCormack led the team in rebounds with 11. They were 43.1% from the field, 22.7% from 3-point range, and 78.1% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 78.6 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 68.1 PPG against them. Kansas has an ATS record of 17-17 this season and their O/U record is 18-14-2.

 

Kansas is coming into this game as a 21.5 point favorite with the current betting odds according to Draftkings Sportsbooks. Kansas has been playing very well recently winning 5 straight games and they are coming off of a win in the finals of their Big 12 tourney. They won most of their games in that tourney by double digits and they even won one of those games by 25 points. They have beaten a few of their conference opponents by 20 or more points this season and Texas Southern does not play in a conference with teams nearly as strong as the ones Kansas has been playing all season. They are going up against a Texas Southern team that has also been playing very well recently, cruising through their SWAC tourney with double digit wins in every game, but Kansas is the toughest opponent they will have faced in a while and Kansas will be able to pull away here as they have been battle tested in many road games and games on neutral sites this season. Kansas will cover the spread in this game.

 

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Texas Southern Tigers: 20-13 ATS as an underdog. 9-0 ATS in all neutral court games. 11-3 OVER in a postseason tournament game.

Kansas Jayhawks: 6-10 ATS after allowing 65 points or less 3 straight games. 10-5 OVER in all neutral court games. 10-5 OVER after a game where they covered the spread.

 

 

Texas Southern Tigers:  None.

Kansas Jayhawks:  M. Lightfoot (F) Ques Thurs - Knee injury. B. Pettiford (G) out for season - Abdominal injury. K. Cuffe Jr (G) out for season - Redshirt.

 

 

“One of the things we talked about was playing extremely hard every second, every play. It took that against that team to be able to finish down the stretch.” - Johnny Jones on his team’s win against Texas A&M CC in the play-in game.

 

 

“I thought it was a great game. The first half we couldn’t stop them, they couldn’t stop us. The second half I don't think was artistic on either end, but we made a couple of really good toughness plays when we needed them.” - Bill Self after his team won the Big 12 tourney.

 

 

 

J. Gilliam 

B. Gresham 

J. Hopkins 

J. Jones 

J. Walker

 

O. Agbaji 

C. Braun 

D. Harris 

D. McCormack 

J. Wilson

 

 

PPG: J. Nicholas (9.6)

APG: J. Gilliam (2.2)

Reb/G: B. Gresham (7)

 

PPG: O. Agbaji (19.8)

APG: D. Harris (4.4)

Reb/G: J. Wilson (7.3)

 

Coaches:

Texas Southern Tigers: Johnny Jones (4th season)

Kansas Jayhawks: Bill Self (19th season)