TCU vs Kansas Prediction, Picks & Odds for Tonight’s College Basketball Game

After opening Big Ten play with a loss, the 22nd-ranked Kansas Jayhawks look to even their record when they host the TCU Horned Frogs.

While the Jayhawks have dominated this head-to-head, my TCU vs Kansas predictions and college basketball picks have the Horned Frogs staying within range on January 6.

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TCU vs Kansas prediction

TCU vs Kansas best bet: TCU +7.5 (-110)

Kansas dropped its conference opener on the road at UCF, 81-75.

Offense has been a problem for the Jayhawks this year, currently 14th in Big Ten scoring at 75.8 points per game. They’ve scored 77 points or less three times in their last four outings.

Part of that is tied to star freshman Darryn Peterson’s inability to stay on the court, hindered by cramping and lingering leg injuries.

Meanwhile, TCU is coming off a big 69-63 win over Baylor to kick off its Big Ten slate, holding the 11th-highest scoring team in the nation (93.1 points) to its lowest scoring output of the year.

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Like Kansas, TCU ranks outside the Top 10 in Big Ten scoring at 79.9 points per game, so it might be hard pressed to run it up on the Jayhawks, who rank Top 4 in the nation in both opposition field goal percentage allowed (37.1%) and 3-point shooting defense (25.5%).

That doesn’t mean TCU isn’t a good bet for Tuesday: the Horned Frogs are 7-3-0 against the spread against Kansas in the last 10, including a crisp 5-1-0 ATS over the previous six at Allen Fieldhouse.

Throw in a defense that actually allows fewer points than Kansas, and the limitations around Darryn Peterson’s legs, and I like TCU taking this one down to the wire in Lawrence.

TCU vs Kansas same-game parlay

TCU forward David Punch leads the team in scoring this year at 14 points per game on a cool 53.8% shooting. It’s a generous 11.5-point line for him tonight, as he’s scored 12 or more points in seven of his last nine games.

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With Peterson missing a bunch of games, Tre White is part of a three-headed de facto scoring option with Flory…

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