Kansas Jayhawks at Texas Longhorns: Game Predictions

While every single game in the Big 12 conference seems like a crucial game for the regular-season race, Saturday's game between the Kansas Jayhawks and Baylor Bears seems like the biggest of them all. While Kansas is leading the conference standings by half a game, Baylor is right behind and rates out better overall in the advanced metrics Both teams are dealing with injuries/illnesses, and there is a chance that neither team will be at full strength.

Naturally, all of this leads to some uncertainty surrounding what we can expect to see in this game. Will Kansas build on a strong showing against Iowa State without two crucial pieces? Will Baylor get back on track after a loss to Alabama and then a closer-than-expected win over West Virginia?

Our crew gets together to tell you what we think you can expect to see tomorrow.

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Kyle Davis: The Jayhawks are confident and dangerous right now. Yes, Texas got a good, convincing win of its own on Saturday, but like Baylor, the Longhorns are turnover prone and give up a good chunk of offensive rebounds, two areas that allowed KU to feast in transition on Saturday. Road wins are hard to come by in this league, but I think Kansas keeps the strong play coming in Austin.

Kansas 72, Texas 66

Derek Noll: I’m going to agree with Kyle on this one. Kansas looked so confident in Saturday’s blowout in every phase of the game that it’s hard to pick against them (like I did on Saturday). Some of that domination was down to Baylor misfiring all day, and Texas won’t do that, so this one will be much closer, but I still like KU to run and gun it down at that tuna can in Austin. I haven’t watched enough of Texas under Chris Beard, but I know he’ll have them playing tough, so I’ll take KU to just squeak by.

Kansas 78, Texas 75.

Brendan Dzwierzynski: Honestly, I got concerned when I saw the opening line favored Texas because that feels extremely fishy. It’s since flipped and more aligns with my expectations. It feels like this is a spot where KU may come out more flat than this weekend, but I still expect them to get it done. As always, horns down.

Kansas 73, Texas 69.

Andy Mitts: As Brendan mentioned, I fully expect Kansas to be flat compared to Saturday’s game. However, there is a lot of room between the Baylor and Kentucky efforts, and I think there is more room that leads to a Kansas win in Austin than a loss. Also, I’ll admit that I was worried about this game, but then I did the Texas preview on the podcast (and the associated article) and realized that the things that Kansas exploited against Baylor are actually the exact same thing that Texas struggles with, except it is even more extreme. Unless David McCormack disappears in this game, I expect Kansas to get plenty of extra opportunities, which should lead to a fairly comfortable Kansas win.

Kansas 79, Texas 67.

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