Bovada NCAA Basketball Odds: Kansas Jayhawks at Texas A&M Aggies

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

by Bovada Sportsbook

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Sometimes a game just screams “trap” for a highly-ranked college basketball team and Wednesday’s Big 12 matchup between No. 5 Kansas Jayhawks and Texas AM Aggies in College Station appears to be just that. The Jayhawks are 9.5-point favorites on Bovada Sportsbook’s NCAA basketball odds.

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On paper, Kansas (22-5, 12-2) wouldn’t seem to have much trouble. KU leads the Big 12 and enters having won four in a row. On Saturday, all cylinders were clicking as the Jayhawks slaughtered Texas Tech 83-50 behind 16 points and 8 rebounds from Thomas Robinson, the lock Big 12 Player of the Year and the Bovada betting favorite for National Player of the Year (just slightly ahead of Kentucky’s Anthony Davis).

In addition, KU already handled these Aggies, beating them 64-54 on Jan. 23 in Lawrence behind 18 points and 10 boards from Robinson. The Jayhawks had their worst three-point shooting game of the season (4-of-20) that night. Kansas had 20 baskets, matching its season low. Kansas is 18-1 against Texas A&M all-time, the lone loss coming in February 2007.

But there are a few reasons why this could be a trap for Kansas. First, the Aggies played well in that first game, leading at halftime and holding Robinson to 2 first-half points. Plus A&M played without arguably its best player in Khris Middleton, who had a knee injury. Also, this could be the Aggies’ last chance at KU for a while as A&M is off to the SEC after this season.

So this is the final meeting scheduled barring a matchup in the Big 12 Tournament. Finally, KU could well be looking ahead to Saturday’s mammoth showdown with Missouri, with the winner likely to claim the Big 12 title in the final scheduled Border War matchup (Mizzou also headed to SEC).

This time Texas A&M (13-13, 4-10) is pretty healthy. Middleton is back and starting guard Dash Harris has practiced recently with the Aggies and he may be able to play tonight. Harris has missed the last month because of an injured foot. He last played against Kansas on Jan. 23. However, the Aggies have lost five of six. They were beaten 71-62 by Missouri on Saturday but had a chance in the final minutes. Middleton, in his third game back after missing five straight with a knee injury, had 15 points to lead A&M. The Aggies were actually picked as co-champs with KU in the preseason Big 12 coaches poll.

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