Kansas State has really been pouring in on for the last 25-30 days.. If you don't include a hotly contested game in which they lost @ Missouri by 3 points, K state has won their last 6 games by an average of 17.8 points.. This includes a 10 point victory over KANSAS, and a 21 point victory over TEX A&M.. Now both of these games were at home and K State has not had its share of road contests yet (5 of last 8 are on the road).. However, this team has really come together as a unit..Beasley and Clent Stewart have turned out to be a dominating duo and the teams depth has proven to be strong.. In the recent clobbering of Ok State Stewart was out (mother's death) as well as starter Gilbert (F) and key sub man Sutton (G), and K State had to work with green reserves who stepped up big...
Stewart is listed as questionable for this game but his arriving at home to watch win over OK. State from the bench shows he has this team on his mind and I think its very likely he will play.. Sutton will be back as well.
Rebounding for this team has been awesome as well..Last 7 games (including Mizzou loss) they have outrebounded opponents... Average 8.9 more rebounds per game during this stretch...
K State has dominated the possessions in these games as well showing they can win even when shooting at a lower percentage than their opponents...They just get off a massive amount of shots per game averaging 13.6 more shots than opponents in last 6 victories..
On the other hand Texas Tech has struggled in its last two games...It has only one major win at home (A&M)...It has just lost its coach...Many are wondering if the new coach is a right fit (including fans and boosters)...and it has struggled to sellout its arena...They have been outrebounded in 6 of last 7 which is huge when looking at KSU's rebounding potentials...
They can play solid D especially when 6"11" Maric is on underneath...Also before loss to Nebraska they had forced very bad outside shooting from their opponents...Now this would usually be a strong point if it wasn't for K State's versatile offense that has proven to adapt to differing conditions...A few teams even changed their defensive sets all together when playing them...
Basically these are two teams going quickly in opposite directions...I see a 10+ point win for KState and with the line sitting at -2.5 I see this game as free money, but dont take my word for it...
GL to all on WEDNESDAY!!!
Big Plays 1-1
W...Purdue-Penn State line -11 (Purdue wins by 14)
L...Marquette- Notre Dame line -7 (Notre Dame wins by 3)