is Oregon plus the points against Kansas. At 7:45 am eastern time, the Ducks are +7 point dogs both in Vegas and offshore.
Kansas sure put on a show in the late game on Thursday night at the Sprint Center, as they gave the decidedly pro-KU crowd plenty of opportunity to chant and wave the wheat in the second half of their 98-66 bludgeoning of a Purdue team whose will got broken early and easily by the Jayhawks.
Earlier on the same court, Oregon went back-and-forth with the hottest team in the land, as the Ducks were able to hold off Michigan 69-68 in a real gut-check win. Now the Ducks are at the same point they were last season before falling to Oklahoma out of the Big 12. Deja Vu, as Dana Altman's team gets another Big 12 team, and gets the team that sure looks like they can be playing on the final Monday of the year next week in Glendale.
Chris Boucher is missed, but Altman has done a great job working his lineup without the big man in there, and Kansas is not particularly big nor deep, so I like the quick turnaround to work in the favor of the Ducks plus the points tonight.
Dillon Brooks will likely draw the assignment of defending freshman Josh Jackson in this meeting, and while Jackson was again stellar with 15 points against Purdue, let's remember that he is still a FRESHMAN!
Frank Mason III will once again be the engine that drives Bill Self's team, and while it is hard not to imagine KU advancing in this "home" game, I am having an issue laying the points against the gritty and motivated Ducks tonight.
Take the points and look for this one to be closer than expected.
Kansas sure put on a show in the late game on Thursday night at the Sprint Center, as they gave the decidedly pro-KU crowd plenty of opportunity to chant and wave the wheat in the second half of their 98-66 bludgeoning of a Purdue team whose will got broken early and easily by the Jayhawks.
Earlier on the same court, Oregon went back-and-forth with the hottest team in the land, as the Ducks were able to hold off Michigan 69-68 in a real gut-check win. Now the Ducks are at the same point they were last season before falling to Oklahoma out of the Big 12. Deja Vu, as Dana Altman's team gets another Big 12 team, and gets the team that sure looks like they can be playing on the final Monday of the year next week in Glendale.
Chris Boucher is missed, but Altman has done a great job working his lineup without the big man in there, and Kansas is not particularly big nor deep, so I like the quick turnaround to work in the favor of the Ducks plus the points tonight.
Dillon Brooks will likely draw the assignment of defending freshman Josh Jackson in this meeting, and while Jackson was again stellar with 15 points against Purdue, let's remember that he is still a FRESHMAN!
Frank Mason III will once again be the engine that drives Bill Self's team, and while it is hard not to imagine KU advancing in this "home" game, I am having an issue laying the points against the gritty and motivated Ducks tonight.
Take the points and look for this one to be closer than expected.
