Kansas at Kansas State

Kansas has been rolling over everyone lately. That includes a 27-point win over Kansas State at home. They have dominated this Kansas St. team to the tune of 23 straight games in Manhattan, on Kansas St.'s home floor! When Coach Huggins took the job, he took it and said, “Mark down Feb. 19. We will beat Kansas and then we will have a rivalry!” So can they? Can they stay in this game? We think yes to both! Yes Kansas has won every game here for 23 years. They beat Kansas St. at home by 27 points. That game sets this game up perfectly. Kansas St. was coming off of a huge upset win over Texas, while Kansas was coming off of a huge disappointing loss to Texas A&M. A perfect set-up for a blowout and also perfect for adding a few points to this point-spread. Kansas St. beat Kansas on the road last year and has covered each of the last four games at Kansas, until this year. Kansas has covered nine straight here, but it ends tonight. Kansas has beat-up all the teams in the RPI that are in the 70s+. So why does a 23-4 team from a power conference have a 17 RPI? They have struggled against top teams on the road. They lost by 5 points to #40 Texas tech. They lost by seven points to #57 DePaul. Now it is #53 Kansas St. getting five points at home? This is a team that has won at Texas, and lost at A&M by just four points. Can they play with the big boys? You bet!