Eastern Illinois at Kansas odds, picks and predictions
The Eastern Illinois Panthers (3-4) head to Allen Fieldhouse to face the No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks (5-1) on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook lines around the Eastern Illinois vs. Kansas odds as we make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.
Eastern Illinois picked up its 3rd win of the season on Saturday, 85-39 over the Division III Eureka Red Devils. The Panthers were lead by sophomore F Kooper Jacobi with 16 points and 9 rebounds. Two of EIU's 3 wins have come against D-III opponents. They are winless on the road this season.
Kansas, which is No. 6 in the Paste BN Sports Coaches Poll, picked up a huge 69-60 win over No. 11 Tennessee to close out their trip to the Maui Invitational. Three Kansas starters scored in double figures led by senior C Hunter Dickinson with 17 points. Their only loss this season was to the No. 3-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles. Kansas is averaging 99 points per game at Allen Fieldhouse.
These teams have never faced each other on the basketball court.
- Rankings courtesy of the Paste BN Sports Coaches Poll.
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Eastern Illinois at Kansas odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 12:39 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Off the board.
- Against the spread (ATS): Eastern Illinois +35.5 (-104) | Kansas -35.5 (-118)
- Over/Under (O/U): 139.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Eastern Illinois at Kansas picks and predictions
Prediction
Kansas 90, Eastern Illinois 55
Moneyline
PASS.
Obviously you can’t bet this because the line is not posted because the moneyline would be too astronomical to even think about placing a bet down. You should look to the spread or total if you want to bet this game.
Against the spread
PASS.
While most people would expect a team as good as Kansas to dominate Eastern Illinois, you never know how the game script will play out. The Jayhawks could get up by 40 with 5 minutes remaining and pull their starters and win by 35 which would lose you the bet. I'm going to look at the total in this game.
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Over/Under
BET UNDER 139.5.
We know that Kansas is going to do their part and score 90+ points but my fear comes with Eastern Illinois. They are 349th in the country in points scored per game at 58 per game. Eastern Illinois hasn't even played anyone close to the caliber of Kansas which gives me pause that these 2 teams can get to 140.
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