Kansas State at BYU odds, picks and predictions
The Kansas State Wildcats (15-8, 5-5 Big 12) and BYU Cougars (16-6, 4-5) meet Saturday at Marriott Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook's lines around the Kansas State vs. BYU odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.
The Wildcats are flying high after upending rival Kansas Monday night in a 75-70 OT win. That upset win halted a 4-game losing skid and an 0-5 ATS slide. K-State has also lost 4 straight games on the road while failing to cover the past 3 away from home.
The Cougars were humbled 82-66 by Oklahoma on the road Tuesday, and BYU has dropped 3 of the past 5 games while also going 2-3 ATS during the span. BYU is just 3-6 ATS across the past 9 outings, too, while the Over is on a 5-1 run.
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Kansas State at BYU odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 1:05 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Kansas State +480 (bet $100 to win $480) | BYU -690 (bet $690 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Kansas State +10.5 (-102) | BYU -10.5 (-120)
- Over/Under (O/U): 146.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Kansas State at BYU picks and predictions
Prediction
BYU 76, Kansas State 69
Moneyline
BYU (-690) will cost you nearly 7 times your potential return, and that's way too much risk for not enough reward. Plus, the Cougars are extremely risky considering they have dropped 3 of the past 5 games.
Kansas State (+480) can't be trusted for the upset, however, as it has just the win over Kansas to show for its efforts across the past 5 tilts.
AVOID.
Against the spread
KANSAS STATE +10.5 (-102) is a decent play catching double digits in this road conference battle.
The Wildcats are 4-1 ATS in the past 5 games as underdogs, and they are a solid 5-4 ATS in 9 games off campus.
BYU -10.5 (-118) has managed to cover just twice in the past 5 games while going 2-2 ATS in the past 4 outings at home.
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Over/Under
UNDER 146.5 (-105) is the lean, but go with a half-unit play at most.
The Under cashed in BYU's most recent game, but there is risk, since the Over is on a 5-1 run for the Cougars.
The Wildcats have seen the Under go 2-1-1 in the past 4 games and 11-4-1 across the past 16 outings. K-State has scored 72 or fewer points in 7 of the past 8 outings while allowing 75 or fewer points in 15 of the previous 16 contests.
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