College Hoops: Kansas Jayhawks vs. Stanford Cardinal

College Basketball will see a pair of power programs get together late at night on Thursday. The 14th ranked Kansas Jayhawks will go on the road to take on the Stanford Cardinal. Kansas is 8-2 on the season, and coming off a win on the road at the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Jayhawks lost back to back games to Washington and Arizona State out of the Pac-12.

The Stanford Cardinal have struggled to start the season. Stanford is 6-6 on the season, but have won back to back games. The Cardinal beat San Francisco on Sunday, scoring 71 points. In this game on Wednesday night – the Kansas Jayhawks are -7 over the Stanford Cardinal.

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The Stanford Cardinal have had a tough start to the 2017 – 2018 season. The Cardinal have back to back wins over Denver and San Francisco, but their four game losing streak to North Carolina, Florida, Ohio State and Presbyterian was not a good look. Stanford also lost at home to Eastern Washington, and went on the road and got beat by Long Beach State.

The Cardinal are scoring 74.4 points per game and allowing 74.1. The top scorer for Stanford this season has been Reid Travis. He is scoring more than 22 points per game. Michael Humphrey and Isaac White are combining for more than 21 per game. Stanford will host California in their next game to open up the Pac-12 schedule.

Jayhawks Seeking 2nd Straight

Bill Self and his Kansas Jayhawks are seeking their second straight win. Kansas went to Nebraska and squeaked out a win. The two losses for the Jayhawks came in Kanssas City and then at home in Lawrence.  Kansas is 19th in the College Basketball, as they are scoring more than 86 points per game. The defense is allowing 67 points per game.

The Kansas offense is the top passing team in all of College Basketball. The Jayhawks are dishing out 20 assists per game this season. The top scorer for Kansas has been Lagerald Vick with 17.7 points per game, while Devonte Graham is scoring 17 per game, and dishing out 7.7 assists. Kansas starts Big 12 play at Texas on December 29th.

Kansas Wins over Stanford

The Kansas Jayhawks should win this game, despite being on the road. Stanford will certainly test the Jayhawks in this game with their talent, but Kansas should win by around 10 points. The guards of Kansas are going to be tough for Stanford to guard all night long. That’s the biggest key in this game.

Kansas is going to have a dog fight to win the Big 12 this season, while Stanford is looking to compete in the Pac-12. The Jayhawks win this game on the road on Thursday night. The final bet for this game is the Kansas Jayhawks -7 over the Stanford Cardinal.

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