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Iowa vs. Kansas State Predictions & Picks – March 19
Tuesday’s game that pits the Iowa Hawkeyes (18-14) versus the Kansas State Wildcats (19-14) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena has a projected final score of 80-72 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of Iowa, who is favored in this matchup by our model. Tipoff is at 9:00 PM ET on March 19.
There is no line set for the matchup.
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Iowa vs. Kansas State Game Info & Odds
- Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Time: 9:00 PM ET
- TV: ESPN
- Where: Iowa City, Iowa
- Venue: Carver-Hawkeye Arena
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Iowa vs. Kansas State Score Prediction
- Prediction:
Iowa 80, Kansas State 72
Spread & Total Prediction for Iowa vs. Kansas State
- Computer Predicted Spread: Iowa (-8.2)
- Computer Predicted Total: 152.1
Iowa has an 11-19-0 record against the spread so far this season compared to Kansas State, who is 17-15-0 ATS. The Hawkeyes have a 19-11-0 record going over the point total, while games involving the Wildcats have a record of 15-17-0 when it comes to hitting the over. In the past 10 games, Iowa is 4-6 against the spread and 5-5 overall while Kansas State has gone 6-4 against the spread and 4-6 overall.
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Iowa Performance Insights
- The Hawkeyes are outscoring opponents by 3.9 points per game with a +127 scoring differential overall. They put up 82.9 points per game (14th in college basketball) and allow 79 per contest (336th in college basketball).
- The 35.4 rebounds per game Iowa averages rank 168th in college basketball, and are 1.5 fewer than the 36.9 its opponents pull down per outing.
- Iowa makes 6.5 three-pointers per game (265th in college basketball) at a 34.7% rate (138th in college basketball), compared to the 7.9 per outing its opponents make while shooting 36.1% from beyond the arc.
- The Hawkeyes average 102.2 points per 100 possessions on offense (38th in college basketball), and give up 97.3 points per 100 possessions (303rd in college basketball).
- Iowa has committed 9.2 turnovers per game (22nd in college basketball play), 2.3 fewer than the 11.5 it forces on average (151st in college basketball).
Kansas State Performance Insights
- The Wildcats put up 71.9 points per game (231st in college basketball) while giving up 70.5 per contest (129th in college basketball). They have a +46 scoring differential and outscore opponents by 1.4 points per game.
- Kansas State wins the rebound battle by three boards on average. It collects 37.5 rebounds per game, 79th in college basketball, while its opponents grab 34.5.
- Kansas State makes 7.4 three-pointers per game (183rd in college basketball) at a 32% rate (286th in college basketball), compared to the 6.8 its opponents make, shooting 30.7% from deep.
- Kansas State loses the turnover battle by 3.6 per game, committing 14.2 (348th in college basketball) while its opponents average 10.6.
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David Martínez and Denis Bouanga power LAFC past Kansas City
Teenage rookie David Martínez scored early, Denis Bouanga had two assists and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris earned his league-leading 14th shutout of the season as LAFC breezed to a 3-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.
Martínez took a pass from Denis Bouanga in the 14th minute and scored for the fourth time this season to give LAFC (17-8-7) the lead for good. Martínez was making his third start and 15th appearance.
Cristian Olivera found the net for the sixth time, scoring in the first minute of stoppage time to give LAFC a two-goal advantage at halftime. Bouanga notched his career-high 11th assist of the campaign on the goal, and Timothy Tillman added his career-best sixth.
Defender Aaron Long found the net in the 69th minute to complete the scoring. It was Long’s first goal since he scored four for the New York Red Bulls in 2022. Fellow defender Eddie Segura snagged his first assist this season and his first since he had two for the club in 2021.
Lloris totaled four saves in his shutout effort for LAFC.
Tim Melia saved one shot for Sporting KC (8-18-7).
LAFC will travel to play the Vancouver Whitecaps next Saturday before hosting the San Jose Earthquakes for a Decision Day match on Oct. 19 to close out the regular season.
Sporting KC will end its season with a road match against FC Dallas on Oct. 19.
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Kansas City Royals Starting Pitcher Set to Make Unusual History in ALDS Start
The Kansas City Royals are opening up the American League Division Series on Saturday night against the New York Yankees.
Games 1 and 2 will be played in New York with first pitch Saturday coming at 6:38 p.m. ET. The Yankees won the American League East, earned the first-round bye and got the No. 1 seed in the American League playoffs. The Royals won the wild card series against the Baltimore Orioles in two games.
Gerrit Cole will take the ball for the Yankees in Game 1 while Michael Wacha toes the rubber for Kansas City. The Royals likely would have preferred to start Cole Ragans or Seth Lugo, but they each pitched in the wild card round. Ragans will pitch in Game 2.
According to Sarah Langs of MLB.com, Wacha will join some rare baseball history with his start.
Longest Span Between Postseason Starts – Wild Card Era
10/7/2006 – 10/20/2015 Chris Young: 9y, 13d
10/6/2007 – 10/9/2016 Rich Hill: 9y, 3d
10/3/2008 – 10/3/2017 Ervin Santana: 9y
10/12/2015 – 10/5/2024 Michael Wacha: 8y, 359d
h/t @MLBNetwork research squad
Wacha was signed this past offseason after spending the 2023 season with the San Diego Padres. His signing was part of the Royals going from a 56-win team to a playoff team in just one offseason.
He went 13-8 with a 3.35 ERA this year, striking out 145 batters in 166.2 innings. Lifetime, he’s in the 12th year of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, Padres and Royals. He’s gone 101-62 with a 3.89 ERA and helped the Cardinals get to the World Series in 2013.
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Kansas woman dead, 5 injured in NW Kansas pickup crash
THOMAS COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 10p.m. Friday in Thomas County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Ford F250 pickup driven by Kade Homm, 18, Flagler, Colorado, was southbound on County Road 21 just south of the County Road CC Junction.
At the Y intersection of County Road 21 and a private drive, the pickup traveled off the road and struck a tree row.
A passenger Emma C Brungardt, 21, Blue Rapids, Kansas, was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Baalmann Mortuary,
EMS transported Homm and passengers Alaura Crockett-Armijo, 20, Larned; Kerstin S. Tommer, 19, Newton; Lakeddah J. Downes, 18, Council Grove and Emma G. Krase, 18, Galva, to Citizens Medical Center. All six were properly restrained, according to the KHP.
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