Kansas Jayhawks at West Virginia Mountaineers Predictions: Another Rock Fight

The Kansas Jayhawks are 2-0 in convention play but once more below Invoice Self, however neither of these wins have been simple. And it does not get any simpler as they head on the highway to face a High 20 Kenpom group within the West Virginia Mountaineers which might be 0-2 and going through a sport that seems like a should win. Bob Huggins is understood for groups that play a bodily model, particularly within the submit. Can KJ Adams proceed his sizzling streak and assist the Jayhawks get one other early highway win? Or will the general energy of the convention begin to reel Kansas again in?

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Kyle Davis

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Derek Noll

The start of the convention slate hasn’t been variety to West Virginia, however the Mountaineers are lastly enjoying a house sport this Saturday. The issue is that they’re enjoying the Kansas Jayhawks, and though KU has had some problem enjoying in Morgantown previously, I’m not betting in opposition to this Jayhawk group proper now. They’re clicking fairly nicely proper now and I’m trying to see a giant sport from freshman Gradey Dick who has been defended nicely to date in convention play. Invoice Self could have some designed performs for the sharpshooter and that’ll be the distinction on this one.

Kansas 77, West Virginia 65.

Lucas Murphy

The Jayhawks head to Morgantown to tackle the West Virginia Mountaineers. This all the time appears to be a tricky highway sport however it’s the Massive 12 and each sport goes to be a problem. KJ Adams continues to shine however this sport I’m preserving my eye on Bobby Pettiford. Pettiford has been stepping up and I count on him to proceed to achieve extra minutes. Jalen Wilson continues to play nicely and I count on him to have a high quality sport. The participant I look to have a rebound is Kevin McCullar. That was a hostile atmosphere for the Purple Raider switch and with that sport behind him I count on we see the standard McCullar.

Kansas 87, West Virginia 81.

Brendan Dzwierzynski

Clearly, the outdated narrative that surrounds KU video games in Morgantown will rear its ugly head Saturday afternoon, however I’m not solely anxious about that. West Virginia is sweet, however my greatest concern is whether or not or not Kansas can play a full sport. It didn’t in opposition to Oklahoma State and the late near-meltdown in Lubbock wasn’t precisely a enjoyable watch. WVU is best than each these groups, so for KU to win it must keep away from these extended lapses. I believe it can, and I believe the Jayhawks get to 3-0 within the Massive 12.

Kansas 80, West Virginia 73.

Andy Mitts

On paper, this can be a sport that falls for Kansas in just about each class. West Virginia performs a really bodily model of basketball that results in them sending groups to the road and committing a bunch of fouls, however they do not appear to have an effect on loads of photographs defensively. The one space that they excel defensively is in forcing turnovers, and that up-tempo model will serve the Jayhawks nicely on this matchup.

However that is the Massive 12, and Kansas goes to lose one sooner or later. Video games in Morgantown are all the time very bizarre, which suggests that there’s a good likelihood that Kansas both loses this one outright or they fully blow West Virginia out of the water. I informed myself I wasn’t going to repeat my Kansas soccer prediction season and solely choose in opposition to them as soon as, as a result of that simply is not reasonable. I will be in Allen Fieldhouse masking the ladies’s High 25 matchup in opposition to Baylor through the second half of this one, so I am absolutely anticipating to examine the rating at halftime and be shocked a technique or one other. However regardless of how a lot I preserve attempting to speak myself into selecting in opposition to Kansas right here due to some bizarre feeling, I simply cannot appear to do it. Give me KJ Adams exploding for twenty-four factors, and Kansas wins a decent one on the buzzer.

Kansas 79, West Virginia 78.

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