Big 12 Tournament Final: Kansas big favorite for Championship

Big 12 Tournament Final: Kansas big favorite for Championship Today is the Big 12 Tournament final and the Championship game will see the Kansas Jayhawks battling the Texas Longhorns for the Big 12 title. The No.1 seeded Texas had little problem getting to the Big 12 Tournament final on Saturday, when the Longhorns pounded 4th seed Oklahoma 77-49. But the surprise today comes from the online bookmaker BodogLife, where the Kansas Jayhawks are listed as the favorite team to win the Big 12 Tournament final with odds -265. The Jayhawks go to the Big 12 Championship game after beating Texas A&M 71-77 on Saturday, a game final score that influenced the odds makers and the point spread on the Big 12 Tournament final is now sitting at -6 points chalk Kansas with the total posted at 137 points. The Texas Longhorns, who had shown no mercy, are the underdog today with odds on winning the Big 12 Championship game at +225.

Kansas have also shown desire to win with 5-0 SU in its last 5 games and they have won 4 out of the last 6 games when playing the Longhorns. But, Kansas is 1-4 against the spread in its last 5 games when playing Texas and the Jayhawks may have problems covering the -6 point spread on Sunday. Meanwhile Texas is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games and the total has gone OVER in 7 of Texas's last 10 games when playing Kansas. There are no injuries reported by Kansas for the Big 12 Tournament, but Texas' Gary Johnson is still listed as day-to-day, after a leg injury. The Big 12 Tournament final will start at 3:00 pm EST from Sprint Center, keep an eye on the spread.

Published on 03/16/2008