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CBB : ATS Matchup
Friday 3/21/2014Line$ LineOU LineScore
E KENTUCKY
 
KANSAS
+13  

-13  
+650

-1060

152
 
69
Final
80

E KENTUCKY (24 - 9) vs. KANSAS (24 - 9)
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Friday, 3/21/2014 4:10 PM
NCAA Tournament - Second Round - Scottrade Center - ST Louis, MO
Board OpenLatest
831E KENTUCKY148152
832KANSAS-15-13
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
E KENTUCKY - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games24-9-0.714-1213-1279.037.849.0%26.270.632.148.2%32.3
Road Games12-7-0.112-611-578.737.349.6%25.973.733.848.6%32.7
Last 5 Games5-0+5.83-23-278.636.051.4%24.673.029.047.3%31.0
E KENTUCKY Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)79.037.826-5349.0%9-2439.0%18-2475.3%26615219112
vs opponents surrendering74.834.626-5646.3%6-1835.5%17-2470.8%34913207134
Team Stats (Road Games)78.737.326-5349.6%10-2439.6%16-2176.0%26514228122
Stats Against (All Games)70.632.123-4848.2%6-1735.8%18-2670.7%32813206173
vs opponents averaging72.333.525-5545.1%6-1834.4%16-2368.9%34913206133
Stats Against (Road Games)73.733.824-4948.6%7-1836.6%20-2871.9%33913196163

KANSAS - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games24-9-2.416-1618-1179.638.249.5%38.170.532.541.6%30.8
Road Games10-8-4.47-118-976.334.846.6%38.873.533.842.2%31.4
Last 5 Games2-3-4.12-33-278.636.646.2%37.677.032.644.6%31.0
KANSAS Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)79.638.227-5549.5%6-1634.5%19-2771.1%381015216136
vs opponents surrendering69.432.224-5742.1%6-1933.2%15-2169.6%351012206123
Team Stats (Road Games)76.334.826-5646.6%5-1532.1%19-2771.1%391113236145
Stats Against (All Games)70.532.523-5641.6%6-1735.9%17-2667.5%31912216113
vs opponents averaging74.63526-5745.1%7-1935.4%17-2470.1%361014196114
Stats Against (Road Games)73.533.824-5642.2%6-1736.6%20-2968.8%31912217103
Average power rating of opponents played: E KENTUCKY 67.7,  KANSAS 78.2
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
E KENTUCKY - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
1/30/2014TENN-MARTIN89-66W-15.5W154O32-5064.0%241221-4744.7%2816
2/1/2014SE MISSOURI ST79-78W-10L160.5U21-4843.7%281428-5056.0%2716
2/4/2014UT-CHATTANOOGA74-63W-11T148.5U26-6341.3%25520-3754.1%3524
2/8/2014MOREHEAD ST79-86L-6L144O25-5446.3%20828-4858.3%3416
2/13/2014@ TENNESSEE TECH66-72L-3.5L145.5U20-4940.8%261724-4355.8%3220
2/15/2014@ JACKSONVILLE ST86-65W-5W135O31-4864.6%231621-5042.0%2718
2/22/2014@ AUSTIN PEAY96-75W-6W152O33-5757.9%231029-5058.0%2820
2/27/2014TENNESSEE TECH74-67W-11L144.5U24-4751.1%20722-4450.0%2915
3/1/2014TENNESSEE ST70-66W-12.5L143.5U22-5143.1%301024-5048.0%3412
3/6/2014*SE MISSOURI ST84-76W-5.5W158.5O24-4652.2%271224-5147.1%3113
3/7/2014*MURRAY ST86-83W-1W149O32-5459.3%201423-5046.0%3419
3/8/2014*BELMONT79-73W5.5W150.5O23-4551.1%261023-5046.0%2711
3/21/2014*KANSAS              

KANSAS - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
2/1/2014@ TEXAS69-81L-4L150P25-6538.5%371224-5642.9%4411
2/4/2014@ BAYLOR69-52W-4W143U25-5446.3%451316-5529.1%3111
2/8/2014W VIRGINIA83-69W-13W150.5O28-5154.9%371219-4839.6%2814
2/10/2014@ KANSAS ST82-85L-3L136.5O28-6741.8%431130-6149.2%3211
2/15/2014TCU95-65W-23.5W140O40-6561.5%35919-4146.3%1817
2/18/2014@ TEXAS TECH64-63W-7.5L138.5U19-4245.2%281124-5147.1%269
2/22/2014TEXAS85-54W-10.5W148.5U31-6051.7%39721-6134.4%3712
2/24/2014OKLAHOMA83-75W-10.5L155O25-5644.6%401127-6144.3%2911
3/1/2014@ OKLAHOMA ST65-72L1.5L149U23-5740.4%422220-4742.6%2410
3/5/2014TEXAS TECH82-57W-14W136.5O27-5251.9%341118-5135.3%3313
3/8/2014@ W VIRGINIA86-92L-5L151O28-6245.2%311127-5152.9%3713
3/13/2014*OKLAHOMA ST77-70W-3W150U25-5347.2%461425-6637.9%305
3/14/2014*IOWA ST83-94L-4.5L154O29-6246.8%351234-6354.0%3111
3/21/2014*E KENTUCKY              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
KANSAS: Kansas may look completely different from last season' squad with all five starters gone, but this team is one of the nation's favorites to cut down the nets in April because of a loaded freshman class. Head coach Bill Self won the lottery in landing the nation's top prospect, 6-foot-7 wing Andrew Wiggins, who is one of the most if not the most hyped freshman in recent memory. He'll be counted on to contribute immediately, as will the team's top returnees, junior guard Naadir Tharpe (5.5 PPG, 3.1 APG) and sophomore forward Perry Ellis (5.8 PPG, 3.9 RPG). What could make this team so special is not only Wiggins, though, but the rest of the class Self brought in to replace the likes of Ben McLemore, Jeff Withey and Travis Releford. At center, the team adds top-10 recruit Joel Embiid while at small forward the talented Wayne Selden should provide valuable minutes from day one. Helping take the pressure off Embiid will be transfer Tarik Black (8.1 PPG, 59% FG), who is far more skilled than his recent numbers at Memphis would suggest. In the backcourt, watch out two more talented frosh with in-state recruit Conner Frankamp and shooting guard Brannen Greene. If these players live up to their hype and can help bring out the best in Wiggins, this team should still be dancing late in the season.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW (EASTRN KENTUCKY-KANSAS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Updates throughout. With AP Photos.)

*E. Kentucky-Kansas Preview* ============================

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

Eastern Kentucky (24-9) at Kansas (24-9), 4:10 p.m. EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- About the only thing Kansas and Eastern Kentucky have in common is that they are playing each other in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

The Jayhawks are the big, bruising bullies from the Big 12, touting a roster stocked with five-star freshmen, a championship-winning coach and enough March pedigree to stack up with St. Patrick.

The Colonels are the scrappy underdogs from the Ohio Valley Conference, whose senior-laden roster would rather shoot 3-pointers than free throws and that relishes the underdog role.

The No. 2 seed Jayhawks and 15th-seeded Colonels meet Friday in St. Louis, with the winner getting seventh-seeded New Mexico or 10th-seeded Stanford in the third round.

"Being the underdog is always fun," said the Colonels' Glenn Cosey, "especially if you can pull off an upset. And a lot of people seem to get with the underdog, so it should be fun."

The fellas from Eastern Kentucky all seem to have their favorite upset memory, too.

Eric Stutz, the 6-foot-8 forward with the hippie-style "peace and love" bandanna, grew up in Indiana and watched Butler reach two Final Fours. Top defender Corey Walden remembers Lehigh, also a No. 15 seed, knocking off second-seeded Duke a couple of years ago.

"I don't have a favorite upset memory, but I'm hoping that we can pull off one," said Cosey, the Colonels' leading scorer, "and that would be my favorite memory."

They've got a tall task ahead of them in more ways than one.

Kansas (24-9) will be playing without 7-footer Joel Embiid, who's been ruled out for the opening weekend with a stress fracture in his back. But the Big 12 champs still have far more size, length and athleticism than the Colonels, who prefer to hang around the perimeter all game.

The Jayhawks have also been through the ringer this season: They have played 20 games against 12 opponents who made the NCAA tournament, none of those teams seeded worse than ninth.

"We're young. We're hungry. We want to win," Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins said. "We're just trying to have that killer mentality. All of us just want to destroy our opponents."

Indeed, it's Eastern Kentucky (24-9) that will be relying on experience. Kansas has five new starters this year, including two freshmen in Wiggins and Wayne Selden, while the Colonels start two juniors and three seniors who were part of a 25-win team a season ago.

"I worry about how everybody is going to respond," Kansas coach Bill Self said, recalling a similarly youthful 2005 team that lost to Bucknell in the opening round. "I just want our guys to be loose, carefree and have fun. The hay is in the barn, so to speak."

Youth vs experience. Size vs speed. Top dogs vs underdogs. They are all things to watch for when Kansas meets Eastern Kentucky at Scottrade Center. Here are five more:

TURNOVER TROUBLE: The Colonels are sixth nationally in steals at nearly 9 per game, and rank the same in turnover margin at better than 6 per game. Meanwhile, the Jayhawks are ranked 299th in turnover margin by turning the ball over twice more per game than their opponents.

"You cannot give them fast-break layups or dunks," Eastern Kentucky coach Jeff Neubauer said.

MISSING JOEL: The Jayhawks will be playing their fifth straight game without Embiid, their 7-foot freshman. Self is hopeful that he'll be back if the Jayhawks advance through the weekend, and said Thursday that Embiid is making progress with his rehabilitation.

"It does change, because we can make mistakes before and mistakes can be wiped away," Self said, explaining how the loss of Embiid's inside presence affects the Jayhawks. "Now, mistakes turn into layups. And so that's obviously a big difference."

EKU CAN GO DEEP: Eastern Kentucky has hit 303 shots from beyond the 3-point arc, the third-most in Division I. The Jayhawks have struggled against teams that can shoot from the perimeter, falling to a similar Iowa State team in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament.

BUT EKU CAN'T REBOUND: Kansas has outrebounded its opponent by nearly 8 boards per game, putting it among the top 10 nationally. Eastern Kentucky is outrebounded by more than 6 per game, putting it among the 10 worst nationally.

MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS: The Jayhawks are 7-1 in NCAA tournament games in St. Louis, and they ought to have quite a home-court advantage. Kansas State and Wichita State are also playing at the site this weekend, and many of their fans will root for the Jayhawks.

"I like the building," Self said, "there is no question about that."


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