Kansas must deal with a key absence -- on the bench. Coach Bill Self is out with an illness. The empty seat is not necessarily fatal but looms as a factor against his crafty counterpart, Bob Huggins. West Virginia is bent on erasing any doubt that it belongs in the Big Dance after beating Texas Tech on Wednesday. The Jayhawks are likely locked into the top seed in the Midwest and carry less incentive into the game.

Big 12 Tournament from Kansas City. I was wrong fading WVU -4 yesterday vs. Texas Tech. Just didn't trust the Mountaineers offensively and I actually wasn't wrong as they shot only 40.9%, but the Red Raiders were even worse. Kansas is way better than Texas Tech, rested and is essentially playing a home game.