I don't have a good feeling tonight about my Wildcats, but will NEVER pick against them with an official play on here. Instead, with two top-40 defensive teams going head-to-head, I'm looking at the under tonight. Arizona has gone under in five of their last six games, while Kansas has played to the under in six of seven. I see this game being played in the low-70s at most, so I would bet it down to 150.

Yep, it's a risk, picking against an undefeated, top-ranked team on February 9 in an effective pick 'em spot. Still, if Arizona is to lose a game before the Big 12 Tourney, it's probably either tonight at the Phog or February 21 at Houston. There are no holes to shoot at for Tommy Lloyd's Cats save perhaps some scraps on the conference trail, where they haven't had a real romp since January 3 at Utah. The Jayhawks are a tough hurdle, however, especially at home and especially with flashy frosh Darryn Peterson (20.5 ppg) now featuring regularly after missing time earlier in the season and keying the current seven-game KU surge. Might this be where the 23-game Wildcats win streak ends? Play Kansas.

So short of me having a heart attack on Monday -- always a possibility as I consume an unhealthy amount of gravy, and it don't matter the flavor; it just makes everything better -- the Monday newsletter will be odds on the Kickoff Game opponent for the SB winner and this game. Arizona is one of two unbeatens left but, yep, I think goes down. Only the fifth time in the past 30 years that Kansas is a home dog. I don't want to give away all my fun stats here but let's just say Bill Self NEVER loses on Big Monday.