No. 4 Houston vs. No. 8 Kansas odds, line: 2024 college basketball picks, February 3 best bets from proven model

The No. 4-ranked Houston Cougars will meet the eighth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks in the first of two meetings before the regular-season ends in a key Big 12 Conference matchup on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. ET at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. Houston is favored by 1 point in the latest Houston vs. Kansas odds, while the over/under is 134 points, per SportsLine consensus. 

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The model knows Jayhawks graduate-senior guard Kevin McCullar Jr. leads the nation in triple-doubles with two, and leads the Big 12 in scoring at 19.8 points per game, which is 32nd nationally. He is in his second year at Kansas after spending his first three years at Texas Tech. In 20 games, all starts, this season, he is averaging 19.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.5 steals in 35 minutes of action. He is coming off a 16-point, seven-rebound and three-assist effort in a 79-75 loss at Iowa State last Saturday.

It is also aware senior guard L.J. Cryer, who is in his first season with the Cougars after playing three years at Baylor, has started all 21 games he has played in. He is coming off a 14-point and three-assist effort at Texas on Monday. He has scored in double figures 15 times, including six games of 20 points or more. He scored 23 points at BYU on Jan. 23 in a 75-68 win. For the year, he is averaging 15.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals.

The model has simulated Houston vs. Kansas 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over, and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting nearly 60% of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.

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