West Virginia Mountaineers vs Kansas Jayhawks: Don Best Odds & Insights for 2/6/2021

The No. 23 Kansas Jayhawks (12-6) are only 2.5-point underdogs as they look to end a four-game road losing streak when they square off against the No. 17 West Virginia Mountaineers (12-5) on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at WVU Coliseum. The contest airs at 2:00 PM ET on CBS. The matchup has an over/under of 141.5.

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West Virginia Leaders

• Miles McBride leads the Mountaineers in points and assists. He puts up 15.1 points per game while adding 4.4 assists.
• West Virginia's rebounding leader is Derek Culver, who averages 10.4 per game.
• Sean McNeil paces the Mountaineers with a team-high 2.0 made three-pointers per game.
• West Virginia's steals leader is McBride, who grabs 1.8 per game. Culver leads the team averaging 1.0 block an outing.

Kansas Leaders

• Ochai Agbaji owns the Jayhawks top spot in scoring with 14.1 points per game and also tacks on 4.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists per contest.
• Jalen Wilson's 7.0 rebounds per game and Marcus Garrett's 3.7 assists per game put them in the top spots on the Jayhawks rebounds and assists leaderboards.
• Agbaji is tops from three-point range for the Jayhawks, knocking down 2.6 threes per game.
• Garrett is at the top of Kansas' steals hierarchy with 1.4 steals per game and David McCormack leads the squad in blocks with 1.0 per game.

West Virginia vs Kansas: Last 5 Meetings

Kansas was victorious in four of its last five matchups with West Virginia. In those games against the Mountaineers, the Jayhawks have a 2-1 record against the spread.

Points Insights

• The Mountaineers average 75.7 points per game, 8.4 more points than the 67.3 the Jayhawks give up.
• West Virginia is 11-4 overall and 8-0-1 against the spread when scoring more than 67.3 points.
• When Kansas gives up more than 75.7 points, it is 0-3 against the spread and 0-4 overall.
• The Jayhawks' 73.6 points per game are just 3.2 more points than the 70.4 the Mountaineers allow to opponents.
• Kansas has put together a 7-1 overall record and a 4-0 ATS record in games it scores more than 70.4 points.
• West Virginia is 2-4 against the spread and 2-4 overall when it allows its opponents to put up more than 73.6 points.
• The Mountaineers have out-scored their opponents by a total of 90 points this season (5.3 points per game on average), and the Jayhawks have put up 113 more points than their opponents on the year (6.3 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Mountaineers and the Jayhawks rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 38.1 and 37.1 boards per game, respectively.
• West Virginia is 7-3-1 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. Kansas is 0-4 when they lose the rebounding battle.
• The Mountaineers collect 13.2 offensive rebounds per game, more than the Jayhawks by 2.3 rebounds per game.
• The Mountaineers are 6-5-1 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Jayhawks are 2-4 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• Both teams tend to win the rebounding battle. West Virginia records an average rebounding margin of +3.2 rebounds per game. Kansas averages a margin of +four rebounds.