Saturday’s college basketball slate features three matchups between two ranked teams. But Saturday afternoon, two of the sport’s premiere programs will face off. The Arizona Wildcats will face the Kansas Jayhawks for the first time since 2010. Arizona is 3-2 in its previous five games, while Kansas is 2-4 in its last six.
Here’s a college basketball pick for Saturday’s game between Arizona and Kansas.
Arizona at Kansas (4:30 p.m. ET)
This is Arizona’s fourth time playing Kansas in Lawrence and the first time since 2007. The Wildcats are 4-8 all-time against the Jayhawks. This season, Hunter Dickinson has been Kansas’ lone consistent player. He is averaging 16.9 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.4 blocks, and one steal per game. Dickinson has scored double-digit points in 28 of 30 contests this season.
Kansas is a -4.5 favorite in this game while being -192 on the moneyline. You can get Arizona to win at +160 on DraftKings Sportsbook. Arizona is 6-3 this season on the road in Big 12 play. In their last game away from home, the Wildcats lost 84-67 to Iowa State.
Arizona’s best player, Caleb Love, has been excellent recently. He has scored 21-plus points in three of the last four games while shooting 44 percent or better on three-pointers. Love’s main issue has always been consistency, and he is finally showing improvement in that area. Both teams match up well, but Arizona has struggled to stop dominant big men in the past, and Dickinson might be too much to handle. Also, Kansas hasn’t lost on senior day since the 1982-83 season. Kansas hasn’t beaten a top-25 team since February 3, making this line of 4.5 points too significant.
