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Middle Tennessee at Kansas

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Middle Tennessee1-0 · Conference USA going in
45–89Final
#17 Kansas1-0 · Big 12 going in

Fri, Nov 6 · 9:00 PM ET · ESPNU

Allen Fieldhouse · Lawrence, KS

The Call How this works

GordStats had Kansas by 21.9✓, the book by 28.5: a lean to Middle Tennessee +28.5✗.

On the total, GordStats said 150 to the book's 156.5: a lean to the Under✓.

A side against the book is a disagreement, not a tip — how ours have done.

MTSU 3%win chanceKansas 97%
GordStatsKansas by 21.997% to win · MTSU 64–Kansas 86
BookKansas -28.5O/U 156.5

Unit vs Unit

  • Kansas' shooting (9th) meets Middle Tennessee's shot defense (359th).
  • Kansas' shot defense (47th) meets Middle Tennessee's shooting (328th).

National rank on each side, 1st the best; the longer bar has the edge.

Middle Tennessee Offense vs Kansas Defense

MTSU offKansas def
Adj. efficiency
183rd104.12nd91.4
Effective FG%
328th30.1%47th35.8%
Turnovers
304th22.9%74th21.9%
Offensive rebounding
95th36.0%221st33.0%
Free-throw rate
326th13.2%45th16.1%
3-point %
252nd25.9%209th33.3%

Middle Tennessee: 69.9 possessions a game (260th fastest) · 40% of shots from three

Kansas Offense vs Middle Tennessee Defense

Kansas offMTSU def
Adj. efficiency
4th119.6145th104.2
Effective FG%
9th67.2%359th68.8%
Turnovers
254th19.9%189th17.2%
Offensive rebounding
49th40.7%255th34.6%
Free-throw rate
87th44.8%232nd39.3%
3-point %
104th36.4%282nd36.8%

Kansas: 72.2 possessions a game (91st fastest) · 38% of shots from three

Bart Torvik's adjusted figures, ranked across Division I. Every team: Team Stats.

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Middle Tennessee

  • W117–73vs Fisk—

Kansas

  • W95–65vs Fordham+10

The last column is the margin against our line before kickoff: + beat it, − fell short.

What These Numbers Mean
Adj. efficiency
Points per 100 possessions against an average D-I team on a neutral floor: the offense's scored, the defense's allowed.
Effective FG%
Field-goal percentage with a made three counted as 1.5 makes.
Turnovers
Per possession: the offense's committed, the defense's forced.
Offensive rebounding
The share of its own misses the offense gets back, against the share the defense lets its opponents get back.
Free-throw rate
Free throws attempted per field-goal attempt: drawn by the offense, allowed by the defense.