{"id":3087,"date":"2008-12-20T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/temple-kansas-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T15:32:00","slug":"temple-kansas-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/temple-kansas-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple-Kansas Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Temple<\/st1:PlaceType> Owls<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> and the Kansas Jayhawks will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Allen Fieldhouse. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Jayhawks listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Christmas came early for Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> as Dionte Christmas poured in 35 points to help upset Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 88-72 on Saturday afternoon. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Owls covered the 8-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the day’s posted total of 150. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Sherron Collins led Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in scoring with 19 points, while Cole Aldrich was the top rebounder with 13 in a 61-60 loss to Massachusetts<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> on Saturday afternoon. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Jayhawks failed to cover the 17.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the posted total of 150. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 5-3 SU, 5-2 ATS
Kansas: 7-2 SU, 3-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Temple most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Long Beach State are 1-0
After playing Tennessee are 0-1
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Kansas most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 9-1
Before playing Arizona are 7-1
After playing Massachusetts are 2-0
After a loss are 10-0<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games
Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 23-2 SU in its last 25 games at home
Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 20-2 SU in its last 22 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Long Beach<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Monday, December 22
Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, December 23<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Temple Owls and the Kansas Jayhawks will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Allen Fieldhouse. Oddsmakers currently have the Jayhawks listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Christmas came early for Temple as Dionte Christmas poured in 35 points … Continue reading Temple-Kansas Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}