{"id":630224,"date":"2026-02-28T12:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/630224\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:02:22","slug":"kansas-vs-arizona-prediction-odds-spread-time-2026-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/630224\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas vs. Arizona prediction, odds, spread, time: 2026 college basketball picks from proven model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second-ranked <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/teams\/ARIZ\/arizona-wildcats\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Wildcats<\/a> will look to secure at least a share of the Big 12\u00a0title when they take on the 14th-ranked <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/teams\/KANSAS\/kansas-jayhawks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas Jayhawks<\/a> in a key Big 12 matchup on Saturday. Kansas is coming off a 69-56 win over the Houston Cougars on Monday, while Arizona defeated the Baylor Bears 87-80 on Tuesday. The Jayhawks (21-7, 11-4 Big 12), who are 6-4 against ranked opponents, are 5-4 on the road this season. The Wildcats (26-2, 13-2 Big 12), who are 8-2 against ranked foes, are 14-1 on their home court.<\/p>\n<p>Tipoff from McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz., is set for 4 p.m. ET. Kansas leads the all-time series 10-5, including an 82-78 win on Feb. 9. Arizona is a 9.5-point favorite in the latest Kansas vs. Arizona odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, while the over\/under for total points scored is 149.5. Before making any Arizona vs. Kansas picks,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/kansas-vs-arizona-odds-prediction-2026-big-12-conference-mens-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model\/#ttag=02282026_agg_cbssports_picks_basketball_cbb_model_KansasArizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">check out the men&#8217;s college basketball predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New users can target the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/draftkings-promo-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DraftKings promo code<\/a>, which offers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/martech.cbssports.com\/bt\/redirect\/prod?b=draftkings&amp;c=sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mtech-link\">$200 in bonus bets if your first $5+ bet wins<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every college basketball game 10,000 times and it entered Week 17 on a sizzling 11-1 run on its top-rated over\/under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/expert-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\">college basketball<\/a><a href=\"https:\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/expert-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0picks<\/a>\u00a0dating back to last season, and is on a 20-11 run on top-rated CBB side picks. Anyone following its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/college-basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\">college basketball<\/a><a href=\"https:\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/college-basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/sportsbook-promos\/\" target=\"_blank\">sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/best-betting-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\">betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen strong returns.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the model has simulated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/college-basketball\/game-forecast\/NCAAB_20260228_KANSAS@ARIZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kansas vs. Arizona<\/a>\u00a010,000 times and just revealed its coveted men&#8217;s college basketball picks and betting predictions. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/kansas-vs-arizona-odds-prediction-2026-big-12-conference-mens-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model\/#ttag=02282026_agg_cbssports_picks_basketball_cbb_model_KansasArizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">head to SportsLine now to see the model&#8217;s picks<\/a>. Here are several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/college-basketball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">men&#8217;s college basketball odds<\/a> and men&#8217;s college basketball betting lines for Arizona vs. Kansas:<\/p>\n<p>Kansas vs. Arizona                                                                                                                                                 spread:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arizona -9.5         at DraftKings Sportsbook<\/p>\n<p>Kansas vs. Arizona                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               over\/under:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>149.5 points    <\/p>\n<p>Kansas vs. Arizona                                                                                                                                                                                                         money line:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arizona -505, Kansas +375<\/p>\n<p>Kansas vs. Arizona                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            picks:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/kansas-vs-arizona-odds-prediction-2026-big-12-conference-mens-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model\/#ttag=02282026_agg_cbssports_picks_basketball_cbb_model_KansasArizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kansas vs. Arizona                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             streaming:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/welcome\/leagues\/191260?irad=367782&amp;irmp=416484&amp;sharedid=HTW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\">Fubo<\/a>\u00a0(Try for free) \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New users can also check out the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/fanduel-promo-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FanDuel promo code<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/martech.cbssports.com\/bt\/redirect\/prod?b=fanduel&amp;c=sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mtech-link\">get $100 in bonus bets at FanDuel if your $5+ bet wins<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Top Kansas vs. Arizona predictions<\/p>\n<p>SportsLine&#8217;s model is going Over on the total (149.5 points). SportsLine&#8217;s model is leaning Over on the total. The Over has hit in five of the last six meetings between the teams. The Over has also hit in Arizona&#8217;s last game. Kansas is 7-3 against the spread in its last 10 games. Arizona, meanwhile, is 5-5 ATS in its last 10.<\/p>\n<p>The model projects the Jayhawks to have four players score 12.6 points or more, including <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/players\/28906140\/darryn-peterson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darryn Peterson&#8217;s<\/a> projected 17.3 points. The Wildcats are projected to have five players score 10.8 or more points, led by <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/players\/50026701\/brayden-burries\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Burries<\/a>, who is projected to score 14.9 points. The model is projecting 150 combined points as the Over clears in nearly 60% of simulations.<\/p>\n<p>How to make Arizona vs. Kansas picks<\/p>\n<p>The model also says one side of the spread hits more than 50% of the time.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/kansas-vs-arizona-odds-prediction-2026-big-12-conference-mens-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model\/#ttag=02282026_agg_cbssports_picks_basketball_cbb_model_KansasArizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">You can only see that pick at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So who wins Kansas vs. Arizona and which side of the spread hits more than 50% of the time?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/kansas-vs-arizona-odds-prediction-2026-big-12-conference-mens-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model\/#ttag=02282026_agg_cbssports_picks_basketball_cbb_model_KansasArizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Kansas vs. Arizona spread to back, all from the advanced model that has simulated this game 10,000 times<\/a>, and find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second-ranked Arizona Wildcats will look to secure at least a share of the Big 12\u00a0title when they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[1982,7,217,59401,59378,79428,79429,79430,3730],"class_list":{"0":"post-630224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-arizona-wildcats","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-college-basketball","11":"tag-college-basketball-odds","12":"tag-college-basketball-picks","13":"tag-kansas-arizona-odds","14":"tag-kansas-arizona-picks","15":"tag-kansas-arizona-prediction","16":"tag-kansas-jayhawks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}