Oklahoma at Kansas: How to watch, odds, predictions from ESPN, KenPom

Oklahoma hits the road on Saturday for an intense Big 12 matchup against Kansas. Here is everything you need to know from how to watch, odds, and predictions from ESPN and KenPom. Saturday’s game will serve as the second of two meetings between the two teams this season, the Jayhawks defeating the Sooners 67-64 in January.

How to watch Oklahoma at Kansas

Time: 1 PM EST

Location: Allen Fieldhouse — Lawrence, Kansas

Network: CBS

Odds

According to the Vegas Insider consensus odds, Kansas is 10.5-point home favorites over Oklahoma on Saturday. The over/under for the matchup is set at 142.5.

ESPN predictions

Predicted winner: Kansas

Predicted point differential: 11.6 points

Win probability (for Kansas): 86%

ESPN’s College Basketball Power Index (BPI) measures a team’s strength and predicts performance moving forward. Out of all of the games on Saturday’s slate, ESPN lists Oklahoma at Kansas with a matchup quality of 80.5, the ninth-highest total on the day.

KenPom predictions

Predicted winner: Kansas

Predicted final score: Kansas 77 — Oklahoma 67

Win probability (for Kansas): 82%

KenPom, another predictive tool for college basketball, closely follows ESPN’s predictions with a victory on Saturday for Kansas over Oklahoma.

Porter Moser reveals injured guard’s injury, playing status vs. Kansas

On Wednesday, Oklahoma freshman guard Bijan Cortes was unavailable during the Sooners’ victory over Texas Tech due to an undisclosed injury. Afterwards, coach Porter Moser revealed the injury, and whether Cortes would be available for their next game — a Big 12 showdown with Kansas on Saturday.

“I doubt it, because he’s in that five-day concussion protocol,” stated Moser, regarding Cortes’ status for Oklahoma’s upcoming game against Kansas. “It’s a concussion. Today, he didn’t have headaches. Like, that’s good. You can start to get out of your protocol. As of right now, we don’t think there’s any chance. We don’t think the five days will be up.”

While Oklahoma took care of business against Texas Tech without Cortes, his presence will be missed if he can’t go at Allen Fieldhouse. The Sooners will be looking to pull a huge upset, and it’ll need an all hands on deck effort to do so.

On the season, Cortes has appeared in 22 games for Oklahoma. Averaging 12.5 minutes per game, the freshman is scoring 2.2 points per game. Additionally, Cortes is averaging 1.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. His best performance of the season came against Baylor, when the guard scored six points, dished out five assists and pulled down three rebounds.