Kansas State vs TCU Prediction College Basketball Picks 1/4/25

The Kansas State Wildcats and the TCU Horned Frogs meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Ed & Rae Schollmaier Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Kansas State vs. TCU prediction.

Kansas State Recap

The Kansas State Wildcats come into this game looking to add on to a 70-67 road win over Cincinnati in their last matchup to improve to 7-5 on the year. After this game, Kansas State will head on the road to face off with Oklahoma State.

Wildcats Snap Three-Game Losing Skid

David N’Guessan leads the Wildcats in scoring with 13.6 PPG and 6.8 RPG while Brendan Hausen has 13 PPG. Dug McDaniel’s added 10.3 PPG with a team-high 4.3 APG to lead the Wildcats in the assist department and Coleman Hawkins has 10.1 PPG with a team-high 7.4 RPG to lead Kansas State on the glass and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Kansas State up to this point in the year. As a team, Kansas State is averaging 77.4 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field, 35.7% from three and 67.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the Kansas State Wildcats will win

• Kansas State has won four of its last five day games.
• TCU has lost four of its last five day games.

TCU Recap

The TCU Horned Frogs come into this one fresh off of a 90-81 loss at the hands of Arizona last time out to match Kansas State’s record of 7-5 so far this season. After this game, TCU will head on the road to take on the Houston Cougars.

TCU Looking To Rebound

Vasean Allette leads the Horned Frogs in scoring with 10.7 PPG along with 3.3 RPG and 2.3 APG while Noah Reynolds has 10.6 PPG with 2.5 RPG and a team-high 3.9 APG to lead the Horned Frogs in assists. Trazarien White’s added 10.2 PPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for TCU so far this season while Brendan Wenzel’s added 9.4 PPG with 4.1 RPG and Ernest Udeh Jr. has 9.2 PPG with a team-high 8.6 RPG to lead the Horned Frogs on the glass up to this point in the season. As a team, TCU is averaging 70.3 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field, 31.8% from three and 65.6% from the foul line this season.

Why the TCU Horned Frogs will win

• TCU has won each of its last seven games at Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena.
• Kansas State has lost each of its last seven Saturday road games.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Kansas State’s last five games against non-AP-ranked opponents have produced a total of 143+ points.
• Each of the last four games between Kansas State and TCU have produced a total of 143+ points.

Kansas State vs. TCU Prediction

I’m on Kansas State here. I know the Horned Frogs have played their best at home and put up a solid fight against Arizona. However, I’m still not loving the makeup of this TCU team without Frankie Collins, who is done for the year it looks like, and Kansas State, may have some issues but this team looked like they figured it out in the big road win over Cincinnati and I think catching points with them in a decent spot like this is where I want to be. I’ll take Kansas State and the points and sprinkle something on K-State ML as well.