TCU vs Kansas Prediction 1/6/2026 Today’s College Basketball Picks

The TCU Horned Frogs and the Kansas Jayhawks meet Tuesday in college basketball action from Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence. Here’s a TCU vs Kansas prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best TCU vs Kansas pick. We will examine the recent form and player performances for both teams, as well as the recent betting trends and streaks pertaining to this matchup. As we conclude, we will tie it all together with a summary that produces a sensible pick for a favorable betting outcome in this game.

TCU Horned Frogs Betting Preview

Over their first 13 games of the season, TCU was able to notch a 10-3 run. The losses were versus New Orleans, Michigan and Notre Dame in that time. Otherwise it was wins over Saint Francis, Lamar, Kansas City, Florida, Wisconsin, North Texas, Incarnate Word, Oral Roberts, Florida A&M and Jackson State to start off the year on a pretty nice overall run.

In their Saturday game versus Baylor, the Frogs went into the locker room with a 29-23 edge. TCU finished off the game with a 40-40 run and took the eventual win in the end 69-63. Leading the team in scoring was Micah Robinson on a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Xavier Edmonds added 12 points with four rebounds while David Punch had 11 points with eight boards.

Kansas Jayhawks Betting Preview

Over on the Kansas side, they went 6-3 over their first nine games this year. The wins in that time came courtesy of Green Bay, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Princeton, Notre Dame, Syracuse and Tennessee. A win streak began from there over Missouri, NC State, Towson and Davidson, giving the Jayhawks a solid 10-3 record over their first 13 games of the season.

Matched up against UCF on Saturday the Jayhawks were down 44-41 by the end of the first half. Kansas couldn’t recover from there on a 37-34 deficit and took the loss 81-75 in the end. Darryn Peterson had 26 points with six rebounds in the defeat and Melvin Council added 20 points. Tre White doubled up on 14 points with 11 rebounds in the losing effort for the Jayhawks.

TCU Horned Frogs @ Kansas Jayhawks Betting Trends: January 6, 2026

Why the Kansas Jayhawks will win

• Kansas has won each of its last 10 games at Allen Fieldhouse against non-AP-ranked opponents.
• TCU has lost six of its last seven road games against Conference opponents.
• TCU has lost the first half in four of its last five road night games against the Big 12 Conference.

Why the TCU Horned Frogs will win

• TCU has won nine of its last 10 games.
• TCU has won the first half in three of its last four games.

TCU vs Kansas Prediction

I’ll stick with Kansas. The Jayhawks had better put together a solid home effort in this one after that loss to UCF, though. Kansas shot 43.1 percent from the field with 34 rebounds in that one while getting outscored 38-30 in the paint. It wasn’t a horrible overall effort, but not nearly enough to put away a pesky Knights team at CFE Arena. Kansas has scored 73 or more points in each of the last five games though, going 4-1 in that time.

As for TCU, they shot just 38.3 percent from the field and 15-of-23 (65.2 percent) from the line in their win over Baylor last weekend. The Frogs had a 39-28 rebounding advantage though, and held the Bears to just 37.3 percent shooting on defense. TCU has won six straight games now, and they’ll make for a good barometer as to Kansas’ current situation.

Andrew Jett's Pick: Kansas Jayhawks -7.5