Sweet 16: Clemson and Kansas Kick-off Friday Action

Clemson Heads Into Sweet 16 as a Unknown

Sweet 16 action kicks off on Friday Night with the Clemson Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks battling. CenturyLink Center-NE will host the action and CBS will televise the game nationally.

Oddsmakers opened the Jayhawks as -4-point favorites versus the Tigers, while the game's total opened at 143. The line is now Kansas -5 and the total is up to 144.5.

The basketball coach at Clemson is trying to makea name for himself. His name is not recognized like his three counterparts at the Midwest Regional. Mike Krzyzewski has led Duke to five NCAA titles and 12 Final Four appearances. Bill Self has one national title and two Final Fours with Kansas. Jim Boeheim has one title and five Final Fours with Syracuse.

Brad Brownell has Clemson in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1997. He previously coached Wright State and UNC-Wilmington to tournament appearances.

Clemson advanced by playing great defense. They limited Auburn to 25.8 percent shooting. Auburn only scored points on just 22 of 70 possessions in an 84-53 second-round matchup. Clemson ranks 18th nationally defending shots. The Tigers are allowing only 40.4 percent on average per game.

Three over-sized guards lead the way. All of them stand 6'3" and cause matchup problems. Marcquise Reed, Gabe DeVoe and Shelton Mitchell, lead the Tigers in scoring with averages of 15.9, 13.7 and 12.3 points, respectively.

Sweet 16 Again for Kansas in a "Down" Year

Self and the Jayhawks' Big 12 dominance is reflected in 14 consecutive league championships. However, the Big 12 advanced four teams to the Sweet 16 this year.

Kansas outlasted Penn and Seton Hall in the first two rounds. Center Udoka Azubuike is back. The 7-foot sophomore missed the Jayhawks' championship run in the Big 12 Tournament. He was out with an MCL strain.

He played 22 minutes against Seton Hall and chipped in 10 points and seven rebounds. Azubuike leads the nation in field goal percentage. He is making 77.5 percent of his attempts.

A whole flock of Kansas shooters have combined to average 10 3-point makes per game. They are shooting 40.3 percent from behind the arc.

The Jayhawk that has been the hottest during the five-game winning streak has been sophomore guard Malik Newman. He is averaging 22 points during that run and is hitting 59 percent from downtown.

 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Clemson	25-9	19-12	73.76	65.50	8.26	10-3	3-7	16-14-1	5-7-1	7-3
Kansas	29-7	19-16	81.39	70.86	10.53	8-9	5-5	16-17-2	9-7-1	4-6

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
CLEMS	13.29	11.82	1.12
KANSA	16.86	11.56	1.46

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
CLEMS	8.79	26.97	35.76
KANSA	9.50	25.78	35.28

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
CLEMS	45.70	40.45	5.25
KANSA	49.61	42.23	7.38

Team Records

Clemson Tigers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	25-9	17-2	8-7	19-12	12-4	7-8	73.76	65.50	8.26
Last 10	5-5	4-1	1-4	6-4	3-2	3-2	70.80	66.40	4.40
vs Conf	12-8	9-1	3-7	10-10	7-3	3-7	70.15	67.70	2.45

Kansas Jayhawks

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	29-7	21-4	8-3	19-16	13-11	6-5	81.39	70.86	10.53
Last 10	9-1	8-0	1-1	7-3	6-2	1-1	80.40	71.10	9.30
vs Conf	16-5	10-2	6-3	10-11	5-7	5-4	78.19	74.10	4.09

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	73.76	136	70.86	110
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	81.39	25	65.50	23

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Clemson	--	--	--
Kansas	--	--	--

Head To Head Detail

Date

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals

Sweet 16 Betting Trends

Clemson Tigers
Clemson is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Clemson is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games

Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Kansas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Kansas's last 9 games

Team Last 5 Games

Clemson Tigers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 18, 2018	AUBRN	84-53	W	1.5	146	W/U	47.54	69.57	10	A
Mar 16, 2018	NMXST	79-68	W	-3.5	133	W/O	55.93	77.78	6	H
Mar 9, 2018	VIRGA	58-64	L	8	115.5	W/O	34.69	82.61	5	A
Mar 8, 2018	BC	90-82	W	-5.5	140	W/O	46.77	90.91	12	H
Mar 3, 2018	SYRA	52-55	L	0	124.5	L/U	40.00	68.75	5	A

Kansas Jayhawks

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 17, 2018	SETON	83-79	W	-4.5	155	L/O	50.00	69.23	9	H
Mar 15, 2018	PENN	76-60	W	-14	146	W/U	44.26	88.24	7	H
Mar 10, 2018	W.VA	81-70	W	1.5	148	W/O	56.36	50.00	15	H
Mar 9, 2018	KANST	83-67	W	-7.5	138.5	W/O	48.33	82.35	11	H
Mar 8, 2018	OKST	82-68	W	-6	150	W/P	56.14	71.43	8	H

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