#765/766 ASA FREE PLAY ON Under 127.5 Points – Houston vs Kansas, Saturday at 6:30 PM ET - The 2 strongest units on each team are easily the defenses. Both rank in the top 5 nationally in defensive efficiency and Houston ranks #1 in the country in PPG allowed while KU ranks #16. Both defenses also match up very well vs the opposing offense. Kansas does not shoot many 3’s (289th in 3 point attempts) so most of their work is done inside the arc. Houston just happens to be the #1 defense in the nation defending inside the arc allowing opponents to make only 39% of their 2 point attempts. On the other end, Houston makes 8.5 triples per game (111th) but the Kansas defense has been outstanding defending beyond the arc giving up just 28% which is good for 10th in the country.. Houston defense allows only 17.9 made FG’s per game which is ridiculous (1st nationally) while KU only allows 22 made FG’s per game (23rd best). So in order to put up some points in this game, these teams better get to the FT line which we don’t see happening very often. Houston ranks 334th in percentage of points from the FT line and Kansas ranks 364th (dead last) in that metric. These teams have combined to play 34 games this season and 29 of them have gone Under the total. Add another Under to the ledger here as we expect a low scoring, grinder type game.