{"id":11427,"date":"2010-12-10T22:30:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-11T03:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11427"},"modified":"2010-12-10T22:30:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-11T03:30:19","slug":"ncaa-basketball-handicapping-unlv-runnin-rebels-at-louisville-cardinals-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-handicapping-unlv-runnin-rebels-at-louisville-cardinals-predictions-11427\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Handicapping: UNLV Runnin’ Rebels at Louisville Cardinals Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNLV Runnin\u2019 Rebels at Louisville Cardinals
\nSaturday, 12\/11\/10, 12:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Louisville -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Louisville -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 144
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 144<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Louisville Cardinals are slight home favorites in hosting the UNLV Runnin' Rebels in a matchup of undefeated teams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UNLV is off to its best start in 20 years and escaped with a 75-72 win over Boise State on Wednesday night at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.\u00a0 \u201cI think he\u2019s always had good teams, extremely well-coached teams, but I think this team goes beyond that because they\u2019re much more gifted offensively than teams he\u2019s had in the past,\u201d Louisville coach Rick Pitino stated.\u00a0 \u201cAnytime you play the competition they\u2019ve played and you\u2019re shooting 53 percent, that\u2019s saying something.\u201d\u00a0 This will mark the 11th all-time meeting between the two schools, with UNLV capturing each of the last two meetings.\u00a0 the Runnin\u2019 Rebels are 25-25 all-time against teams that currently make up the Big East Conference.\u00a0 The squad is 8-4 ATS as an underdog the past three years and the college basketball lines page will be worth watching in this contest.<\/p>\n

The Runnin\u2019 Rebels will be playing their seventh straight game away from the Thomas & Mack Center, as the facility is currently hosting the National Finals Rodeo.\u00a0 When the team returns from Louisville on Saturday night, it will have traveled 7,566 miles over a 19-day period.\u00a0 Playing on the road is something this program has excelled in, especially during the 2009-10 campaign, posting a 9-3 mark in true road games.\u00a0 UNLV has won 15 of its last 20 games away from Las Vegas.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to note that the team has the No. 13 RPI in the nation and has the second best shooting team in the entire country.<\/p>\n

Louisville knows its perfect record will be tested in a big way on Saturday and the program has lost the last two meetings in this series with highly-talented rosters.\u00a0 \u201cWe want to come out and give them everything we have and show everyone we can play,\u201d said freshman guard Elisha Justice.\u00a0 The Cardinals will be playing their eighth straight at home inside the KFC Yum! Center and bring in a perfect 7-0 record for the first time in the last 15 seasons.\u00a0 In facing one of the best shooting teams in the nation, Louisville will need to continue its strong play on the defensive end in the first twenty minutes, as its been holding opponents to a 32.8 percentage in the first half this season.\u00a0 The squad is 19-18 ATS at home the past three years.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals defensive effort early in the season can not be overlooked simply by the strength of schedule the team has faced, as they are leading the Big East with 11.3 steals while limiting opponents to 34.5 percent shooting from the field.\u00a0 Louisville\u2019s offense has also been a force through the first seven games, averaging 8.4 three-pointers per game this season, second-best in the conference and 28th nationally.\u00a0 The 88 points produced against Butler was the most an opponent has scored against the Bulldogs since 2001.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Rebels are 0-4 ATS in their last four Saturday games, while the CArdinals are 4-9 ATS in the same situation.<\/p>\n

The college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports are off to a flying start and can\u2019t wait for you to join them this Saturday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNLV Runnin\u2019 Rebels at Louisville Cardinals Saturday, 12\/11\/10, 12:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Louisville -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Louisville -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 144 Current Total:\u00a0 144 UNLV is off to its best start in 20 years and escaped with a 75-72 win over Boise State on Wednesday night at the Orleans Arena […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,4098,556,755,3113],"class_list":["post-11427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-elisha-justice","tag-louisville-cardinals","tag-rick-pitino","tag-unlv-runnin-rebels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11428,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11427\/revisions\/11428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}