{"id":12765,"date":"2011-01-25T19:33:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T00:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=12765"},"modified":"2011-01-25T19:33:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T00:33:35","slug":"mountain-west-conference-unlv-runnin-rebels-at-wyoming-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/mountain-west-conference-unlv-runnin-rebels-at-wyoming-cowboys-12765\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain West Conference: UNLV Runnin Rebels at Wyoming Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNLV Rebels AT Wyoming Cowboys
\nJan 25, 2011 at 10 PM EST
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 UNLV -13
\nCurrent Line: UNLV -12
\nOpening Total: 127.5
\nCurrent Total: 130
\nOpening Moneyline: UNLV -900 \/ Wym +650
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 UNLV -850 \/ Wym +600<\/strong><\/p>\n

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UNLV are heavy favorites in tonight's matchup against Wyoming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tonight’s showdown is between Mountain West Conference rivals UNLV and Wyoming.\u00a0 Wyoming is 3 games under .500 with an 8-11 record while the Runnin’ Rebels are 15-3 and 3-3 in Conference, good enough for 4th of 9 in the Conference.\u00a0 UNLV has been winning their games in decisive fashion, averaging 72.1 points per game while giving up 61.3 points per game, good for a +10.8 differential, and Wyoming, despite having a losing record, has a positive differential of 1.2, as they score 66.5 and give up 65.3.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

UNLV is 6-2 SU in their last 8 road games and the total has gone UNDER in 8 of their last 11 on the road.\u00a0 UNLV is 5-2 SU in their last 7 road games against the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

Wyoming is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games and 1-4 SU in their last 5.\u00a0 They are 6-2 SU in their last 8 at home and 5-11 ATS in their last 16 games against UNLV.\u00a0 Wyoming is 2-13 SU in their last 15 against UNLV.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Wyoming’s last 5 games against Runnin Rebels.\u00a0 Wyoming is 2-8 ATS in their last 10 home games against UNLV.\u00a0 Wyoming is 2-5 SU in their last 7 games against UNLV.<\/p>\n

Wyoming is led by the trio of Desmar Jackson, Djibril Thiam, and Amath M’Baye, who collectively combine for 36.3 points (55% of Wyoming’s output).\u00a0 Jackson, a 6’5″ sophomore swingman, averages 15.1 points per game, 4.6 boards, and an outstanding 2.2 steals per game.\u00a0 He’s not an effective three point shooter,\u00a0 but he does get to the basket well and draws a lot of fouls on opposing big men.\u00a0 He’s scored in double figures in all but 3 of Wyoming’s games, and Wyoming lost all three of those games, by an average of 16.3 points per game.\u00a0 Thiam and M’Baye both have similar averages of roughly 10 points per game and 5 rebounds per game.\u00a0 They both play roughly the same number of minutes, as well, with 27 (Thiam) and 29 (M’Baye).\u00a0 Wyoming’s starterse all play at least 27 minutes a game, but their rotation does go 9 deep, with Bouedo running up the rear of the train with 15.8 minutes a game.\u00a0 They are a poor 28% as a team from three, so a zone defense often gives them problems as teams can lay off their perimeter players and clog the paint.<\/p>\n

Four players do most of UNLV’s damage.\u00a0 Chace Stanback, Tre’Von Willis, Oscar Bellfield, and Anthony Marshall all average in double figures in points and comprise 4 of a 6 man rotation for the Rebels.\u00a0 Stanback, a 6’8″ junior tweener forward, leads the way in scoring with 13 points per game and 5.5 rebounds.\u00a0 He’s attempted 73 threes in 18 games (4 attempts per game) and is hitting a respectable 37% from behind the arc, but UNLV is a poor three point shooting team, just like Wyoming, as the team averages only 30% from three.\u00a0 Trevon Willis is wrapping up an excellent career at UNLV, and last year had his best year of the four so far, averaging 17.2 points per game on 47.8% field goals.\u00a0 If he can recapture some of last year’s brilliance, UNLV could crack the top 25 in rankings.\u00a0 They recently received 4 votes in the AP top 25, and 11 votes in the ESPN\/USA today top 25 rankings, not good enough to crack them, but they are on the bubble.\u00a0 They could make waves this March, as a possible “Cinderella Story.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNLV Rebels AT Wyoming Cowboys Jan 25, 2011 at 10 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 UNLV -13 Current Line: UNLV -12 Opening Total: 127.5 Current Total: 130 Opening Moneyline: UNLV -900 \/ Wym +650 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 UNLV -850 \/ Wym +600 Tonight’s showdown is between Mountain West Conference rivals UNLV and Wyoming.\u00a0 Wyoming is 3 games […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":3962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3113,2492],"class_list":["post-12765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-unlv-runnin-rebels","tag-wyoming-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12765","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\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12766,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12765\/revisions\/12766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}