{"id":13316,"date":"2011-02-12T14:50:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T19:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=13316"},"modified":"2011-02-12T14:50:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T19:50:34","slug":"bears-longhorns-meet-in-austin-in-big-12-battle-baylor-at-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/bears-longhorns-meet-in-austin-in-big-12-battle-baylor-at-texas-13316\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears, Longhorns Meet in Austin in Big 12 Battle: Baylor at Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baylor Bears at Texas Longhorns, Frank Erwin Events Center, Austin TX
\nSaturday, February 12, 2011, 4:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN
\nOpening Line: Texas -11 1\/2
\nCurrent Line: Texas -11
\nOpening Total: 130 1\/2
\nCurrent Total: 131
\nMoney Line: Texas -800 \/ Baylor +600<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jordan Hamilton and the Texas Longhorns take on the Baylor Bears in Austin in a Big 12 clash. Texas is a 11 1\/2 point favorite at home. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a rough patch in the middle of the season, Baylor seems to be playing better basketball. They have won 3 out of their last 4 games and have climbed up to third in the Big 12 standings behind Texas and Kansas. Baylor is 16-7 overall and 6-4 in conference. The Bears travel to Texas to take on the Longhorns who are 21-3 overall and 9-0 in the Big 12. Texas is ranked #3 in both polls. Baylor has losses to Gonzaga, Washington St, Florida St, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, and Oklahoma. Baylor has won 2 in a row including a 74-70 home victory over Nebraska Wednesday. They have additional wins over Arizona St, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Colorado, and Texas A&M. Texas has losses to Pitt, USC, and UConn. Texas has wins over Illinois, North Carolina, Michigan St, Arkansas, Texas Tech twice, Oklahoma twice, Texas A&M twice, Kansas, Oklahoma St, and Missouri. They have won 9 straight games including a 68-52 win at Oklahoma Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Texas leads the series against Baylor 155-79, including an 84-79 record in Austin. Texas is 49-11 in the series since 1982, but Baylor has won 4 straight. They are 4-2 straight up and ATS in the last 6 games int eh series and 5 out those 6 have gone over the total. Texas is 15-4 ATS in all games this season, including, 8-1 in conference, and 11-2 against teams with winning records.<\/p>\n

Baylor has no significant injuries right now. Guard LaceDarius Dunn leads the team in scoring with 20.7 points a game. He also averages 4.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.6 steals a game. Dunn is shooting 41.8% from 3-point range. Freshman forward\/center Perry Jones III is averaging 14.6 points, 7 rebounds, and 1.2 assists a game. Forward Quincy Acy leads the team in rebounds with 7.5 a game and blocks with 1.3 a game. He also averages 13.1 points. Guard A.J. Walton leads the team in assists with 5.1 a game and steals with 2.2 a game. Baylor is outscoring opponents 72-63 on the season. Baylor is shooting 48% from the field and 37.5% from 3-point range. Baylor opponents are shooting 41.2% from the field. The Bears shoot 69.7% from the free throw line. Baylor averages 36.1 rebounds a game and has a rebounding margin of +6.6. Baylor averages 12.6 assists and 16 turnovers a game. Baylor forces 15.3 turnovers a game on defense. The Bears average 7.3 steals and 4.2 blocks a game.<\/p>\n

Texas has no significant injuries right now. Texas is led by guard\/forward Jordan Hamilton. Hamilton is averaging 19 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 2.4 assists a game. He is the leading scorer and rebounder for the Longhorns and also is shooting 42.4% from 3-point range. Forward Tristan Thompson averages 12.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1 steal, and 2.3 blocks a game. He leads the team in rebounding and blocks. Forward Gary Johnson averages 11.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists a game. Guard Cory Joseph averages 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2.8 assists to lead the team, and 1.1 steals a game to lead the team. Texas is outscoring opponents 76-60 on the season. They are shooting 46.8% from the field and 38.2% from 3-point range. Longhorn opponents are shooting 36.3% from the field. Texas makes only 65% of their free throws. Texas averages 41 rebounds and has a rebounding margin of +7.2. The Longhorns average 14.1 assists and 12.6 turnovers a game. Texas forces 13.5 turnovers a game on defense. Texas averages 5 blocks and 6.1 steals a game.<\/p>\n

This is a crucial game for both teams. Texas is trying to bolster its resume for a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament next month. Baylor is just trying to get into the the tournament. Baylor finally seems to be playing up to the high expectations of a team that went to the elite 8 last season and returned most of their starters. We will find out how good Baylor is in this match-up. Texas is clearly the superior team especially at home, but Baylor is still dangerous.<\/p>\n

Our college basketball handicappers are red hot in 2011. Don’t miss out on any more winners this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baylor Bears at Texas Longhorns, Frank Erwin Events Center, Austin TX Saturday, February 12, 2011, 4:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN Opening Line: Texas -11 1\/2 Current Line: Texas -11 Opening Total: 130 1\/2 Current Total: 131 Money Line: Texas -800 \/ Baylor +600 After a rough patch in the middle of the season, Baylor seems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":9764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3288,738,4227,3887,1492,496],"class_list":["post-13316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-big-12","tag-colelge-basketball-handicapping","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-espn","tag-texas-longhorns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13316","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\/40249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13316"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13624,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13316\/revisions\/13624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}