{"id":13518,"date":"2011-02-20T18:17:57","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T23:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=13518"},"modified":"2011-02-20T18:17:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T23:17:57","slug":"bruins-and-golden-bears-renew-rivalry-in-berkeley-ucla-at-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/bruins-and-golden-bears-renew-rivalry-in-berkeley-ucla-at-california-13518\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins and Golden Bears Renew Rivalry in Berkeley: UCLA at California"},"content":{"rendered":"

UCLA Bruins at California Golden Bears, Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA
\nSunday, February 20, 2011, 10:00 pm Eastern, TV: Fox Sports Net
\nOpening Line: pick
\nCurrent Line: UCLA -1
\nOpening Total: 141 1\/2
\nCurrent Total: 142
\nMoney Line: UCLA -120 \/ Cal +100<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reeves Nelson and the UCLA Bruins take on the California Golden Bears in a crucial Pac-10 clash in Berkeley. UCLA is a 1 point favorite on the road. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UCLA escaped with an 86-84 victory at home versus California January 20. That win was part of a stretch for UCLA where they have won 10 of the last 11, including 6 in a row. After the loss to UCLA, Cal won 4 in a row but is now on a 4 game losing streak. Three of the four losses are by 4 points or less. UCLA is 19-7 overall and 10-3 in the Pac-10, a game and a half behind Arizona. California is 13-13 overall and 6-8 in conference. UCLA has wins over BYU, Washington St, Oregon twice, Oregon St twice, Stanford twice, Arizona St, USC, and St. John’s. The Bruins won at Stanford Thursday 69-65. California has wins over New Mexico, Temple, Iowa St, Arizona St twice, Washington St, USC, Oregon St, and Oregon. California lost at home to USC 78-75 Thursday night. California has losses to Notre Dame, Boston College, San Diego St, Southern Miss, Kansas, Stanford, Arizona twice, Washington twice, Washington St, and USC.<\/p>\n

UCLA leads the overall series 133-96 against California. The Bruins have won six straight games in Berkeley. UCLA has won 4 out of the last 6 in the series, but are 3-3 ATS in those games. Four of the last six games have gone over the total. California is 15-5 ATS when the total is between 140 and 150 the last two seasons, including 6-0 at home in the same span.<\/p>\n

UCLA has no significant injuries right now. UCLA is led by forward Reeves Nelson who is averaging 13.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 1.6 assists a game. He is the leading scorer and rebounder. Guard Malcolm Lee averages 13.4 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists.\u00a0 Forward Tyler Honeycutt averages 12.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3 assists, and leads the team in blocks with 1.9 a game. Center Joshua Smith averages 10.+7 points and 6.4 rebounds a game.\u00a0 Guard Lazeric Jones averages\u00a0 10.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, and leads the team in assists with 3.5 a game.\u00a0\u00a0 UCLA is outscoring opponents 71-66 on the year. The Bruins are shooting 46% from the field and and 33.3% from 3-point range. Bruin opponents are shooting 41.7% from the field. The Bruins shoot 66.7% from the free throw line. UCLA averages 37.6 rebounds a game and has a rebounding margin of +4.8. The Bruins average 14.9 assists and 15.3 turnovers a game. UCLA forces 12.3 turnovers a game on defense. UCLA averages 5.5 steals and 5.5 blocks a game.<\/p>\n

California guard Allen Crabbe is questionable against UCLA with a concussion. He has missed the last two games for the Bears. Guard Gary Franklin left the Cal team for personal reasons a few weeks ago. He was averaging 8 points a game. The Golden Bears have four players averaging double digit scoring. Forward Harper Kamp averages 15 points to lead the team, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.7 assists a game. Guard Jorge Gutierrez averages 13.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists to lead the team, and 1.4 steals a game to also lead the team. Crabbe averages 12 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.9 assists a game. Markhuri Sanders-Frison averages 11.1 points, and 7.4 rebounds a game to lead the team. Cal is being outscored 72-71 on the season. The Bears are shooting 45% from the field and 34.6% from 3-point range. Cal opponents are shooting 43.2% from the field. The Bears average 35.7 rebounds a game and have a rebounding margin of +2.8. Cal averages 15 assists and 13.6 turnovers a game. They force 12.4 turnovers a game on defense. The Bears average 5.5 steals and 2.3 blocks a game.<\/p>\n

UCLA as only a 1 point favorite seems like a bargain when you consider The two teams recent games and the Bruins winning streak in Berkeley. The Bears play a lot of very close games though and can hang around especially at home. This game will come down to teh wire, but I think UCLA wins in the end.<\/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":"

UCLA Bruins at California Golden Bears, Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA Sunday, February 20, 2011, 10:00 pm Eastern, TV: Fox Sports Net Opening Line: pick Current Line: UCLA -1 Opening Total: 141 1\/2 Current Total: 142 Money Line: UCLA -120 \/ Cal +100 UCLA escaped with an 86-84 victory at home versus California January 20. That […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":9756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2958,4227,3887,3289,740,11],"class_list":["post-13518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-california-golden-bears","tag-colelge-basketball-handicapping","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-fox-sports-net","tag-pac-10","tag-ucla-bruins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13518","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=13518"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13695,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13518\/revisions\/13695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}