{"id":19427,"date":"2011-11-17T08:10:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T13:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19427"},"modified":"2011-11-17T08:10:02","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T13:10:02","slug":"college-basketball-thursday-preview-texas-am-aggies-vs-mississippi-state-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-thursday-preview-texas-am-aggies-vs-mississippi-state-bulldogs-19427\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Thursday Preview: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 18 Texas A&M Aggies vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs
\nThursday, 11\/17\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 131.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 132.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Texas A&M Aggies are playing a more up-tempo style under first-year head coach Billy Kennedy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas A&M hits the Big Apple for the first time since the 2007 season and has opened the season with two home victories, including an 83-58 win over Southern on Sunday.\u00a0 The Aggies are playing at a much-higher pace under the direction of first-year head coach Billy Kennedy, averaging 16 fast-break points per game on the young season.\u00a0 One of the players that\u2019s benefiting from the new up-tempo style is forward Ray Turner, who is averaging 20 points and seven rebounds.\u00a0 Texas A&M is 8-1 ATS in November and the \u2018under\u2019 is 5-1 in that span.<\/p>\n

The Aggies have tallied a 2-1 all-time mark inside Madison Square Garden, as they get ready to complete in the 2K Sports Classic.\u00a0 Texas A&M is certainly talented and was picked to win the Big 12 Conference for the first time in the program\u2019s history.\u00a0 From an offensive standpoint, the team has focused in on scoring in the interior, with nearly 60 percent of its points coming in the paint.\u00a0 Kennedy has tallied a 0-5 record against Mississippi State when leading three different programs against them.<\/p>\n

Mississippi State comes in with a 2-1 record and failed to cover the spread as a home favorite in all three contests.\u00a0 The Bulldogs have split their four career games inside tonight\u2019s venue.\u00a0 \u201cObviously, we are facing a great team in Texas A&M, who was picked to win their conference,\u201d commented Bulldogs head coach Rick Stansbury.\u00a0 \u201cThey have a lot of experienced players back from a year ago.\u201d\u00a0 Stansbury currently ranks 11th in the Southeastern Conference in career wins.\u00a0 Mississippi State is 9-4 ATS when playing on a neutral court.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs are paced offensively by guard Dee Bost, who comes in averaging 17.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, sitting 24th in school history with 1,172 points.\u00a0 Mississippi State also has a talented guard in Rodney Hood, scoring 12.3 points and grabbing 5.7 boards per game, becoming the first true freshman to score in double-digits in his first three games inside the program.\u00a0 Stansbury has enjoyed great success in November, posting a 51-18 mark.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Bulldogs due to their 3-0-1 ATS mark as an underdog, while the Aggies are 3-7 ATS following a straight-up win.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 18 Texas A&M Aggies vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs Thursday, 11\/17\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 131.5 Current Total:\u00a0 132.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Texas A&M hits the Big Apple for the first time since the 2007 season and has opened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3780,5676,3902,2898,5748,1145],"class_list":["post-19427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-2k-sports-classic","tag-dee-bost","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","tag-ray-turner","tag-texas-am-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19427","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=19427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19428,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19427\/revisions\/19428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}