{"id":19430,"date":"2011-11-17T14:15:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T19:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19430"},"modified":"2011-11-17T10:20:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T15:20:44","slug":"college-basketball-picks-usc-trojans-vs-san-diego-state-aztecs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-usc-trojans-vs-san-diego-state-aztecs-19430\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: USC Trojans vs. San Diego State Aztecs"},"content":{"rendered":"

USC Trojans at San Diego State Aztecs
\nThursday, 11\/17\/11, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego State -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego State -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 122
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 119.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Diego State Aztecs are home favorites over the USC Trojans despite being 1-10 all-time in the series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

USC travels south to take on San Diego State after suffering a 64-61 double-overtime loss at home to the Nebraska Cornhuskers earlier in the week.\u00a0 The Trojans managed to shoot just 33.3 percent from the field and 54.5 percent from the free-throw line in that particular contest.\u00a0 It\u2019s a very challenging schedule to start the season, as seven of its first 10 opponents return at least four starters from a year ago.\u00a0 USC is 17-7 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons and the \u2018under\u2019 is 13-10 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Trojans hardly ever get blown out under coach Kevin O\u2019Neill, as 16 of the 30 losses under his direction have been decided by six points or less.\u00a0 USC\u2019s schedule features 22 of 31 games against teams that finished last year with a record of .500 or better.\u00a0 Not much is expected from this youthful roster, picked to finish seventh by media members that cover the Pac-12 Conference.\u00a0 Sophomore guard Maurice Jones paces the team in scoring 17.0 points per game, while forward Dewayne Dedmon is grabbing nine boards a contest.<\/p>\n

San Diego State returns home after suffering its first loss of the season, falling 77-67 to the Baylor Bears as nine-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Aztecs are known for bouncing back, winning their last eight games following a defeat.\u00a0 Fans inside the Viejas Arena are looking for the program to snap a five-game losing streak to tonight\u2019s opponent, as the team is 1-10 all-time versus USC.\u00a0 San Diego State is 13-3 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 9 points.<\/p>\n

The Aztecs have registered a dominating 84-11 record inside tonight\u2019s venue since the start of the 2005-06 season, including just two losses over the past two-plus campaigns.\u00a0 \u00a0 San Diego State has also managed to win 45 consecutive games against unranked opponents, while looking to move its home winning streak to nine games in November.\u00a0 Junior guard Chase Tapley is the team\u2019s offensive leader through four games, averaging 21.8 points and comes off a career-high 28-point effort versus the Bears.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Aztecs due to their 4-1 ATS record following a loss, while the Trojans are 0-4 in their last four opportunities.<\/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":"

USC Trojans at San Diego State Aztecs Thursday, 11\/17\/11, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego State -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego State -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 122 Current Total:\u00a0 119.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker USC travels south to take on San Diego State after suffering a 64-61 double-overtime loss at home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[5744,5736,5749,5263,2491,472,5750],"class_list":["post-19430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-cbb","tag-chase-tapley","tag-maurice-jones","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-san-diego-state-aztecs","tag-usc-trojans","tag-viejas-arena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19430","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=19430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19431,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19430\/revisions\/19431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}