{"id":20319,"date":"2011-12-16T21:48:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T02:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20319"},"modified":"2011-12-16T21:48:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T02:48:56","slug":"college-basketball-odds-texas-am-aggies-vs-florida-gators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-odds-texas-am-aggies-vs-florida-gators-20319\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Odds: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Florida Gators"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 22 Texas A&M Aggies vs. No. 13 Florida Gators
\nSaturday, 12\/17\/11, 2:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Florida -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 129.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 130.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Florida Gators only two losses have come against the Ohio State Buckeyes and Syracuse Orange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas A&M will put its six-game winning streak on the line Saturday and take on the Florida Gators inside the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL.\u00a0 The Aggies have allowed just 51.4 points per game on 33.4 percent shooting this year, which ranks first and second in the Big 12 Conference.\u00a0 This particular contest will be the program\u2019s first against a ranked opponent, posting a 4-4 record against such foes during the 2010-11 campaign.\u00a0 Texas A&M is 0-2 ATS in neutral court games this season and the \u2018under\u2019 has cashed in both.<\/p>\n

The Aggies have scored 53.1 percent of their points inside the point this season, which is significantly higher than the 40.1 percent of a year ago.\u00a0 Texas A&M is certainly making a name for itself in the college basketball arena, being one of only eight schools in the entire country that have won 24 or more games in each of the last five seasons.\u00a0 Offensively the team received a big boost with the return of junior forward Khris Middleton, who suffered a knee injury in the season opener, but has averaged 15.0 points in two games this season.<\/p>\n

Florida has lost two games this season on the road to Ohio State and Syracuse, coming in on a two-game win streak that includes a 90-69 blowout win over the Rider Broncos as 26.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 \u201cWe shared the ball and I thought we played the right way on offense,\u201d commented Gators coach Billy Donovan.\u00a0 The Gators are appearing in the MetroPCS Orange Bowl Classic for the 11th in 12 years, holding an 8-2 mark in the event.\u00a0 The program is 13-10 all-time against Big 12 Conference schools, including a 3-2 mark under Donovan\u2019s watch.\u00a0 Florida is 0-3 ATS as a favorite this year.<\/p>\n

The Gators have been a major force on the glass this season, out-rebounding opponents in seven of eight games.\u00a0 Florida also ranks third nationally and first among Southeastern Conference schools in averaging 86.8 points per game.\u00a0 Hitting from beyond the arc is something this roster does on a regular basis, leading the nation with 102 three-pointers and ranking second in averaging 11.3 per game.\u00a0 Junior guard Kenny Boynton is the star of the show in averaging 18.7 points.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Aggies due to their 13-4 ATS mark as neutral-site underdogs, while the Gators are 2-5 ATS as a favorite of 7 to 12.5 points.<\/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. 22 Texas A&M Aggies vs. No. 13 Florida Gators Saturday, 12\/17\/11, 2:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Florida -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 129.5 Current Total:\u00a0 130.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Texas A&M will put its six-game winning streak on the line Saturday and take on the Florida Gators […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[6161,3267,3881,499,5741,6162,3875,1145],"class_list":["post-20319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-bankatlantic-center","tag-big-12-conference","tag-billy-donovan","tag-florida-gators","tag-kenny-boynton","tag-khris-middleton","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-texas-am-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20319","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=20319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20320,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20319\/revisions\/20320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}