{"id":20476,"date":"2011-12-23T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20476"},"modified":"2011-12-22T17:57:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T22:57:53","slug":"college-basketball-betting-preview-california-golden-bears-vs-unlv-runnin-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-betting-preview-california-golden-bears-vs-unlv-runnin-rebels-20476\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Betting Preview: California Golden Bears vs. UNLV Runnin’ Rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"

California at No. 23 UNLV Rebels
\nFriday, 12\/23\/11, 5:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 UNLV -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 UNLV -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 138
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 138
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The UNLV Runnin' Rebels are 7-0 inside the Thomas & Mack Center this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

California hits the road for the first time since dropping a 64-63 decision to the San Diego State Aztecs, as it looks to extend its four-game win streak.\u00a0 The Golden Bears are coming off an impressive 70-50 win over the UCSB Gauchos as 8.5-point home favorites despite being without its top defender Jorge Gutierrez being out with an illness.\u00a0 \u201cIt shows that we have other weapons on the team,\u201d commented Golden Bears guard Allen Crabbe.\u00a0 The program tallied a 73-55 victory over UNLV in its last trip to Sin City on Nov. 28, 2008.\u00a0 California is 1-4 ATS in its last five road games.<\/p>\n

The Golden Bears are led offensively by Crabbe averaging 16.1 points per game, while two other starters join him in double figures.\u00a0 California is definitely making a name for itself on defense, ranking second in the Pac-12 Conference in limiting opponents to just 56.0 points per game, while leading the way in allowing teams to shoot just 38.1 percent from the floor.\u00a0 California has lost five straight against ranked competition since tallying a 57-50 win over Temple on Nov. 25, 2010.<\/p>\n

UNLV has won its last three games since dropping a 62-51 affair to the Wisconsin Badgers as 9.5-point road underdogs on Dec. 10.\u00a0 The Runnin\u2019 Rebels will put their perfect 7-0 record at the Thomas & Mack Center on the line.\u00a0 \u201cFinal exams are done, so our guys can concentrate 100 percent on basketball, and this is the time of the year we can make great improvement getting ready for conference play,\u201d stated Runnin\u2019 Rebels head coach Dave Rice.\u00a0 Four players are averaging double figures in scoring\u2014led by Chace Stanback\u2019s 14.5 points per game.\u00a0 UNLV is 7-19 ATS in its last 26 home games.<\/p>\n

The Runnin\u2019 Rebels are outscoring opponents by an average of 13.7 points per game and are shooting 46.8 percent from the field.\u00a0 UNLV returned four starters and four other letterwinners from last season\u2019s squad that finished with a 24-9 overall record.\u00a0 This will be the fifth all-time meeting between the two teams, with the Runnin\u2019 Rebels winning three of the last four, while also coming in with a 56-47 record against teams that are currently in the Pac-12 Conference.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Runnin\u2019 Rebels due to their 5-2 ATS mark following a spread loss, while the Golden Bears are 1-4 ATS after playing three or more consecutive home games.<\/p>\n

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California at No. 23 UNLV Rebels Friday, 12\/23\/11, 5:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 UNLV -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 UNLV -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 138 Current Total:\u00a0 138 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker California hits the road for the first time since dropping a 64-63 decision to the San Diego State Aztecs, as it looks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[5816,2958,5905,5263,6223,3113],"class_list":["post-20476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-allen-crabbe","tag-california-golden-bears","tag-chace-stanbeck","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-thomas-mack-center","tag-unlv-runnin-rebels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476","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=20476"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20478,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476\/revisions\/20478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}