{"id":20611,"date":"2011-12-28T13:48:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T18:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20611"},"modified":"2011-12-28T13:48:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T18:48:33","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-mississippi-state-bulldogs-vs-baylor-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-mississippi-state-bulldogs-vs-baylor-bears-20611\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. Baylor Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 14 Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. No. 7 Baylor Bears
\nWednesday, 12\/28\/11, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 142.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 143.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Baylor Bears are one of six undefeated Division I college basketball teams left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mississippi State is looking to win 13 games in its first 14 outings for the sixth time in school history.\u00a0 The Bulldogs are 1-1 all-time when playing inside the American Airlines Center, with both of those games being played during the 2002 NCAA Tournament.\u00a0 Bulldogs head coach Rick Stansbury is 3-4 against the Big 12 Conference in his career.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s very obvious we\u2019re going to play one of the better teams in the country,\u201d commented Stansbury.\u00a0 \u201cThis will be, no question, our most difficult challenge thus far.\u201d\u00a0 Mississippi State is 11-4 ATS when playing on a neutral court the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs have held 12 of their 13 opponents to 68 points or less, while shooting 50 percent or better from the floor five times.\u00a0 Mississippi State has four players that average double figures in scoring\u2014led by junior forward Arnett Moultrie, who is averaging 17.8 points and 11.7 rebounds per game in 32.7 minutes a contest.\u00a0 He ranks sixth nationally in rebounding, while senior guard Dee Bost is second in the Southeastern Conference and 20th nationally in steals.<\/p>\n

Baylor is a perfect 12-0 on the year and will be vying for its best start in program history.\u00a0 The Bears are one of only six undefeated Division I teams remaining, as they look to pick up their first all-time victory against the Bulldogs in their third try.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the program is 26-140 all-time against top 25 teams, including a 9-46 mark in the Scott Drew era.\u00a0 Senior forward Quincy Acy is certainly the offensive leader, ranking 21st in school history with 1,060 points, averaging 12.9 points per game.\u00a0 Baylor is 7-8 ATS when playing on a neutral floor the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Bears are coming off a thrilling 83-81 overtime win over the West Virginia Mountaineers as six-point favorites in last Friday\u2019s Las Vegas Classic championship game.\u00a0 Baylor ranks among the top teams nationally in shooting 50.2 percent from the field, as sophomore Perry Jones III is averaging a team-best 14.1 points per game.\u00a0 Playing in the Metroplex hasn\u2019t been great historically for the program, coming in with a 74-125 record all-time, including a 6-15 mark in neutral-site games in the Dallas area.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Bulldogs due to their 5-0-1 ATS mark as an underdog, while the Bears are 1-4 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. 14 Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. No. 7 Baylor Bears Wednesday, 12\/28\/11, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 142.5 Current Total:\u00a0 143.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Mississippi State is looking to win 13 games in its first 14 outings for the sixth time in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3920,6253,3288,2898,6255,6254,6252],"class_list":["post-20611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-american-airlines-center","tag-arnett-moultrie","tag-baylor-bears","tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","tag-perry-jones-iiiry-jones","tag-quincy-acy","tag-rick-stansbury"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20611","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=20611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20612,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20611\/revisions\/20612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}