{"id":20770,"date":"2012-01-02T11:32:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T16:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20770"},"modified":"2012-01-02T11:32:14","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T16:32:14","slug":"big-12-conference-basketball-texas-am-aggies-vs-baylor-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-12-conference-basketball-texas-am-aggies-vs-baylor-bears-20770\/","title":{"rendered":"Big 12 Conference Basketball: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Baylor Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas A&M Aggies at No. 7 Baylor Bears
\nMonday, 1\/2\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV: ESPNU
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -13
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -13.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 122
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 125
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Baylor Bears are one of four remaining teams that are undefeated in Division I college basketball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas A&M has lost two of its last three games and will be searching to open Big 12 Conference play with a victory for the fifth time in six years.\u00a0 The Aggies have also dropped three in a row in this particular series, including a 58-51 defeat inside the Ferrell Center as three-point underdogs on Feb. 26, 2011.\u00a0 \u201cI know we struggled with them last year and I think they\u2019re a lot better than they were last year,\u201d stated Aggies first-year head coach Billy Kennedy.\u00a0 Texas A&M is 2-0 ATS as a road underdog of 12.5 to 15 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Aggies have tallied a 27-11 conference record over the last 2 1\/2 seasons and are one of just three teams to finish .500 or better in Big 12 play in each of the past seven years.\u00a0 Texas A&M scores 51.9 percent of its points inside the paint this year, which will be a major challenge for them against a physical opponent.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to watch the scoreboard when this game reaches the break, as the program is 9-0 this year when leading at halftime.\u00a0 Four players average double figures in scoring\u2014led by junior forward Khris Middleton in scoring 13.6 points per game.<\/p>\n

Baylor opens up its Big 12 Conference schedule at home for the fourth time in five seasons and is one of just four remaining undefeated teams.\u00a0 The Bears are 76-127 all-time in the his particular series, but have proven victorious in their last three chances as host.\u00a0 \u201cI am very proud of them to have the opportunity to do that,\u201d commented Bears head coach Scott Drew about his team potentially setting a school record for longest win streak with a victory tonight.\u00a0 Baylor is 1-3 ATS as a home favorite of 12.5 or more points.<\/p>\n

The Bears are 9-4 in their last 13 games against in-state conference opponents, while posting a 46-14 mark during the Drew era when playing as a ranked team.\u00a0 Baylor also has four players that average double-digit points per game, as sophomore Perry Jones III is the current leader in scoring 13.4 points a contest.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is coming off a disappointing effort despite picking up a win, shooting a season-worst 34.5 percent from the field in a 54-52 neutral-site win over Mississippi State.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Aggies due to the underdog being 13-3 ATS in this series, while the Bears are 0-4 ATS when playing on Mondays.<\/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":"

Texas A&M Aggies at No. 7 Baylor Bears Monday, 1\/2\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV: ESPNU Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -13 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -13.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 122 Current Total:\u00a0 125 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Texas A&M has lost two of its last three games and will be searching to open Big 12 Conference play […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3288,3267,4030,6162,5739,1145],"class_list":["post-20770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-big-12-conference","tag-ferrell-center","tag-khris-middleton","tag-perry-jones-iii","tag-texas-am-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20770","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=20770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20771,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20770\/revisions\/20771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}