{"id":20893,"date":"2012-01-06T22:45:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T03:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20893"},"modified":"2012-01-06T15:44:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T20:44:59","slug":"big-12-conference-basketball-missouri-tigers-vs-kansas-state-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-12-conference-basketball-missouri-tigers-vs-kansas-state-wildcats-20893\/","title":{"rendered":"Big 12 Conference Basketball: Missouri Tigers vs. Kansas State Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 6 Missouri Tigers at No. 22 Kansas State Wildcats
\nSaturday, 1\/7\/12, 1:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:
\nCurrent Betting Line:
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\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Kansas State Wildcats are 7-0 ATS when hosting the Missouri Tigers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Missouri is one of four unbeaten teams nationally and is coming off a dominating 87-49 win over the Oklahoma Sooners as 12.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Tigers have played only one true road game, picking up a 75-68 victory over the Old Dominion Monarchs on Dec. 30.\u00a0 \u201cI want our guys to relax,\u201d commented Tigers head coach Frank Haith.\u00a0 \u201cI say that every game.\u201d\u00a0 These two programs have met 233 times and the Tigers have tallied a 117-116 record.\u00a0 Missouri is 16-38 ATS on the road.<\/p>\n

The Tigers currently lead the nation in field goal percentage at 52.2 percent, ranking second nationally in scoring 86.2 points per game.\u00a0 Senior Kim English has been red hot over the past four games, shooting 54 percent from the floor, which has helped him average 16 points over that span.\u00a0 Despite running a four-guard lineup, Missouri still holds a +4 rebounding edge over opponents.\u00a0 When the team needs a lift off the bench, junior Mike Dixon provides the energy, averaging 12.6 points and 3.1 assists per game.<\/p>\n

Kansas State opens the Big 12 portion of its home schedule on Saturday afternoon and has won 13 straight games inside Bramlage Coliseum.\u00a0 The Wildcats are 62-43 all-time at home in the series with seven consecutive wins dating back to the 2005 campaign.\u00a0 Junior guard Rodney McGruder leads in the team in averaging 12.7 points per game and has started 47 games in a row.\u00a0 He has scored in double figures in three consecutive games.\u00a0 Kansas State is 4-0 ATS following a straight-up loss.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats will look to get past a disappointing 67-49 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks as 10-point road underdogs in their last contest.\u00a0 Kansas State has been a very balanced team on the offensive end, with seven players averaging six or more points, including three in double figures.\u00a0 On the defensive end, the program still gets after its opponents, allowing just 62.1 points on 37.4 percent shooting.\u00a0 Heading into this particular contest, the team ranks 12th in field goal defense and third in blocked shots.\u00a0 The bench has played an important part in the program\u2019s success this year, averaging 22.6 points per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wildcats due to their 7-0 ATS mark as a host in this series, while the Tigers are 1-4-1 ATS in their last six conference games.<\/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. 6 Missouri Tigers at No. 22 Kansas State Wildcats Saturday, 1\/7\/12, 1:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3 Opening Point Spread: Current Betting Line: Opening Total: Current Total: Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Missouri is one of four unbeaten teams nationally and is coming off a dominating 87-49 win over the Oklahoma Sooners as 12.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3267,6324,2807,6322,6323,433,6296],"class_list":["post-20893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-bramlage-coliseum","tag-kansas-state-wildcats","tag-kim-english","tag-mike-dixon","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-rodney-mcgruder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20893","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=20893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20895,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20893\/revisions\/20895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}