{"id":21436,"date":"2012-02-02T12:01:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T17:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21436"},"modified":"2012-02-02T12:01:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T17:01:44","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-south-carolina-gamecocks-vs-florida-gators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-south-carolina-gamecocks-vs-florida-gators-21436\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: South Carolina Gamecocks vs. Florida Gators"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Carolina Gamecocks at No. 11 Florida Gators
\nThursday, 2\/2\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida -15
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Florida -14.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 137
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 134.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Florida Gators will look to remain perfect in Gainesville when hosting the South Carolina Gamecocks Thursday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

South Carolina has lost five of its last six games that includes a 66-62 defeat to the Mississippi Rebels as five-point road underdogs Saturday.\u00a0 The Gamecocks have out-rebounded 12 of 20 opponents this season, ranking 11th in the nation and leading the Southeastern Conference with a +7.8 rebounding margin this season.\u00a0 \u201cStrangely enough, this is a team that continues to build confidence in practice,\u201d commented Gamecocks head coach Darrin Horn.\u00a0 South Carolina is 16-24 ATS versus conference opponents the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks are led offensively by senior forward Malik Cooke and sophomore guard Bruce Ellington, who are averaging 12.7 and 10.8 points respectively this season.\u00a0 \u00a0 South Carolina is 22-38 all-time in this series, including a 7-17 mark in games played in Gainesville.\u00a0 The program captured a 72-69 win on this floor as 11.5-point underdogs on Jan. 15, 2011, but has dropped the last two meetings, including a 79-65 decision as seven-point home underdogs on Jan. 14 of this year.<\/p>\n

Florida is set to face its first repeat opponent of the 2011-12 campaign and will look to extend its five-game win streak.\u00a0 The Gators are coming off an impressive 69-57 win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs as 8.5-point home favorites, while their last two contests have fallen \u201cunder\u201d the total.\u00a0 \u201cPeople say that we\u2019re a guard-oriented team,\u201d commented Gators forward Patric Young.\u00a0 \u201cI think our team is balanced.\u201d\u00a0 The team has five players on its roster averaging double figures in points, with guard Kenny Boynton leading the way in scoring 17.2 points per game.\u00a0 Florida is 3-1 ATS as a home favorite of 12.5 or more points this season.<\/p>\n

The Gators have won nine of the last 12 meetings in this series and eight of the last nine have been decided by a single-digit margin.\u00a0 Florida earned a 79-65 win in the first meeting in South Carolina, as six players scored in double figures.\u00a0 The team really opened up the game after the break, reeling off an 18-3 run to start the second half.\u00a0 Florida is 11-0 inside the O\u2019Connell Center this year and has posted wins in 17 straight games overall.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Gamecocks due to their 8-0 ATS mark in Gainesville, while the Gators are 2-8-1 ATS as a home favorite of 13 or more points.<\/p>\n

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South Carolina Gamecocks at No. 11 Florida Gators Thursday, 2\/2\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida -15 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Florida -14.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 137 Current Total:\u00a0 134.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker South Carolina has lost five of its last six games that includes a 66-62 defeat to the Mississippi Rebels as […]<\/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":[6422,499,5741,5895,6211,739,3126,3875],"class_list":["post-21436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-bruce-ellington","tag-florida-gators","tag-kenny-boynton","tag-malik-cooke","tag-oconnell-center","tag-sec","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-southeastern-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21436","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=21436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21437,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21436\/revisions\/21437"}],"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=21436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}