{"id":26135,"date":"2012-11-15T11:39:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T16:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26135"},"modified":"2012-11-15T13:38:28","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T18:38:28","slug":"college-basketball-picks-and-predictions-baylor-bears-vs-boston-college-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-and-predictions-baylor-bears-vs-boston-college-eagles-26135\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks and Predictions: Baylor Bears vs. Boston College Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 16 Baylor Bears vs. Boston College Eagles
\nThursday, 11\/15\/12, 3:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -13.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -12.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 139.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 140.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Baylor Bears are coming off a school-record 30-win campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baylor will be playing its third game in a season-opening stretch that features five games in 10 days, as it comes off a 78-47 win over Jackson State on Sunday.\u00a0 The Bears are coming off a school-record 30-win campaign, as they get set to face Boston College in a neutral-court environment inside the TD Garden in Charleston, S.C.\u00a0 Guard Pierre Jackson is the player to watch offensively, averaging 19.5 points and 9.5 assists per game.\u00a0 Baylor is 5-8 ATS when playing on a neutral floor the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when making your college basketball picks and predictions on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Bears have a losing 95-97 all-time record in regular season tournaments, but have gone 14-7 in that situation during the Scott Drew era.\u00a0 Baylor will be facing four schools for the first time this year, including today\u2019s opponent, as it looks to improve to 25-13 in non-conference games away from the Ferrell Center under Drew\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n

Boston College earned a 84-70 win over Florida International as 14-point home favorites in its opener, with sophomore forward Ryan Anderson leading the way with 29 points and 17 rebounds in 36 minutes of action.\u00a0 The Eagles have lost 10 of their last 11 games against ranked opponents, as they begin their third season under head coach Steve Donahue.\u00a0 He led Cornell to three consecutive Ivy League titles from 2008-10, including a trip to the 2010 NCAA Sweet 16.\u00a0 Boston College is 0-2 ATS as a neutral court underdog of 12.5 to 15 points since 2010, with the OVER going 2-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Eagles went 30-for-39 from the charity stripe against the Golden Panthers, which were the most free throws hit in a game for the program since 2007.\u00a0 Boston College has quickened the pace on the offensive end, considering it averaged just 59.3 points per game and scored over 80 points just once a season ago.\u00a0 Anderson was an ACC All-Freshman Team selection last year, as he averaged 11.2 points and 7.4 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the Bears have gone OVER the number in 10 of their last 13 tournament 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. 16 Baylor Bears vs. Boston College Eagles Thursday, 11\/15\/12, 3:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -13.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -12.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 139.5 Current Total:\u00a0 140.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baylor will be playing its third game in a season-opening stretch that features five games in 10 days, as it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3288,3110,7148,4087,4189,7149,3917],"class_list":["post-26135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-boston-college-eagles","tag-pierre-jackson","tag-ryan-anderson","tag-scott-drew","tag-steve-donahue","tag-td-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26135","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=26135"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26141,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26135\/revisions\/26141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}