{"id":26467,"date":"2012-11-30T18:17:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T23:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26467"},"modified":"2012-11-30T18:17:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T23:17:35","slug":"college-basketball-picks-san-diego-state-aztecs-vs-ucla-bruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-san-diego-state-aztecs-vs-ucla-bruins-26467\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: San Diego State Aztecs vs. UCLA Bruins"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 23 San Diego State Aztecs vs. UCLA Bruins
\nSaturday, 12\/1\/12, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 UCLA -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 UCLA -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 133.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 136.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Diego State Aztecs have dominated Pac-12 Conference opponents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Diego State has won 25 consecutive games against teams from the State of California, which includes a 66-60 win as two-point road favorites against the USC Trojans last time out.\u00a0 The Aztecs are banged up in the early going of the 2012-13 campaign, with Deshawn Stephens and Chase Tapley both listed on the injury report.\u00a0 \u201cI would say both are iffy to be honest with you,\u201d commented Aztecs head coach Steve Fisher.\u00a0 San Diego State is 41-18-1 ATS in its last 60 Saturday games.<\/p>\n

The Aztecs have lost eight straight meetings with the Bruins, which is their longest active losing streak to a single program.\u00a0 San Diego State has managed to win its last 10 games against teams currently in the Pac-12 Conference, which is the third-longest streak of its kind nationally.\u00a0 Junior guard Jamaal Franklin is the offensive leader, averaging 18.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game, as he\u2019s managed to score in double figures in 26 consecutive games.<\/p>\n

UCLA will make its 16th appearance in the annual John R. Wooden Classic on Saturday, as it has gone 11-4 when playing in the event, including a 6-3 mark under current head coach Ben Howland.\u00a0 The Bruins have alternated wins and losses over their last five games, as it picked up a 82-56 win over Cal State Northridge last time out, with the team shooting 53.1 percent from the floor.\u00a0 UCLA is 4-0 ATS in its last four games against Mountain West Conference foes, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your college basketball picks against the spread on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Bruins are led by a pair of freshman offensively, with Jordan Adams and Shabazz Muhammad averaging 17.0 and 16.0 points per game respectively.\u00a0 UCLA also has one of the best point guards in the country, with Larry Drew II leading the team with 57 assists, which has led to a Pac-12 leading 8.1 assists per game average.\u00a0 The program has struggled to shoot the ball from the perimeter, which could lead to a low-scoring game at the Honda Center.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Aztecs due to their 6-1 ATS mark versus Pac-12 foes, while the Bruins are 7-19 ATS on a neutral court.<\/p>\n

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No. 23 San Diego State Aztecs vs. UCLA Bruins Saturday, 12\/1\/12, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 UCLA -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 UCLA -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 133.5 Current Total:\u00a0 136.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Diego State has won 25 consecutive games against teams from the State of California, which includes a 66-60 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[4747,5737,7214,508,5263,5735,7164,11],"class_list":["post-26467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-honda-center","tag-jamaal-franklin","tag-john-r-wooden-classic","tag-mountain-west-conference","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-san-diego-aztecs","tag-shabazz-muhammad","tag-ucla-bruins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26467","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=26467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26468,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26467\/revisions\/26468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}