{"id":26484,"date":"2012-12-02T09:42:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T14:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26484"},"modified":"2012-12-02T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T14:42:25","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-california-golden-bears-vs-wisconsin-badgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-california-golden-bears-vs-wisconsin-badgers-26484\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: California Golden Bears vs. Wisconsin Badgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Golden Bears at Wisconsin Badgers
\nSunday, 12\/2\/12, 4:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 128.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 128.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The California Golden Bears have one of the best backcourts in the nation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

California travels to Madison to face Wisconsin on Sunday inside the Kohl Center, as it looks to keep its perfect 6-0 record intact.\u00a0 The Golden Bears ended up winning the DIRECTV Classic Championship, which included a 78-58 victory over Pacific as five-point neutral-site favorites last time out.\u00a0 Five of the team\u2019s six wins have come by double-digits, while it has out-rebounded each of its first six opponents.\u00a0 California is 2-1 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points over the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 3-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Golden Bears are led by the talented backcourt of Allen Crabbe and Justin Cobbs, as they average a combined 42.0 points per game.\u00a0 The duo has accounted for 252 of California\u2019s 448 points this season, while shooting a spectacular 57 percent from the floor.\u00a0 The program has won five of seven all-time meetings in this particular series, but has gone 15-15 ATS in non-conference action since 2010, which is something to consider when making your college basketball picks against the spread on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin owns a dominating 114-30 record in non-conference games under head coach Bo Ryan, which includes an 85-7 mark when playing inside this venue.\u00a0 The Badgers have alternated wins and losses over their last four games, as they look to bounce back from a 60-54 setback to the Virginia Cavaliers as 10-point home favorites.\u00a0 The early schedule is definitely a challenge for the team, facing five teams that qualified for last year\u2019s NCAA Tournament.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 9-4 ATS in December the last two-plus seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking at the college basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Badgers have three probable starters that are averaging double figures in scoring, with senior Jared Berggren leading the way, scoring 14.7 points per game.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 22-31 all-time versus members of the Pac-12 Conference, but hasn\u2019t faced such a squad since beating Arizona in the Maui Invitational.\u00a0 Watch the percentages on Sunday, as the squad is 4-0 when shooting a better field-goal percent than its opponent, while going 0-3 when failing to do so.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Badgers due to their 6-2 ATS mark after an upset loss as a favorite, while the Golden Bears are 6-7 ATS in December.<\/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":"

California Golden Bears at Wisconsin Badgers Sunday, 12\/2\/12, 4:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 128.5 Current Total:\u00a0 128.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker California travels to Madison to face Wisconsin on Sunday inside the Kohl Center, as it looks to keep its perfect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[5816,5886,2958,7186,7216,6042,5263,437],"class_list":["post-26484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-allen-crabbe","tag-bo-ryan","tag-california-golden-bears","tag-jared-berggren","tag-justin-cobbs","tag-kohl-center","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26484","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=26484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26485,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26484\/revisions\/26485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}