{"id":26504,"date":"2012-12-04T12:24:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26504"},"modified":"2012-12-04T12:24:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T17:24:30","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-northwestern-wildcats-vs-baylor-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-northwestern-wildcats-vs-baylor-bears-26504\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Northwestern Wildcats vs. Baylor Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northwestern Wildcats at Baylor Bears
\nTuesday, 12\/4\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -10.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -10.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 131
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 133.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Baylor Bears are coming off a big win over the Kentucky Wildcats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northwestern heads to the Lone Star State for the second time this season, as the program competed in the South Padre Island Invitational last month.\u00a0 The Wildcats will be focused on bouncing back from consecutive losses, including a 50-44 setback to Illinois Chicago as 10.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The team missed half of its 20 free throw attempts and committed 16 turnovers in that affair.\u00a0 Northwestern is 0-3 ATS as a road underdog of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 3-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats aren\u2019t going to attract a lot of action as an underdog on the college basketball odds page, considering they\u2019ve gone 1-7 ATS in December since 2010.\u00a0 Northwestern also suffered a lopsided 69-41 setback to Baylor as 2.5-point home favorites last year, while going UNDER the posted total of 142.\u00a0 Three starters are averaging in double figures, with seniors Drew Crawford and Reggie Hearn leading the way, combining for 27.7 points per game.<\/p>\n

Baylor may suffer a bit of a letdown after picking up a 64-55 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats as 6.5-point road underdogs, while going UNDER the posted total of 148.\u00a0 The Bears are led offensively by senior guard Pierre Jackson, who is averaging 19.9 points per game, while shooting 38.1 percent from beyond the arc.\u00a0 He was named the Big 12 Conference Preseason Player of the Year.\u00a0 The program is 13-19 all-time against teams currently in the Big Ten Conference, which is a factor to consider when making your NCAA basketball picks.<\/p>\n

The Bears are 46-8 at home in the last three-plus seasons, which includes a 14-3 mark inside the Ferrell Center a season ago.\u00a0 All five of Baylor\u2019s starters scored in double figures in ending Kentucky\u2019s nation-leading 55-game home winning streak, with Jackson leading the way with 17 points.\u00a0 Head coach Scott Drew has led the team to a dominating 40-12 record in the month of November since arriving on campus, including a 32-3 mark in his last 35 opportunities.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the Wildcats due to their 7-4 ATS mark off two or more consecutive losses, while the Bears are 1-3 ATS off an upset win as an underdog.<\/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":"

Northwestern Wildcats at Baylor Bears Tuesday, 12\/4\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -10.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -10.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 131 Current Total:\u00a0 133.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Northwestern heads to the Lone Star State for the second time this season, as the program competed in the South Padre Island Invitational […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3288,3267,3442,6249,4030,3119,7148,7204],"class_list":["post-26504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-big-12-conference","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-drew-crawford","tag-ferrell-center","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-pierre-jackson","tag-reggie-hearn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26504","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=26504"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26506,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26504\/revisions\/26506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}