{"id":26553,"date":"2012-12-07T09:45:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26553"},"modified":"2012-12-07T09:45:36","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:45:36","slug":"iowa-state-cyclones-vs-iowa-hawkeyes-ncaa-basketball-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/iowa-state-cyclones-vs-iowa-hawkeyes-ncaa-basketball-betting-odds-and-predictions-26553\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa State Cyclones vs. Iowa Hawkeyes: NCAA Basketball Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iowa State Cyclones at Iowa Hawkeyes
\nFriday, 12\/7\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Iowa -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Iowa -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 147.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 151.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Iowa State Cyclones can really shoot it from the perimeter under head coach Fred Hoiberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iowa State travels to Iowa City to play Iowa on Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, as it attempts to push its current win streak to three games.\u00a0 The Cyclones have won three-straight games in this series, including an 86-76 victory as 8.5-point home favorites last year, while going OVER the total for the fourth consecutive time.\u00a0 Fred Hoiberg is 5-1 in this in-state rivalry during his time in Ames, which includes a 2-0 mark as a head coach.\u00a0 Iowa State is 3-1 ATS as a road underdog of three or fewer points since 2010, which is important to consider when looking at the college basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Cyclones have out-rebounded all eight opponents this season by a +11.6 margin, which ranks in the top-10 nationally.\u00a0 Iowa State also leads the Big 12 Conference and ranks eighth nationally in knocking down 9.5 3-pointers per game, which includes making a season-high 13 of them last time out.\u00a0 The program has compiled a perfect 6-0 record this season when scoring 80 or more points and leading at halftime.<\/p>\n

Iowa has won 11 of its last 12 home games as fans are encouraged to \u201cBe Bold, Wear Gold\u201d in this high-profile affair, as the team will not leave the state this season until Jan. 6.\u00a0 The Hawkeyes have played nine games this year with all of them being decided by eight or more points, with four of their victories coming by a margin of 20 or more points.\u00a0 \u00a0 Iowa is 9-5 ATS in December the last two-plus years, with the OVER going 8-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Hawkeyes will also be interested in reaching 80 points or more offensively, considering they\u2019ve gone 12-2 in that situation in the last three seasons.\u00a0 Iowa will be hard-pressed to hold Friday\u2019s opponent under 60 points, but would likely win its 20th consecutive game if that scenario played out.\u00a0 The team has played 10 players or more in each of its first nine games, which has allowed the defensive intensity to pick up, allowing opponents to score just 61.7 points per game this season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cyclones due to their 36-24 ATS mark since 2010, while the Hawkeyes are 4-8 ATS versus good offensive teams that average 77-plus points per game.<\/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":"

Iowa State Cyclones at Iowa Hawkeyes Friday, 12\/7\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Iowa -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Iowa -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 147.5 Current Total:\u00a0 151.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Iowa State travels to Iowa City to play Iowa on Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, as it attempts to push its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3267,7229,7230,1281,2666],"class_list":["post-26553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-carver-hawkeye-arena","tag-fred-hoiberg","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-iowa-state-cyclones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26553","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=26553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26554,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26553\/revisions\/26554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}