{"id":26591,"date":"2012-12-09T11:11:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T16:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26591"},"modified":"2012-12-09T11:11:13","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T16:11:13","slug":"unlv-runnin-rebels-vs-california-golden-bears-ncaa-basketball-predictions-and-betting-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/unlv-runnin-rebels-vs-california-golden-bears-ncaa-basketball-predictions-and-betting-odds-26591\/","title":{"rendered":"UNLV Runnin’ Rebels vs. California Golden Bears: NCAA Basketball Predictions and Betting Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 21 UNLV Runnin\u2019 Rebels at California Golden Bears
\nSunday, 12\/9\/12, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 California -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 California -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 144.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 147
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The California Golden Bears have one of the better backcourt duos in college basketball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UNLV has won four straight games including its first road contest of the year, coming away with a 68-60 win over Portland as 14-point favorites on Tuesday.\u00a0 The Runnin\u2019 Rebels played that game without the services of junior forward Mike Moser, who is dealing with a hip injury.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s something too serious,\u201d commented Moser this week.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s already feeling better.\u201d\u00a0 He leads the team in rebounding and ranks second in scoring.\u00a0 UNLV is 6-12 ATS in December the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when making your NCAA basketball predictions for Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Runnin\u2019 Rebels are deep enough to overcome the absence of Moser in this affair, with four other players averaging at least 10.0 points per game.\u00a0 Freshman forward Anthony Bennett, who is averaging 18.7 points per game has led the program in scoring in six of seven games.\u00a0 UNLV has won four of five all-time meetings in this series, including a dominating 85-68 victory as 7.5-point home favorites last year, while going OVER the posted total of 140.<\/p>\n

California returns home after playing four games away from Haas Pavilion, as it looks to bounce back from its first defeat of the year, suffering a 81-56 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers as eight-point road underdogs.\u00a0 \u201cThe only thing I can hope is that we learn from this,\u201d commented Golden Bears coach Mike Montgomery.\u00a0 The Golden Bears have out-rebounded six of their first seven opponents, which could play a big role in determining the outcome of this contest if Moser is unable to go.\u00a0 California is 7-4 ATS after allowing 80 or more points since 2010, with the OVER going 7-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Golden Bears are led offensively by the junior guard duo of Allen Crabbe and Justin Cobbs, as they combined to average 41.1 points per game.\u00a0 The pair has combined to score 288 of California\u2019s 504 points through seven games.\u00a0 Crabbe is the Pac-12\u2019s leading scorer and ranks sixth nationally.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Golden Bears due to their 12-4 ATS mark after a spread loss, while the Runnin\u2019 Rebels are 1-11 ATS in their last 12 road games.<\/p>\n

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No. 21 UNLV Runnin\u2019 Rebels at California Golden Bears Sunday, 12\/9\/12, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 California -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 California -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 144.5 Current Total:\u00a0 147 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker UNLV has won four straight games including its first road contest of the year, coming away with a 68-60 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[5816,7187,2958,7216,5904,5263,3113],"class_list":["post-26591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-allen-crabbe","tag-anthony-bennett","tag-california-golden-bears","tag-justin-cobbs","tag-mike-moser","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-unlv-runnin-rebels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26591","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=26591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26593,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26591\/revisions\/26593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}