{"id":26623,"date":"2012-12-12T14:55:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T19:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26623"},"modified":"2012-12-12T14:55:01","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T19:55:01","slug":"college-basketball-betting-picks-depaul-blue-demons-at-arizona-st-sun-devils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-betting-picks-depaul-blue-demons-at-arizona-st-sun-devils-26623\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Betting Picks: DePaul Blue Demons at Arizona St Sun Devils"},"content":{"rendered":"

DePaul Blue Demons at Arizona St Sun Devils
\nWednesday, December 12, 2012, 9:00 pm Eastern, TV: Pac 12 Network
\nWells Fargo Arena – Tempe, Arizona
\nOpening Line: Arizona St -4
\nCurrent Line: Arizona St -6
\nOpening Total: 154
\nCurrent Total: 152 1\/2
\nOpening Money Line: ASU -230 \/ DePaul +190
\nCurrent Money Line: ASU -260 \/ DePaul +220<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Arizona St Sun Devils host the DePaul Blue Demons Wednesday night. The Sun Devils are 6 point favorites.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 6-3 DePaul Blue Demons travel west to take on the 8-1 Arizona St Sun Devils. This is the fifth meeting all time between the schools. DePaul leads the series 3-1, including 68-64 last year in the Old Spice Classic in Orlando. Arizona St will travel to Chicago next season to complete a home and home.<\/p>\n

DePaul is coached by Oliver Purnell. The Blue Demons have won 4 straight games after a 2-3 start. DePaul has losses to Gardner Webb at home, and Wichita St and Western Kentucky in a tournament in Cancun, Mexico. Wichita St is 9-0 this season and Western Kentucky is 8-2, so those losses can be excused on a neutral court. DePaul doesn’t really have a quality win unless you count a road win at 3-5 Auburn.<\/p>\n

Arizona St is coached by Herb Sendek. The Sun Devils have also won 4 straight games. The only loss came in the championship game of a tournament in Las Vegas to then #14 Creighton by 14 points. ASU has also racked up wins against inferior competition. The Sun Devils beat 4-4 Arkansas in the semifinals of the Las Vegas tournament.<\/p>\n

DePaul is outscoring teams 77-68 this season. The Blue Demons are shooting 45.1% from the field and 30.7% from 3 point range. DePaul makes 68.7% of their free throws. The Blue Demons are averaging 39.2 rebounds a game and giving up 33.3. DePaul opponents are shooting 40.7% from the field and 29.5% from 3 point range. The Blue Demons are averaging 15 assists, 10 steals, 5 blocks and 15 turnovers per game.<\/p>\n

Forward Cleveland Melvin averages 18.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, 1.8 steals, and 1.2 assists a game. Guard Brandon young averages 16.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, and 1.4 steals a game. Forward Moses Morgan averages 9 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1 steal a game. Forward Donnavan Kirk averages 7.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks a game. Forward Jamee Crockett averages 7 points, 5 rebounds and a steal. Worrell Clahar, Charles McKinney, Durrell McDonald, and Derrell Robertson, Jr make up the rest of the rotation.<\/p>\n

Arizona St is outscoring teams 79-67 this season. The Sun Devils are shooting 48% from the field and 35.2% from 3 point range. Arizona St is #29 in scoring and #32 in field goal percentage. ASU makes 65% of their free throws.\u00a0 The Sun Devils average 38.3 rebounds per games and gives up 33.2. ASU opponents are shooting 38.2% from the field and 35% from 3 point range. The Sun Devils average 16 assists, 8 steals, 8 blocks, and 14 turnovers a game.<\/p>\n

Guard Jahii Carson averages 18.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 5.3 assists. Guard-forward Carrick Felix averages 15.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 2 steals, and 1.2 blocks per game. Guard Evan Gordon averages 11.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals per game. Center Jordan Bachynski has 10.9 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 5.6 blocks a game. Forward Jonathan Gilling averages 9 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.2 steals per game. Chris Colvin and Eric Jacobsen.<\/p>\n

These two teams both have losses to ranked Missouri Valley Conference teams at neutral sites. Neither has been tested otherwise. I think Arizona St simply has too much firepower, especially at home. The Sun Devils win and cover.<\/p>\n

Our best college basketball picks are available now. Our handicappers will help you crush the bookmakers from now until the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DePaul Blue Demons at Arizona St Sun Devils Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 9:00 pm Eastern, TV: Pac 12 Network Wells Fargo Arena – Tempe, Arizona Opening Line: Arizona St -4 Current Line: Arizona St -6 Opening Total: 154 Current Total: 152 1\/2 Opening Money Line: ASU -230 \/ DePaul +190 Current Money Line: ASU -260 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":19804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7238,559,3887,3631,6030,4366,4316,30,4317,4318,6950,5281],"class_list":["post-26623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-arziona-st-sun-devils","tag-big-east","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-college-basketball-handicapping","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-depaul-blue-demons","tag-free-college-basketball-pick","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaa-basketball-odds","tag-ncaa-hoops-picks","tag-pac-12-network","tag-pac-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26623","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\/40249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26623"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27140,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26623\/revisions\/27140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}