{"id":26843,"date":"2012-12-23T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26843"},"modified":"2012-12-23T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T17:35:45","slug":"college-basketball-picks-arizona-wildcats-vs-miami-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-arizona-wildcats-vs-miami-hurricanes-26843\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Arizona Wildcats vs. Miami Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona Wildcats vs. Miami Hurricanes
\nSunday, 12\/23\/12, 11:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 131
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 135
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Miami Hurricanes are 11-5 ATS in December the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arizona is set to play in the semifinals of the 2012 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, as it comes off a 73-53 victory over Eastern Tennessee as 25.5-point neutral-site favorites Saturday.\u00a0 The Wildcats have been turning the ball over at a high rate, including 18 of them in their last affair.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing,\u201d stated Wildcats head coach Sean Miller.\u00a0 The program is 18-9 all-time in games played in Hawaii, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NCAA basketball picks Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are 23-16 all-time against teams currently residing in the Atlantic Coast Conference, including a 5-0 mark since Miller took over in Tucson.\u00a0 Arizona is off to a perfect 10-0 start this year, winning its games by an average of 18.9 points per game.\u00a0 Three probable starters are averaging in double figures offensively, with senior guard Mark Lyons leading the way, scoring 13.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

Miami extended its win streak to seven games with a 73-58 victory over Hawaii as 9.5-point favorites Saturday, while going UNDER the total for a fourth consecutive time when given the opportunity.\u00a0 The Hurricanes are now focused on trying to win their second game over a ranked opponent this year, as they captured a 67-59 win over Michigan State on Nov. 28.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the program is 2-18 versus ranked opponents when playing on a neutral floor.\u00a0 Miami is 11-5 ATS in December over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes have outscored their last three opponents by a total of 68 points, while they have five players averaging double-digit points this season.\u00a0 Senior center Reggie Johnson is becoming a force in the paint, as he has blocked 13 shots in the past five games.\u00a0 Durant Scott is the player to watch offensively, coming off a season-high 20 points versus the Warriors, as he managed to knock down 4 of 8 shots from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 15-7 when the Wildcats play with one or less days rest.<\/p>\n

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Arizona Wildcats vs. Miami Hurricanes Sunday, 12\/23\/12, 11:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 131 Current Total:\u00a0 135 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Arizona is set to play in the semifinals of the 2012 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, as it comes off a 73-53 victory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7261,578,3233,6086,1083,5888,4102],"class_list":["post-26843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-2012-hawaiian-airlines-diamond-head-classic","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-atlantic-coast-conference","tag-durant-scott","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-reggie-johnson","tag-sean-miller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26843","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=26843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26845,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26843\/revisions\/26845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}