{"id":26898,"date":"2012-12-26T18:04:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T23:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26898"},"modified":"2012-12-26T18:04:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T23:04:28","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-new-mexico-lobos-vs-cincinnati-bearcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-new-mexico-lobos-vs-cincinnati-bearcats-26898\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: New Mexico Lobos vs. Cincinnati Bearcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Mexico Lobos at Cincinnati Bearcats
\nThursday, 12\/27\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -8
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 136.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 135
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New Mexico Lobos are 5-7 ATS as an underdog since 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Mexico saw its season opening 12-game win streak ended in a 70-65 setback to South Dakota State Saturday, as it managed to hit just 37 percent of its shots from the field.\u00a0 The Lobos are 5-17 all-time against current members of the Big East Conference, but they did manage to come away with a 66-60 victory over Connecticut as four-point neutral-site favorites on Nov. 19.\u00a0 The program went 5-0 last season versus Big Six conference teams, but is still just 5-7 ATS as an underdog over the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when making your NCAA basketball picks Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The Lobos have garnered an impressive 10-3 overall mark versus Big Six conference teams away from Albuquerque under coach Steve Alford, which is much better than their 10-36 mark in that situation before his arrival on campus.\u00a0 New Mexico has managed to put together a 12-1 record to start the season despite shooting just 34.3 percent from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati has a perfect record through 12 games for the eighth time in school history, as it looks to improve its record to 40-3 in non-conference regular-season home games.\u00a0 \u00a0 The Bearcats have won 10 of their last 12 games by at least 10 points, including eight contests by 15 or more.\u00a0 The program is led by the play of guard Sean Kilpatrick, who has scored in double figures in every game this season.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 12-18 ATS at home since 2010, with the UNDER going 19-8 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bearcats rank second nationally in allowing opponents to shoot just 34.6 percent from the floor, while they sit seventh in out-rebounding foes by 11.3 boards per game.\u00a0 Kilpatrick headlines a fantastic trio of players on Cincinnati\u2019s roster, s he joins Cashmere Wright and JaQuon Parker to score 56.3 percent of the team\u2019s points.\u00a0 The program is 316-67 all-time when playing at Fifth Third Arena since it opened in 1989-90, which includes a 13-game win streak at the facility.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Lobos due to their 5-1 ATS mark on the road versus a winning home team, while the Bearcats are 3-4 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 9 points.<\/p>\n

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New Mexico Lobos at Cincinnati Bearcats Thursday, 12\/27\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -8 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 136.5 Current Total:\u00a0 135 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New Mexico saw its season opening 12-game win streak ended in a 70-65 setback to South Dakota State Saturday, as it managed […]<\/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":[2497,1152,7265,2493,6130,6445],"class_list":["post-26898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-cincinnati-bearcats","tag-fifth-third-arena","tag-new-mexico-lobos","tag-sean-kilpatrick","tag-steve-alford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26898","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=26898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26899,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26898\/revisions\/26899"}],"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=26898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}