{"id":27001,"date":"2012-12-31T09:38:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T14:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27001"},"modified":"2012-12-31T09:38:43","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T14:38:43","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-cincinnati-bearcats-vs-pittsburgh-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-cincinnati-bearcats-vs-pittsburgh-panthers-27001\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Pittsburgh Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Bearcats at Pittsburgh Panthers
\nMonday, 12\/31\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 124.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 125
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Pittsburgh Panthers have won 15 consecutive home games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cincinnati will look to bounce back from a 55-54 loss to the New Mexico Lobos as six-point home favorites last time out, while going UNDER the posted total of 136.\u00a0 \u201cThe last two games, we\u2019ve been in a shooting drought and it came down to that,\u201d commented Bearcats guard Sean Kilpatrick.\u00a0 This will be the 17th overall meeting in this series, with each team winning eight games apiece.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 16-8 ATS on the road the last two-plus years, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NCAA basketball picks on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n

The Bearcats will begin their eighth season of play in the Big East Conference, posting a 5-2 mark in openers, including three wins in a row.\u00a0 Since the start of the 2010-11 campaign, Cincinnati ranks third in the league with 64 overall wins.\u00a0 Three probable starters are scoring in double figures, with Kilpatrick leading the way in averaging 18.8 points.\u00a0 The program snapped a five-game losing streak to Pitt on New Year\u2019s Day a year ago with a 66-63 win as six-point road underdogs.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh is riding an eight-game win streak and a 15-game home win streak at the Petersen Events Center, as it comes off a 59-43 win over Kennesaw State eight days ago.\u00a0 The Panthers current run has come against lackluster opponents with a combined record of 60-96, which is why they\u2019ll be tested in a major way in this spot.\u00a0 The team is utilizing a 10-man rotation, with each player averaging 3.6 points or more per game, while playing at least 10.9 minutes.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 4-6 ATS in December since 2010.<\/p>\n

The Panthers have dominated the paint offensively, outscoring opponents by a 502-258 margin, while their bench has provided a plus-196 differential in that particular category. \u00a0 Pittsburgh has truly become one of the more dominant programs in college basketball, as it has won the most regular season conference games of any member of the league since 2001.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bearcats due to their 6-1 ATS mark versus the Big East, while the favorite is 2-5 ATS in the last seven meetings in this series.<\/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":"

Cincinnati Bearcats at Pittsburgh Panthers Monday, 12\/31\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 124.5 Current Total:\u00a0 125 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cincinnati will look to bounce back from a 55-54 loss to the New Mexico Lobos as six-point home favorites last time out, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,1152,3736,615,6130],"class_list":["post-27001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-cincinnati-bearcats","tag-petersen-events-center","tag-pittsburgh-panthers","tag-sean-kilpatrick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27001","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=27001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27002,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27001\/revisions\/27002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}