{"id":27052,"date":"2013-01-01T19:08:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T00:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27052"},"modified":"2013-01-01T19:08:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T00:08:57","slug":"college-basketball-picks-nebraska-cornhuskers-vs-ohio-state-buckeyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-nebraska-cornhuskers-vs-ohio-state-buckeyes-27052\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nebraska Cornhuskers at Ohio State Buckeyes
\nWednesday, 1\/3\/12, 6:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -21
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -21
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 126
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 126
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ohio State Buckeyes are 7-2 ATS as home favorites of 18.5 to 24 points over the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nebraska rings in the 2013 calendar year in Columbus, Ohio, inside the Value City Arena, as it gets ready for its Big Ten Conference opener.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re the underdog, so we\u2019ve got nothing to lose,\u201d stated Cornhuskers first-year coach Tim Miles.\u00a0 \u201cLet\u2019s go figure it out and try to win the game.\u201d\u00a0 The Cornhuskers will be the only team in the conference to play their first three league games away from home.\u00a0 Nebraska is 4-9 ATS on the road when the total is 120 to 129.5, which is important to consider when making your college basketball picks against the spread Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers are 6-1 this season when holding opponents to 60 points or less, but that\u2019s going to be nearly impossible to accomplish in this spot, as the Buckeyes are averaging 80.6 points per game at home.\u00a0 Nebraska returned just 24 percent of its scoring from a year ago, with guards Ray Gallegos and Dylan Talley being the players to watch offensively, averaging a combined 26.9 points per game.\u00a0 The program is 2-6 all-time in this series, but has dropped the last five meetings, including a 71-40 setback as 22.5-point road underdogs on this floor a year ago.<\/p>\n

Ohio State is coming off a dominating 87-44 win over Chicago State Saturday, as it will now open its 101st season in the Big Ten.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re going into 18 straight games that are going to be brutal,\u201d stated Buckeyes coach Thad Matta.\u00a0 The Buckeyes are 37-16 when opening up a new Big Ten season at home.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks third in the league in averaging 78.2 points per game, while outscoring opponents by 20.8.\u00a0 Ohio State is 7-2 ATS as a home favorite of 18.5 to 24 points over the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 6-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes have compiled an impressive 113-45 record in conference play under Matta\u2019s watch, while winning both games against the Cornhuskers.\u00a0 Ohio State is 4-0 at home versus Nebraska, as it will be led on the floor by junior guard Aaron Craft, who has 57 assists and 19 steals this year.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Buckeyes due to their 4-2 ATS mark as a home favorite of 12.5 or more points this season, while the Cornhuskers are 1-3 ATS versus teams that allow 64 points or less per game.<\/p>\n

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Nebraska Cornhuskers at Ohio State Buckeyes Wednesday, 1\/3\/12, 6:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -21 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -21 Opening Total:\u00a0 126 Current Total:\u00a0 126 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Nebraska rings in the 2013 calendar year in Columbus, Ohio, inside the Value City Arena, as it gets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7134,3442,7278,1143,463,7218],"class_list":["post-27052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-aaron-craft","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-dylan-talley","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-ray-gallegos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27052","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=27052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27053,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27052\/revisions\/27053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}