{"id":27071,"date":"2013-01-02T21:54:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T02:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27071"},"modified":"2013-01-02T21:54:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T02:54:59","slug":"california-golden-bears-vs-ucla-bruins-ncaa-basketball-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/california-golden-bears-vs-ucla-bruins-ncaa-basketball-odds-and-picks-27071\/","title":{"rendered":"California Golden Bears vs. UCLA Bruins: NCAA Basketball Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Golden Bears at UCLA Bruins
\nThursday, 1\/3\/12, 11:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Fox Sports Net National
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 UCLA -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 UCLA -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 151
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 152
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The California Golden Bears are 6-0 ATS in their last six meetings with the UCLA Bruins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

California opens the calendar year and Pac-12 Conference play down in Los Angeles, as it looks to bounce back from a disappointing 67-62 setback to Harvard as 11-point home favorites last week.\u00a0 The Golden Bears are third in the conference in rebounding, as they\u2019ve grabbed more boards than their opponents in 10 of 12 games this season.\u00a0 On the offensive end, it\u2019s all about the junior guard duo of Allen Crabbe and Justin Cobbs, as they combined to average 37.3 points per game.\u00a0 California is 2-2 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus years, with the OVER going 4-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Golden Bears will need Crabbe to have one of his best games of the season in order to cover the number that\u2019s represented on the college basketball odds page, as he ranks 25th on the school\u2019s all-time scoring list.\u00a0 California is 3-1 in Pac-12 openers under head coach Mike Montgomery, but it dropped an 82-68 decision in its only opportunity on the road in that situation on Jan. 2, 2010.\u00a0 The two schools have split the last 10 meetings, with Thursday night\u2019s visitor taking both meetings last year.<\/p>\n

UCLA is 13-9 against California during the Ben Howland era, as it looks to build off its 97-94 overtime win over the Missouri Tigers as 3.5-point home favorites, while going OVER the posted total of 153.5.\u00a0 The Bruins are averaging a Pac-12-leading 80.9 points per game, totaling at least 89 points in their last four games. \u00a0 Freshman sensation Shabazz Muhammad is the player to watch offensively, ranking third in the conference in averaging 19.6 points per game, while Jordan Adams is tied for fifth.\u00a0 UCLA is 6-1 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 9 points since 2010, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your college basketball picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Bruins are relying on their freshman trio of Adams, Kyle Anderson and Muhammad, as they\u2019ve accounted for 51.3 percent of the team\u2019s scoring and 41.1 percent of the rebounding through 13 games this season.\u00a0 UCLA was picked to finish second in the conference in a poll of media members before the season tipped off.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Golden Bears due to their 10-6 ATS mark in January, while the Bruins are 1-5 ATS versus teams with a winning record.<\/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":"

California Golden Bears at UCLA Bruins Thursday, 1\/3\/12, 11:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Fox Sports Net National Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 UCLA -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 UCLA -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 151 Current Total:\u00a0 152 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker California opens the calendar year and Pac-12 Conference play down in Los Angeles, as it looks to bounce back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[5816,3963,2958,7165,7216,7281,5263,7164,11],"class_list":["post-27071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-allen-crabbe","tag-ben-howland","tag-california-golden-bears","tag-jordan-adams","tag-justin-cobbs","tag-kyle-anderson","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-shabazz-muhammad","tag-ucla-bruins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27071","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=27071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27072,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27071\/revisions\/27072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}