{"id":27168,"date":"2013-01-08T12:05:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T17:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27168"},"modified":"2013-01-08T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T17:05:56","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-alabama-crimson-tide-vs-missouri-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-alabama-crimson-tide-vs-missouri-tigers-27168\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Missouri Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alabama Crimson Tide at No. 10 Missouri Tigers
\nTuesday, 1\/8\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Missouri -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Missouri -8.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 133
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 132.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Alabama Crimson Tide have used seven different starting lineups in their last 10 games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alabama will square off against Missouri in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams, as it looks to win consecutive games for the first time since November.\u00a0 The Crimson Tide will need to get after it on the boards, as they\u2019ve been out-rebounded by a small margin this season, but the Tigers have posted an average margin of 13.0 in that category.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a huge concern,\u201d stated Crimson Tide head coach Anthony Grant.\u00a0 Alabama is 8-12 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when looking over the college basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide have lost 12 consecutive road games against ranked opponents, but they\u2019ve won their last three SEC openers away from home.\u00a0 Anthony Grant has also never lost a league opener in his previous six seasons as a head coach, which includes a 3-0 mark during his time at VCU.\u00a0 Sophomore guard Trevor Lacey is the player to watch offensively, averaging a team-leading 15.0 points on the road this season.\u00a0 Grant has been forced to use seven different lineups in the last 10 games, with Lackey and Levi Randolph being the only two players to start every game.<\/p>\n

Missouri bounced back from its loss to UCLA to earn a 66-64 win over Bucknell Saturday, with Phil Pressey leading the way, scoring a career-high 26 points after setting a school record with 19 assists in Westwood.\u00a0 \u201cI love where we are at,\u201d commented Tigers coach Frank Haith.\u00a0 \u201cI love our attitude and toughness.\u201d\u00a0 The Tigers have won five consecutive conference openers dating back to the 2006-07 campaign, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NCAA basketball picks, considering they\u2019ve gone 16-13 ATS at home since 2010.<\/p>\n

The Tigers have compiled a solid 25-9 mark in January since the 2008-09 season, as they\u2019ll look to continue dominating the boards.\u00a0 Missouri is first nationally in grabbing 46.7 rebounds per game, while ranking second in rebounding margin.\u00a0 Pressey is one of four players that average double figures offensively, but he\u2019s the focal point of the group\u2014being named SEC Preseason Player of the Year before the start of the season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Crimson Tide due to their 5-1 ATS mark on the road when the total is between 130 to 134.5, while the Tigers are 1-4 ATS in their last five games versus SEC opponents.<\/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":"

Alabama Crimson Tide at No. 10 Missouri Tigers Tuesday, 1\/8\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Missouri -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Missouri -8.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 133 Current Total:\u00a0 132.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Alabama will square off against Missouri in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams, as it looks to win consecutive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[462,5745,3863,433,7298,739,7297],"class_list":["post-27168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-anthony-grant","tag-frank-haith","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-phil-pressey","tag-sec","tag-trevor-lacey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27168","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=27168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27169,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27168\/revisions\/27169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}