{"id":27195,"date":"2013-01-10T11:31:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T16:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27195"},"modified":"2013-01-10T11:31:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T16:31:20","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-michigan-state-spartans-vs-iowa-hawkeyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-michigan-state-spartans-vs-iowa-hawkeyes-27195\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Michigan State Spartans vs. Iowa Hawkeyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan State Spartans at Iowa Hawkeyes
\nThursday, 1\/10\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan State -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan State -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 135
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 136.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Michigan State Spartans are 1-3 ATS as road favorites of three points or less since 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michigan State is back on the road after capturing a convincing 84-61 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers as 11.5-point home favorites Saturday, while going OVER the total for a second-straight contest.\u00a0 \u201cEven though I\u2019m excited about the win, we\u2019re still not playing like we need to play,\u201d commented Spartans head coach Tom Izzo.\u00a0 The Spartans did connect on 60 percent of their shots in picking up a pair of victories in this series during the 2011-12 campaign.\u00a0 Michigan State is 1-3 ATS as a road favorite of three points or less since 2010, with the UNDER going 4-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Spartans have two probable starters averaging in double figures, with point guard Keith Appling leading the way, scoring 14.3 points per game.\u00a0 Freshman Gary Harris is second on the team in that category\u2014leading all Big Ten Conference freshman in scoring.\u00a0 The program holds a 66-53 advantage in this series, including a 24-9 mark during the Izzo era.<\/p>\n

Iowa will be facing nationally-ranked teams in back-to-back games for the second straight season, as it looks to bounce back from a 95-67 blowout loss to the Michigan Wolverines as 13.5-point road underdogs, which snapped their 6-0 ATS run.\u00a0 The Hawkeyes allowed the Wolverines to shoot 58.1 percent, while getting out-rebounded by a 41-26 margin.\u00a0 \u201cAnything short of our best, we\u2019re not going to win,\u201d stated Hawkeyes head coach Frank McCaffery.\u00a0 The squad ranks eighth in the country in making 18.0 free throws, which could prove to be key when making your NCAA basketball picks Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The Hawkeyes have a youthful roster, with underclassmen accounting for 58 percent of their scoring, but junior guard Roy Devyn Marble leads the way in averaging 15.5 points per game.\u00a0 Iowa\u2019s bench has also managed to contribute 20 or more points in 10 games this season, something to consider when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 The program has won 14 of its last 16 home games, but is shooting just 28 percent from beyond the arc in front of its fans this season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, with the UNDER going 7-1 in the last eight meetings in Iowa.<\/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":"

Michigan State Spartans at Iowa Hawkeyes Thursday, 1\/10\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan State -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan State -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 135 Current Total:\u00a0 136.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Michigan State is back on the road after capturing a convincing 84-61 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers as 11.5-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,7302,1281,5831,500,7272,778],"class_list":["post-27195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-gary-harris","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-keith-appling","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-roy-devyn-marble","tag-tom-izzo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27195","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=27195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27196,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27195\/revisions\/27196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}