{"id":27377,"date":"2013-01-19T11:14:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T16:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27377"},"modified":"2013-01-19T11:14:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T16:14:33","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-oregon-ducks-vs-ucla-bruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-oregon-ducks-vs-ucla-bruins-27377\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Oregon Ducks vs. UCLA Bruins"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 21 Oregon Ducks at No. 24 UCLA Bruins
\nSaturday, 1\/19\/12, 4:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 UCLA -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 UCLA -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 143.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 146.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The UCLA Bruins have won 10 games in a row<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oregon has won six games in a row, including a 76-74 victory over the USC Trojans as four-point road favorites Thursday night, while going OVER the total for the first time in five contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe haven\u2019t been sharp now the last two game which is a big concern,\u201d stated Ducks coach Dana Altman.\u00a0 The Ducks have opened with four straight conference wins for the first time in 39 years, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your college basketball picks against the spread.\u00a0 Oregon is 4-1 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points over the last two-plus years, with the OVER going 3-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Ducks have dropped seven of their last eight games against the Bruins, as they\u2019ll need their starters to produce on the offensive end.\u00a0 Oregon has six players averaging between 8.1 and 12.0 points, while freshman Damyean Dotson has averaged 19.0 points in four road games.\u00a0 The program is nationally ranked for the first time since 2007.<\/p>\n

UCLA enters with a 10-game win streak, which includes a 74-64 triumph over the Oregon State Beavers as 13.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total for the fourth time in five contests.\u00a0 The Bruins may get caught looking ahead to next week\u2019s trip to face Arizona and Arizona State, but their head coach will try to keep them focused on the task at hand.\u00a0 \u201cAll we\u2019re concerned about with is trying to beat the University of Oregon,\u201d stated Ben Howland this week.\u00a0 The program is 5-0 in Pac-12 Conference play for the first time since the 2003-04 campaign.\u00a0 UCLA is 4-2 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points since 2010, something to consider when looking over the college basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Bruins are led offensively by guard Shabazz Muhammad, who is averaging 18.4 points per game, which is the fourth-highest scoring average in the conference.\u00a0 He has scored in double figures in 14 of 15 games.\u00a0 UCLA has been in some close affairs this year, posting a 6-1 mark in games decided by five or fewer points.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 6-1 in the Bruins\u2019 last seven conference games.<\/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":"

No. 21 Oregon Ducks at No. 24 UCLA Bruins Saturday, 1\/19\/12, 4:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 UCLA -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 UCLA -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 143.5 Current Total:\u00a0 146.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oregon has won six games in a row, including a 76-74 victory over the USC Trojans as four-point road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3963,7325,457,5263,7164,11],"class_list":["post-27377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-ben-howland","tag-damyean-dotson","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-shabazz-muhammad","tag-ucla-bruins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27377","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=27377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27378,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27377\/revisions\/27378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}