{"id":27451,"date":"2013-01-23T20:28:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T01:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27451"},"modified":"2013-01-23T20:28:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T01:28:43","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-stanford-cardinal-vs-colorado-buffaloes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-stanford-cardinal-vs-colorado-buffaloes-27451\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Stanford Cardinal vs. Colorado Buffaloes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stanford Cardinal at Colorado Buffaloes
\nThursday, 1\/23\/12, 10:00 PM EST, TV: ESPNU
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Colorado -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Colorado -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 131.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 131.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Stanford Cardinal are 9-3 all-time against the Colorado Buffaloes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stanford has alternated wins and losses in its last four games, as it comes off an impressive 69-59 victory over the California Golden Bears as six-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Cardinal will now play four of their next six games away from Maples Pavilion, as it looks to cover its first road game of the year, going 0-4 ATS in that situation.\u00a0 Stanford is also just 1-3 ATS as an underdog, something to consider when making your college basketball picks against the spread Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The Cardinal hold a 9-3 advantage in this series and have won the last five in a row, including a sweep of last year\u2019s regular-season series.\u00a0 Stanford\u2019s backcourt duo of Aaron Bright and Chasson Randle gashed Colorado\u2019s defense in two games last year, with the duo combining to average 30.5 points per game.\u00a0 Offensively, the team scored 158 combined points in the two meetings last year, as it shot 50.9 percent from the field.<\/p>\n

Colorado hasn\u2019t won back-to-back games since a three-game win streak from Dec. 12-29, as it comes off a 58-49 victory over the Washington State Cougars as three-point road underdogs last time out.\u00a0 The Buffaloes are 39-5 at home the last two-plus seasons, including a 7-1 mark during the 2012-13 college basketball campaign, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NCAA basketball odds page.\u00a0 It\u2019s still important to note that the team\u2019s 13-6 record after 19 games matches last season\u2019s mark at this point.\u00a0 Colorado is 5-3 ATS as a favorite this year.<\/p>\n

The Buffaloes have really struggled from beyond the arc over their last five games, averaging just 2.6 3-point makes per game in that span.\u00a0 Colorado has four probable starters averaging in double figures, with sophomore guard Spencer Dinwiddie leading the way, scoring 14.6 points per game.\u00a0 He joins fellow sophomore Askia Booker to form one of the best backcourts in the country.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cardinal due to their 15-6 ATS mark on the road following three or more consecutive home games, while the Buffaloes are 1-4 ATS in their last five Pac-12 Conference affairs.<\/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":"

Stanford Cardinal at Colorado Buffaloes Thursday, 1\/23\/12, 10:00 PM EST, TV: ESPNU Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Colorado -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Colorado -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 131.5 Current Total:\u00a0 131.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Stanford has alternated wins and losses in its last four games, as it comes off an impressive 69-59 victory over the California Golden […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7336,7309,7337,451,5263,7235,2528],"class_list":["post-27451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-aaron-bright","tag-askia-booker","tag-chasson-randle","tag-colorado-buffaloes","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-spencer-dinwiddie","tag-stanford-cardinal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27451","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=27451"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27453,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27451\/revisions\/27453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}