{"id":27480,"date":"2013-01-25T19:13:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T00:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27480"},"modified":"2013-01-25T19:13:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T00:13:46","slug":"college-basketball-picks-kansas-state-wildcats-vs-iowa-state-cyclones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-kansas-state-wildcats-vs-iowa-state-cyclones-27480\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Kansas State Wildcats vs. Iowa State Cyclones"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 11 Kansas State Wildcats at Iowa State Cyclones
\nSaturday, 1\/26\/12, 1:45 PM EST, TV: ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Iowa State -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Iowa State -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Kansas State Wildcats have won their last six true road games dating back to last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas State returns to the road on Saturday afternoon in traveling to Ames, Iowa, as it attempts to bounce back from a disappointing 59-55 setback to the Kansas Jayhawks as 3.5-point home underdogs, while going UNDER the total for the first time in four opportunities.\u00a0 The Wildcats have won their last six games away from Manhattan, which includes their last five in Big 12 Conference play dating back to last season.\u00a0 Kansas State is 1-5-1 ATS in its last seven road games, which is something to consider when making your college basketball game picks Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats were swept in last year\u2019s season series for the first time since 2004, including a 72-70 defeat as one-point road underdogs on this floor a year ago, while going OVER the posted total of 139.\u00a0 Kansas State has been one of the best first-half defensive teams in the country, as it has held its 18 opponents to just 25 points on 37.9 percent shooting, including 27.2 percent from the 3-point area.<\/p>\n

Iowa State has won its last two games versus ranked opponents in Hilton Coliseum, while it looks to extend its home-court winning streak to 18 games.\u00a0 The Cyclones have also come out on top in their last nine conference games when playing in front of their home fans, which is tied for the third-best mark in that situation in school history.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is leading the Big 12 and ranks 12th nationally in scoring 78.9 points per game, while being one of eight teams to have five players averaging in double figures in scoring.\u00a0 Iowa State is 22-8 ATS in its last 30 Saturday games, which is important to note when looking over the NCAA basketball lines.<\/p>\n

The Cyclones are 12-0 on the season when outshooting their opponent, which could certainly happen in this spot due to averaging 9.0 3-point makes per game.\u00a0 Iowa State has four probable starters averaging 10 or more points, with senior guard Will Clyburn leading the way, scoring 13.9 points per game.\u00a0 The team\u2019s 51 points last time out was the lowest in the Fred Hoiberg era, as it knocked down just 6-of-23 shots from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 5-2 in the Cyclones last seven home games versus a team with a winning road 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":"

No. 11 Kansas State Wildcats at Iowa State Cyclones Saturday, 1\/26\/12, 1:45 PM EST, TV: ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Iowa State -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Iowa State -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kansas State returns to the road on Saturday afternoon in traveling to Ames, Iowa, as it attempts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3267,7230,6404,2666,2807,7339],"class_list":["post-27480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-fred-hoiberg","tag-hilton-coliseum","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-kansas-state-wildcats","tag-will-clyburn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27480","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=27480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27481,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27480\/revisions\/27481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}