{"id":27592,"date":"2013-02-01T20:53:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T01:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27592"},"modified":"2013-02-01T20:53:25","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T01:53:25","slug":"ncaa-basketball-predictions-kansas-state-wildcats-vs-oklahoma-sooners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-predictions-kansas-state-wildcats-vs-oklahoma-sooners-27592\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Predictions: Kansas State Wildcats vs. Oklahoma Sooners"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 18 Kansas State Wildcats at Oklahoma Sooners
\nSaturday, 2\/2\/13, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 130
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 131
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Kansas State Wildcats are 3-1 SU in true road games this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas State snapped a two-game losing streak in picking up a convincing 83-57 victory over the Texas Longhorns as 9.5-point home favorites last time out, while going OVER the total for the sixth time in seven opportunities.\u00a0 \u201cWe have a tough game Saturday,\u201d commented Wildcats coach Bruce Weber about this affair.\u00a0 The Wildcats are 6-20 in their last 26 road games in this series, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your college basketball expert picks Saturday.\u00a0 Kansas State is 7-16-1 ATS in its last 24 games versus winning teams.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are 3-1 in true road games this year, while they\u2019ve tallied a solid 26-25 mark away from home in Big12 Conference play the past seven seasons.\u00a0 Kansas State is led offensively by senior guard Rodney McGruder, who is averaging 14.9 points in playing 31.4 minutes per game, as he prepares to make his 88th start in a row for the program.\u00a0 Defensively, the squad ranks 20th in the country in surrendering 58.2 points per game, which has been helped by limiting foes to 29.3 percent shooting from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it comes off a 74-71 victory over the Baylor Bears as 6.5-point road underdogs, while going OVER the total for the fourth time in five opportunities.\u00a0 \u201cAny time you can win on the road you feel really good about it,\u201d commented Sooners coach Lon Kruger.\u00a0 The Sooners own a 104-92 all-time record in this series, including wins in 11 of the last 16 meetings.\u00a0 Oklahoma is 7-1 ATS in its last eight home games, which is important to consider when looking over the college basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Sooners have played just eight games in Norman this year, which is fewest among the 75 teams in the six power conferences nationally.\u00a0 Oklahoma shot 52.7 percent from the field versus Baylor, which was its second-best performance of the season.\u00a0 The team returned its top six scorers and 88 percent of its point production from a year ago.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 7-3-1 in the Sooners last 11 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. 18 Kansas State Wildcats at Oklahoma Sooners Saturday, 2\/2\/13, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 130 Current Total:\u00a0 131 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kansas State snapped a two-game losing streak in picking up a convincing 83-57 victory over the Texas Longhorns as 9.5-point […]<\/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":[3267,3908,2807,4137,408,6296],"class_list":["post-27592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-bruce-weber","tag-kansas-state-wildcats","tag-lon-kruger","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-rodney-mcgruder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27592","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=27592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27594,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27592\/revisions\/27594"}],"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=27592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}