{"id":27623,"date":"2013-02-04T10:59:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T15:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27623"},"modified":"2013-02-04T10:59:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T15:59:09","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-oklahoma-sooners-vs-iowa-state-cyclones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-oklahoma-sooners-vs-iowa-state-cyclones-27623\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Oklahoma Sooners vs. Iowa State Cyclones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma Sooners at Iowa State Cyclones
\nMonday, 2\/4\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Iowa State -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Iowa State -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 141
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 142
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oklahoma Sooners are 2-0-2 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oklahoma has split its last six games, as it will attempt to get back on the winning track after suffering a disappointing 52-50 setback to the Kansas State Wildcats as 3.5-point home favorites Saturday, while going UNDER the posted total of 131.\u00a0 The Sooners will be playing away from Norman for the fourth time in their last six affairs, while they\u2019ve gone 2-0-2 ATS as \u00a0road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points this season.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the program\u2019s three conference losses have come against ranked opponents, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NCAA basketball picks Monday night.\u00a0 Oklahoma has covered the number in four of its last five tries after suffering a straight-up loss.<\/p>\n

The Sooners are averaging just 3.9 3-point makers per game, which is quite different than the Cyclones leading the conference in that particular statistic (9.0).\u00a0 Oklahoma has been outscored by 9.4 points per league contest from beyond the arc, while Iowa State holds an average advantage of 10.5 points in eight conference affairs.\u00a0 In two series meetings a year ago, the program was outscored by a combined 54 points from the 3-point area, which is something to take into consideration when looking over the college basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

Iowa State will try to win consecutive games for the first time since Jan. 12-19, as it comes off a solid 79-71 victory over the Baylor Bears as 4.5-point home favorites Saturday, while going OVER the total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Cyclones enter with one of the nation\u2019s best homecourt winning streaks at 19 games, while they\u2019ve also managed to win their last 11 games on this floor versus conference foes.\u00a0 Iowa State is 3-0 SUATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points during the 2012-13 NCAA basketball season.<\/p>\n

The Cyclones are the only team in the conference with an unblemished home record, while they\u2019ve gone 12-4 ATS in their last 16 games at the Hilton Coliseum dating back to last year.\u00a0 Iowa State leads the Big 12 and ranks 25th nationally in out-rebounding opponents by a plus-6.7 margin, while leading all members in averaging 78.5 points per game.\u00a0 Senior guard Tyrus McGee is a key player to handicap in this matchup, as he scores 12.3 points per game coming off the bench\u2014hitting 2.6 3-point field goals per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER has cashed in the last seven meetings in this series.<\/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":"

Oklahoma Sooners at Iowa State Cyclones Monday, 2\/4\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Iowa State -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Iowa State -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 141 Current Total:\u00a0 142 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oklahoma has split its last six games, as it will attempt to get back on the winning track after suffering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3267,2666,408,7316],"class_list":["post-27623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-tyrus-mcgee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27623","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=27623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27624,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27623\/revisions\/27624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}