{"id":27643,"date":"2013-02-06T11:56:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27643"},"modified":"2013-02-06T11:56:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:56:33","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-baylor-bears-vs-oklahoma-state-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-baylor-bears-vs-oklahoma-state-cowboys-27643\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Baylor Bears vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baylor Bears at No. 22 Oklahoma State Cowboys
\nWednesday, 2\/6\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 135.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 138
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Baylor Bears have failed to cover the spread in their last two tries as road underdogs of 6.5 to 9 points<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baylor has dropped back-to-back games, including a 79-71 setback to the Iowa State Cyclones as 4.5-point road underdogs last time out, while going OVER the total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 \u201cI was disappointed we weren\u2019t a little better on the glass,\u201d commented Bears coach Scott Drew.\u00a0 The Bears lead the Big 12 in averaging 39.9 rebounds during league play, which is important to consider when making your NCAA basketball picks.\u00a0 Baylor is 0-2 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bears have accounted for 28 percent of the 72 double-doubles by Big 12 Conference players this year, with freshman Isaiah Austin leading the way with eight.\u00a0 Austin is one of three starters averaging in double figures, with the group being led by senior guard Pierre Jackson, who is scoring 19.1 points per game.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks second in the conference in averaging 75.8 points per game, while outscoring opponents by an average margin of 12 during the course of the 2012-13 campaign.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma State has won three games in a row, including a monster 85-80 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks as 9.5-point road underdogs last time out, while going OVER the total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a big win,\u201d commented Cowboys swingman Le\u2019Bryan Nash.\u00a0 \u201cWe still want more.\u201d\u00a0 The Cowboys defense is limiting opponents to just 60.2 points per game on 38.7 percent shooting.\u00a0 Oklahoma State is 7-5 ATS as favorites this year, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys suffered a disappointing 64-54 loss to the Bears as 4.5-point road underdogs in the first meeting this year, while going UNDER the posted total of 133.\u00a0 Oklahoma State is the only team in the Big 12 that has three different players ranked among the league\u2019s top 10 in scoring.\u00a0 The squad also ranks 18th nationally in knocking down 75.1 percent of its tries from the charity stripe.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 4-1 in the last five 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":"

Baylor Bears at No. 22 Oklahoma State Cowboys Wednesday, 2\/6\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 135.5 Current Total:\u00a0 138 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baylor has dropped back-to-back games, including a 79-71 setback to the Iowa State Cyclones as 4.5-point road underdogs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3288,3267,7363,1141,7148,4189],"class_list":["post-27643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-big-12-conference","tag-isaiah-austin","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","tag-pierre-jackson","tag-scott-drew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27643","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=27643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27644,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27643\/revisions\/27644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}