{"id":27685,"date":"2013-02-09T10:26:45","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T15:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27685"},"modified":"2013-02-09T10:26:45","modified_gmt":"2013-02-09T15:26:45","slug":"ncaa-basketball-odds-and-predictions-iowa-state-cyclones-vs-kansas-state-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-odds-and-predictions-iowa-state-cyclones-vs-kansas-state-wildcats-27685\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Odds and Predictions: Iowa State Cyclones vs. Kansas State Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iowa State Cyclones at No. 13 Kansas State Wildcats
\nSaturday, 2\/9\/13, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas State -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas State -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 138
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 139
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Kansas State Wildcats will try to snap a three-game losing streak to the Iowa State Cyclones Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iowa State has won and covered the spread in back-to-back games, including an 83-64 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners as 5.5-point home favorites, while going OVER the total in its last four contests.\u00a0 The Cyclones have won three-straight games versus the Wildcats for the first time since 2000-01, which is why the coaching staff is worried about facing an angry foe.\u00a0 \u201cThis is going to be a very difficult game for us,\u201d commented Cyclones head coach Fred Hoiberg.\u00a0 Iowa State is 30-14 ATS versus Big 12 Conference opponents the last two-plus seasons, which is a key betting trend to consider when looking over the college basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Cyclones lead the conference and rank sixth nationally in averaging 9.1 3-point makes per game, while knocking down 10 or more 11 times this season.\u00a0 Iowa State also leads the Big 12 in averaging 78.7 points per game\u2014reaching 80 12 times during the 2012-13 campaign.\u00a0 The program has also demonstrated the ability to get after it on the glass, as it ranks 16th nationally in grabbing 40.1 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n

Kansas State returns to the friendly confines of Bramlage Coliseum, as it looks to build on its three-game win streak, including a 68-59 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders as 11-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Wildcats have really dialed up the pressure on the defensive end, allowing a conference-low 57.8 points per game.\u00a0 The program is 78-25 all-time against Iowa State when playing at home, including a 17-7 mark at this venue.\u00a0 Kansas State is 4-6 ATS when revenging a road loss versus an opponent the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are led offensively by the play of senior Rodney McGruder, who is averaging 14.6 points per game, while landing in the starting lineup in 89 consecutive contests.\u00a0 Kansas State is one of the more balanced teams in the country, with six players averaging five or more points, while its four-guard lineup is averaging 66.6 points since coach Bruce Weber made the change 13 games ago.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 5-2 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

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Iowa State Cyclones at No. 13 Kansas State Wildcats Saturday, 2\/9\/13, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas State -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas State -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 138 Current Total:\u00a0 139 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Iowa State has won and covered the spread in back-to-back games, including an 83-64 victory over the […]<\/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":[3267,6324,3908,7230,2666,2807,6296],"class_list":["post-27685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-bramlage-coliseum","tag-bruce-weber","tag-fred-hoiberg","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-kansas-state-wildcats","tag-rodney-mcgruder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27685","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=27685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27686,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27685\/revisions\/27686"}],"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=27685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}