{"id":31525,"date":"2013-11-27T20:19:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T01:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31525"},"modified":"2013-11-27T20:19:03","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T01:19:03","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-purdue-boilermakers-vs-oklahoma-state-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-purdue-boilermakers-vs-oklahoma-state-cowboys-31525\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: Purdue Boilermakers vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Purdue Boilermakers vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys
\nThursday, 11\/28\/13, 12:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -12.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -13.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oklahoma State Cowboys are averaging just north of 100 points per game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Purdue hits the road for the first time during the 2013-14 season, as it won its first five games of the year on its home floor, including an 81-73 victory over the Siena Saints as 18.5-point home favorites Sunday.\u00a0 The Boilermakers are averaging 86.2 points per game to rank third in the Big Ten Conference, while shooting 48.4 percent from the field, which is important to consider when making your college basketball predictions Thursday afternoon.\u00a0 Purdue is 4-8 SUATS on a neutral floor the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 7-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Boilermakers have three players averaging in double figures, with sophomore guard Ronnie Johnson leading the way, while center A.J. Hammons controls the other side of the floor in averaging 4.5 blocks per game.\u00a0 Purdue enters the contest with a 19-76 record all-time against ranked opponents, including a 1-15 mark versus teams sitting in the No. 5 spot.\u00a0 The bench has been a major contributor in the early going in averaging 37.0 points per game.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma State has arguably been the most impressive team in the country in the early going this year, as it opens play in the Old Spice Classic at the HP Field House in Kissimmee, FL.\u00a0 The Cowboys are averaging just over 100 points per game with five players averaging in double figures.\u00a0 All eyes will be on guard Marcus Smart, who is averaging 21.0 points per game, while backcourt mate Markel Brown is shooting 51.7 percent from beyond the arc.\u00a0 Oklahoma State is 20-14 ATS as a favorite the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys are 65-74 all-time against current members of the Big Ten Conference, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball lines on Thanksgiving Day.\u00a0 Oklahoma State also has one of the best players off the bench nationally, with Phil Forte averaging 14.8 points per game.\u00a0 He\u2019s shooting a ridiculous 64.7 percent from the floor.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cowboys due to their 9-3-1 ATS mark in their last 13 non-conference games.<\/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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Purdue Boilermakers vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys Thursday, 11\/28\/13, 12:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -12.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -13.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Purdue hits the road for the first time during the 2013-14 season, as it won its first five games of the year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,7795,1141,1210,1295,7823],"class_list":["post-31525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-marcus-smart","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","tag-old-spice-classic","tag-purdue-boilermakers","tag-ronnie-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31525","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=31525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31526,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31525\/revisions\/31526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}