{"id":31589,"date":"2013-12-02T14:37:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T19:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31589"},"modified":"2013-12-02T14:37:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T19:37:45","slug":"college-basketball-picks-vanderbilt-commodores-vs-texas-longhorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-vanderbilt-commodores-vs-texas-longhorns-31589\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Texas Longhorns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Texas Longhorns
\nMonday, 12\/2\/13, 9:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas -8.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 140.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 140.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Texas Longhorns have won 45 consecutive home games against unranked non-conference opponents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vanderbilt has won back-to-back games, including a 77-68 victory over Loyola Marymount as six-point neutral-site favorites last time out, while going UNDER the betting total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Commodores are led offensively by sophomore guard Eric McClellan, who is averaging 16.8 points and is a native of Austin, Texas.\u00a0 Seven of the team\u2019s nine scholarship players scored in double figures at the recently completed Paradise Jam.\u00a0 Vanderbilt is 1-5 SU and 3-3 ATS as road underdogs of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Commodores are shooting 49.1 percent from the floor this season, which is important to consider when making your college basketball picks Monday night, considering they\u2019ve yet to be held under 45 in that all-important category.\u00a0 Vanderbilt is 34-19 SU against current members of the Big 12 Conference, but it hasn\u2019t met tonight\u2019s opponent since the 1988-89 campaign.<\/p>\n

Texas has jumped out to a 6-1 record this season, which has been made possible by tallying four fourth-quarter comebacks\u2014something to consider when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 The Longhorns have four players averaging double figures, with junior forward Jonathan Holmes being the key player.\u00a0 Sophomore guard Javan Felix is also important to incorporate in your handicapping in scoring 10.9 points off the bench.\u00a0 Texas is 10-4 SU and 7-4 ATS in December since the 2011-12 campaign, with the UNDER going 6-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns have won 45 consecutive home games against unranked non-conference opponents, while they\u2019ve compiled a 214-30 record at the Erwin Center under longtime head coach Rick Barnes.\u00a0 Texas has outrebounded six of its first seven opponents this season, while all 10 of its scholarship players have reached double-digit scoring totals in at least one game.\u00a0 On the defensive end, the team is averaging 7.9 blocked shots per game, which has led to a 55-21 advantage in that statistical category thus far.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Longhorns due to their 4-1 ATS mark in their last five home 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Texas Longhorns Monday, 12\/2\/13, 9:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas -8.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 140.5 Current Total:\u00a0 140.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Vanderbilt has won back-to-back games, including a 77-68 victory over Loyola Marymount as six-point neutral-site favorites last time out, while going UNDER the betting total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3267,7836,7249,6005,496,456],"class_list":["post-31589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-eric-mcclellan","tag-erwin-center","tag-jonathan-holmes","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-vanderbilt-commodores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31589","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=31589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31590,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31589\/revisions\/31590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}