{"id":31670,"date":"2013-12-06T22:17:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T03:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31670"},"modified":"2013-12-06T22:17:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T03:17:26","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-unlv-runnin-rebels-vs-arizona-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-unlv-runnin-rebels-vs-arizona-wildcats-31670\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: UNLV Runnin’ Rebels vs. Arizona Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNLV Runnin\u2019 Rebels vs. Arizona Wildcats
\nSaturday, 12\/7\/13, 5:15 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -16
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -16
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Arizona Wildcats are fourth nationally in rebounding margin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UNLV snapped a two-game losing streak by picking up an 85-55 victory over UT Martin as 18-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Runnin\u2019 Rebels will look to match the Wildcats on the boards, with junior Roscoe Smith leading the nation in grabbing 16.2 rebounds a game.\u00a0 He has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in every game during the 2013-14 campaign, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NCAA basketball lines page.\u00a0 UNLV is 4-1 ATS as road underdogs of 12.5 or more points in its last five opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Runnin\u2019 Rebels are 11-6 SU all-time against the Wildcats, but they\u2019ve won just two of seven meetings in Tucson.\u00a0 UNLV has compiled a 58-51 record against teams that currently make up the Pac-12 Conference.\u00a0 Junior guard Bryce Dejean-Jones will need to put together a huge offensive performance in this spot, as he\u2019s one of four players on the roster averaging at least 11.0 points.<\/p>\n

Arizona will look to win its 13th straight non-conference home game, while improving its record to 9-0 to start the season.\u00a0 The Wildcats rank seventh nationally in field goal percentage defense, with most of that success coming inside the three-point area, with opponents hitting just 39.2 percent of their shots from two-point range.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the squad has won the rebounding battle in each of its eight games this season and sits behind just three teams with a +14.4 rebounding margin.\u00a0 Arizona is 5-0 SU and 3-2 ATS as home favorites of 15.5 to 18 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats have three players averaging double figures, with junior guard Nick Johnson leading the way at 17.1 points a contest.\u00a0 Arizona is getting great all-around production from freshman forward Aaron Gordon, who leads Pac-12 first-year players in rebounds and blocks per game.\u00a0 He has scored in double figures in all eight games and leads the squad in minutes played.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Runnin\u2019 Rebels due to the Wildcats being 1-6 ATS in their last seven games versus Mountain West Conference foes.<\/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":"

UNLV Runnin\u2019 Rebels vs. Arizona Wildcats Saturday, 12\/7\/13, 5:15 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -16 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -16 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker UNLV snapped a two-game losing streak by picking up an 85-55 victory over UT Martin as 18-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7782,578,508,5281,7852,3113],"class_list":["post-31670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-aaron-gordon","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-mountain-west-conference","tag-pac-12","tag-roscoe-smith","tag-unlv-runnin-rebels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31670","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=31670"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31672,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31670\/revisions\/31672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}