{"id":31776,"date":"2013-12-13T20:34:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T01:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31776"},"modified":"2013-12-13T20:34:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T01:34:27","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-new-mexico-lobos-vs-kansas-jayhawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-new-mexico-lobos-vs-kansas-jayhawks-31776\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: New Mexico Lobos vs. Kansas Jayhawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Mexico Lobos vs. Kansas Jayhawks
\nSaturday, 12\/14\/13, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Kansas Jayhawks have dropped back-to-back games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Mexico has won four games in a row, including a 63-54 victory over the Cincinnati Bearcats as 6.5-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total for the third time in four opportunities.\u00a0 The Lobos returned six lettermen and four starters from the 2012-13 season\u2014a group that advanced to the NCAA Tournament\u2019s second round.\u00a0 The program has a winning record of 70-63 all-time against current members of the Big 12 Conference, including a 1-1 mark versus Kansas.\u00a0 New Mexico is 1-4 ATS in its last five games versus teams with a winning record.<\/p>\n

The Lobos continue to be led offensively by guard Kendall Williams, who is 14th on the school\u2019s all-time list with 1,422 career points.\u00a0 New Mexico\u2019s defense has given up more points this season on average than last, but is forcing opponents to shoot just 37.5 percent from the field.\u00a0 The .900 points per possession it allowed against Cincinnati was its effort of the season in that all-important statistical category.<\/p>\n

Kansas makes its annual trip to the Sprint Center in Kansas City, as it looks to bounce back from a pair of true road defeats, including a 67-61 setback to the Florida Gators as three-point underdogs Tuesday.\u00a0 The Jayhawks are averaging 77.1 points and have a plus-8.7 scoring margin, while they\u2019ve won the battle of the boards in eight of nine contests.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to point out that the bench is providing 28.2 points, while head coach Bill Self started four freshmen and a sophomore versus the Gators.\u00a0 Kansas is 2-5 ATS in its last seven games following a SU loss.<\/p>\n

The Jayhawks received a major performance from freshmen guard Andrew Wiggins last time out, as he scored a career-high 26 points, which is important to consider when making your NCAA basketball picks Saturday.\u00a0 He leads the team in averaging 16.4 points per game, while sitting third on the roster in grabbing 6.1 rebounds a contest.\u00a0 The program has compiled a 22-4 SU record in this particular venue.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Lobos due to their 5-1 ATS mark in their last six games versus Big 12 opponents.<\/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":"

New Mexico Lobos vs. Kansas Jayhawks Saturday, 12\/14\/13, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New Mexico has won four games in a row, including a 63-54 victory over the Cincinnati Bearcats as 6.5-point home favorites last Saturday, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7769,3267,34,7341,2493,3959],"class_list":["post-31776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-andrew-wiggins","tag-big-12-conference","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-kendall-williams","tag-new-mexico-lobos","tag-sprint-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31776","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=31776"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31778,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31776\/revisions\/31778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}