{"id":31803,"date":"2013-12-15T10:32:56","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T15:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31803"},"modified":"2013-12-15T10:32:56","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T15:32:56","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-syracuse-orange-vs-st-johns-red-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-syracuse-orange-vs-st-johns-red-storm-31803\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Syracuse Orange vs. St. John’s Red Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Syracuse Orange vs. St. John\u2019s Red Storm
\nSunday, 12\/15\/13, 12:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Syracuse -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Syracuse -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 130.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 130.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Syracuse Orange have dominated the St. John’s Red Storm in recent years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Syracuse takes on a longtime rival in a matchup at Madison Square Garden Sunday afternoon, as it tries to remain one of 14 unbeaten teams nationally, which is important to consider when making your NCAA basketball picks.\u00a0 The Orange are 50-37 SU all-time against the Red Storm, which includes winning 14 of the last 15 encounters in the series.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 77.7 points per game, which has been made possible by knocking down 45.9 percent of its shots.\u00a0 Syracuse is 2-1 SU and 1-2 ATS as road favorites of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Orange\u2019 last six victories in this series have come by an average of 19.2 points, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 Syracuse is getting after it on the defensive end\u2014holding its last two opponents to a combined 37.4 percent shooting percentage.\u00a0 Four players are averaging double figures in scoring, with senior forward C.J. Fair leading the way at 17.8 points a contest.<\/p>\n

St. John\u2019s has won and covered the number in its last two affairs, including a 104-58 blowout victory over the Fordham Rams as 11.5-point home favorites on Dec. 7, while going OVER the betting total of 143.5.\u00a0 The Red Storm have won nine games against ranked opponents in the Steve Lavin era, but dropped their only opportunity in that situation earlier this season against the Wisconsin Badgers.\u00a0 St. John\u2019s is 1-4 SUATS as home underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons, with all five games going UNDER the betting total.<\/p>\n

The Red Storm have three probable starters averaging more than 10 points a game, including junior guard D\u2019Angelo Harrison at 18.9, as he\u2019s scored 20 or more points in 4-of-8 games during the 2013-14 campaign.\u00a0 He is knocking down 82.5 percent of his shots from the charity stripe, while ranking eighth in the Big East Conference in averaging 1.8 3-point field goals per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Orange due to their 5-1 ATS mark on the road versus teams with a winning home record.<\/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":"

Syracuse Orange vs. St. John\u2019s Red Storm Sunday, 12\/15\/13, 12:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Syracuse -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Syracuse -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 130.5 Current Total:\u00a0 130.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Syracuse takes on a longtime rival in a matchup at Madison Square Garden Sunday afternoon, as it tries to remain one of 14 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,7815,7312,3902,4205,580],"class_list":["post-31803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-c-j-fair","tag-dangelo-harrison","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-st-johns-red-storm","tag-syracuse-orange"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31803","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=31803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31805,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31803\/revisions\/31805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}