{"id":31989,"date":"2013-12-23T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31989"},"modified":"2013-12-22T21:00:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T02:00:19","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-northern-arizona-lumberjacks-vs-arizona-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-northern-arizona-lumberjacks-vs-arizona-wildcats-31989\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks vs. Arizona Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks vs. Arizona Wildcats
\nMonday, 12\/23\/13, 10:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -27.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -27.5
\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 11-10 ATS as home favorites of 12.5 or more points the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northern Arizona snapped a four-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 63-61 victory over Grand Canyon on Dec. 14.\u00a0 The Lumberjacks have dropped their last 29 games against the Arizona Wildcats, which is important to consider when making your college basketball betting predictions Monday night.\u00a0 The program has one senior on the roster, with forward Max Jacobsen averaging a team-high 14.8 points per game.\u00a0 The program was picked to finish seventh in the Big Sky Conference by the media and ninth by league coaches.\u00a0 Norther Arizona is 1-13 SU and 7-7 ATS as road underdogs of 12.5 or more points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Lumberjacks are one of the more inexperienced teams in college basketball, as 68.3 percent of their points have come from newcomers.\u00a0 Northern Arizona does have two players in the top 10 in free throw percentage among Big Sky squads, with point guard Aaseem Dixon ranking fourth at 88.9 percent, while freshman Kris Yanku ranks sixth at 87.5 percent.<\/p>\n

Arizona will look to complete its non-conference schedule unscathed for a second-straight season, while holding onto the top spot in the rankings, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 The Wildcats have won 26 consecutive regular-season games against teams outside the Pac-12 Conference.\u00a0 There\u2019s no question that the team\u2019s strength is on defense, as it allows opponents to shoot jug 37.2 percent overall and 25.8 from beyond the arc.\u00a0 Arizona is 20-1 SU and 11-10 ATS as home favorites of 12.5 or more points since the 2011-12 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats have won the rebounding battle in each of their 12 games this season\u2014ranking second nationally with a +13.5 rebounding margin.\u00a0 Arizona is nearly doubling its opponents\u2019 output in the paint, as it averages 15.1 points more per game in that all-important offensive category.\u00a0 Four players are averaging double figures, with junior guard Nick Johnson leading the way\u2014scoring 15.7 points a contest.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Wildcats due to the Lumberjacks being 0-2 SUATS as road underdogs of 24.5 to 30 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

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Northern Arizona Lumberjacks vs. Arizona Wildcats Monday, 12\/23\/13, 10:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -27.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -27.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Northern Arizona snapped a four-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 63-61 victory over Grand Canyon on Dec. 14.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7913,578,5683,7912,5263],"class_list":["post-31989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-aaseem-dixon","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-nick-johnson","tag-northern-arizona-lumberjacks","tag-pac-12-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31989","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=31989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31990,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31989\/revisions\/31990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}