{"id":32086,"date":"2013-12-27T19:51:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T00:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32086"},"modified":"2013-12-27T19:51:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T00:51:32","slug":"villanova-wildcats-vs-syracuse-orange-college-basketball-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/villanova-wildcats-vs-syracuse-orange-college-basketball-betting-odds-and-picks-32086\/","title":{"rendered":"Villanova Wildcats vs. Syracuse Orange: College Basketball Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Villanova Wildcats vs. Syracuse Orange
\nSaturday, 12\/28\/13, 2:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Syracuse -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Syracuse -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Syracuse Orange are 38-32 SU all-time against the Villanova Wildcats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Villanova has had only two teams in program history get off to a better start than this year\u2019s 11-0 mark, which includes a 88-67 victory over Rider as 18.5-point home favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total of 154.\u00a0 The Wildcats dropped a 72-61 decision to the Orange at the Carrier Dome last January\u2014moving their record to 13-15 all-time at the venue.\u00a0 Three projected starters are averaging in double figures, with forward JayVaughn Pinkston leading the way at 16.5 points a contest, which is important to consider when making your college basketball betting picks.\u00a0 Villanova is 2-3 SU and 3-2 ATS as a road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats bench is averaging 23.7 points per game\u2014outscoring their opponents reserves in the last five contests.\u00a0 Over the last two-plus seasons, Villanova has compiled a 34-10 SU record when scoring 70 or more points, including a perfect 10-0 mark this season.\u00a0 Offensively, the team leads the Big East Conference in averaging 82.5 points per game, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

Syracuse has also won its first 11 games of the 2013-14 campaign, while also holding a 38-32 SU advantage in this series.\u00a0 The Orange are outscoring opponents by 14.5 points per game, which has been made possible by shooting 47.1 percent form the field, while holding opponents to 42.8.\u00a0 Four players are averaging double figures, with senior forward C.J. Fair leading the way at 17.8 points a contest.\u00a0 Syracuse is 11-0 SU and 7-4 ATS versus teams that average 77 or more points per game the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Orange are fourth in major college basketball in turnover margin, with freshman guard Tyler Ennis playing a big role in that success, as he has a 4.54 assist-to-turnover ratio.\u00a0 Syracuse is outscoring opponents by a 230-94 margin off of turnovers, while also holding a 383-248 advantage in the paint.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Orange due to their 4-1 ATS mark in their last five non-conference 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":"

Villanova Wildcats vs. Syracuse Orange Saturday, 12\/28\/13, 2:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Syracuse -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Syracuse -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Villanova has had only two teams in program history get off to a better start than this year\u2019s 11-0 mark, which includes a 88-67 victory […]<\/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":[2497,7815,5366,7389,580,752],"class_list":["post-32086","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-carrier-dome","tag-jayvaughn-pinkston","tag-syracuse-orange","tag-villanova-wildcats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32086","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=32086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32087,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32086\/revisions\/32087"}],"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=32086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}