{"id":32383,"date":"2014-01-07T02:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32383"},"modified":"2014-01-06T17:19:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T22:19:12","slug":"college-basketball-picks-baylor-bears-vs-iowa-state-cyclones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-baylor-bears-vs-iowa-state-cyclones-32383\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Baylor Bears vs. Iowa State Cyclones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baylor Bears vs. Iowa State Cyclones
\nTuesday, 1\/7\/14, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Iowa State -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Iowa State -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Baylor Bears have never beaten the Iowa State Cyclones in Ames, IA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baylor has won six games in a row, including an 80-50 victory over Savannah State last time out.\u00a0 The Bears have out-shot all 13 opponents this season and have been out-rebounded only once in 13 games, which is important to consider when making your college basketball betting picks Tuesday night.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the program is 0-5 SU all-time when playing in a battle of top-10 teams.\u00a0 Baylor is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 road games following three or more consecutive home games.<\/p>\n

The Bears have nine players averaging 14-plus minutes per game, which has led to their bench scoring 30.9 points a contest.\u00a0 Baylor has dropped all 11 of its previous trips to Ames, IA\u2014something that can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 Three of the team\u2019s five probable starters are averaging in double figures, with junior forward Cory Jefferson leading the way at 14.2 points a contest.\u00a0 He has scored in double figures in a career-best 11 straight games.<\/p>\n

Iowa State is one of just six unbeaten teams remaining in the nation, as its 13-game winning streak matches the longest in school history.\u00a0 The Cyclones are also one of just seven programs that have three players averaging at least 15 points a contest, with Melvin Ejim leading the charge at 17.7 points a contest.\u00a0 He\u2019s shooting 51.5 percent from the field and is also grabbing 7.6 boards a game.\u00a0 Iowa State is 20-7 ATS in its last 27 home games.<\/p>\n

The Cyclones have shot better than their opponents from the field in 11 of 13 games, while they\u2019ve won the rebounding battle in all but four contests.\u00a0 Iowa State is averaging 28.4 free throw attempts per game in the last nine contests\u2014knocking down 72.3 percent of those tries.\u00a0 The program holds a 15-9 SU edge in this series, including a 4-1 mark under head coach Fred Hoiberg.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cyclones due to their 7-0 ATS mark in their last seven home games in this series.<\/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":"

Baylor Bears vs. Iowa State Cyclones Tuesday, 1\/7\/14, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Iowa State -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Iowa State -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baylor has won six games in a row, including an 80-50 victory over Savannah State last time out.\u00a0 The Bears have out-shot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3288,7365,7230,2666,7799],"class_list":["post-32383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-cory-jefferson","tag-fred-hoiberg","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-melvin-ejim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32383","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=32383"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32385,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32383\/revisions\/32385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}