{"id":32564,"date":"2014-01-16T18:22:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T23:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32564"},"modified":"2014-01-16T18:22:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T23:22:08","slug":"ncaa-basketball-predictions-arizona-state-sun-devils-vs-arizona-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-predictions-arizona-state-sun-devils-vs-arizona-wildcats-32564\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Predictions: Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Arizona Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Arizona Wildcats
\nThursday, 1\/16\/14, 9:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -11.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -14
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 133
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 135
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The favorite is 4-1 ATS in the last five meetings in this series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arizona State will try to bounce back from a 87-72 setback to the UCLA Bruins as 6.5-point road underdogs Sunday, while going OVER the betting total of 152.\u00a0 The Sun Devils are 1-7 SU all-time when taking on the No. 1 team in the nation, which is important to consider when making your NCAA basketball betting predictions.\u00a0 Defensively, the team is led by the play of center Jordan Bachynski, who has recorded a NCAA-best 78 blocks this season.\u00a0 Arizona State is 0-2 SUATS as underdogs this season.<\/p>\n

The Sun Devils will need a major performance out of point guard Jahii Carson in trying to pull off a straight-up win, as he\u2019s averaged 21.3 points in 15 true road games over the course of his career, which is hard to ignored when looking over the NCAA basketball lines.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to point out that Herb Sendek has scored two wins against top-ranked teams in his career\u2014both coming during his time at NC State.\u00a0 He has compiled a 7-8 SU record in this in-state rivalry since arriving in Temple, including a 3-4 mark in Tucson.<\/p>\n

Arizona looks to captured its third consecutive win in this series, as it returns home after earning a road sweep over the UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans.\u00a0 The Wildcats rank fourth nationally in allowing just 56.0 points per game, which has been made possible by allowing foes to shoot just 37.1 percent from the field.\u00a0 The team has also won the rebounding battle in 16 of 17 games\u2014resulting in a +10.7 margin in that all-important statistical category.\u00a0 Arizona is 7-1 SU and 4-4 ATS as home favorites of 12.5 to 15 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats have three players averaging in double figures, with senior guard Nick Johnson leading the way in scoring 16.3 points a contest.\u00a0 Arizona has won six of eight games in this series under the direction of head coach Sean Miller, while Johnson is averaging 13.8 points in four career games versus the Sun Devils.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Wildcats due to their 4-1 ATS mark in the last five meetings 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":"

Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Arizona Wildcats Thursday, 1\/16\/14, 9:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -11.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -14 Opening Total:\u00a0 133 Current Total:\u00a0 135 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Arizona State will try to bounce back from a 87-72 setback to the UCLA Bruins as 6.5-point road underdogs Sunday, while going OVER […]<\/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":[439,578,7816,8032,5683,4102],"class_list":["post-32564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-arizona-state-sun-devils","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-jahii-carson","tag-jordan-bachynski","tag-nick-johnson","tag-sean-miller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32564","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=32564"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32567,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32564\/revisions\/32567"}],"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=32564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}