{"id":32907,"date":"2014-02-06T12:24:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T17:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32907"},"modified":"2014-02-06T12:24:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T17:24:10","slug":"college-basketball-picks-connecticut-huskies-vs-cincinnati-bearcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-connecticut-huskies-vs-cincinnati-bearcats-32907\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Connecticut Huskies vs. Cincinnati Bearcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connecticut Huskies vs. Cincinnati Bearcats
\nThursday, 2\/6\/14, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 122.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 126.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Connecticut Huskies are led by senior PG Shabazz Napier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Connecticut is 3-0 SUATS over its last three games, as it comes off a 80-43 victory over the Houston Cougars as 13-point home favorites last time out, while going UNDER the betting total for the first time in six contests.\u00a0 The Huskies are led by the play of senior point guard Shabazz Napier, who is averaging team highs in points, rebounds, assists and steals.\u00a0 The program is 2-1 SU versus ranked opponents this season, which is important to consider when making your college basketball betting picks.\u00a0 Connecticut is 0-2 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Huskies have compiled a respectable 27-28 SU record in true road games over the last five-plus seasons, which is hard to ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 Connecticut is shooting 41.5 percent from beyond the arc this season, which is on pace to break the school\u2019s all-time record of 40.8 in that all-important statistical category.\u00a0 Led by Napier, the roster is also shooting 77.4 percent from the charity stripe.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati has won 14 games in a row, including a 50-45 victory over the South Florida Bulls as 15.5-point home favorites Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total of 123.5.\u00a0 The Bearcats have two probable starters averaging in double figures, with senior guard Sean Kilpatrick leading the way at 19.4 points a contest.\u00a0 He has scored in double figures in 99 career games since arriving on campus.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 0-4 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points since the start of the 2011-12 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Bearcats are 10-0 in league play for the first time since 1999-2000, while they\u2019ve won all 15 games at Fifth Third Arena this season.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 4-8 SU all-time against Connecticut, with both teams winning on their home floor a year ago.\u00a0 Defensively, the program ranks fourth in the country in allowing just 56.7 points per game\u2014holding foes to 38.6 percent shooting.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Huskies due to their 6-1 ATS mark in their last seven overall 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":"

Connecticut Huskies vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Thursday, 2\/6\/14, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 122.5 Current Total:\u00a0 126.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Connecticut is 3-0 SUATS over its last three games, as it comes off a 80-43 victory over the Houston Cougars as 13-point home favorites last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[1152,2499,7265,6130,6002],"class_list":["post-32907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-cincinnati-bearcats","tag-connecticut-huskies","tag-fifth-third-arena","tag-sean-kilpatrick","tag-shabazz-napier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32907","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=32907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32908,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32907\/revisions\/32908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}