{"id":33006,"date":"2014-02-12T16:48:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T21:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33006"},"modified":"2014-02-12T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T21:48:01","slug":"college-basketball-picks-george-washington-colonials-vs-vcu-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-george-washington-colonials-vs-vcu-rams-33006\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: George Washington Colonials vs. VCU Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Washington Colonials vs. VCU Rams
\nWednesday, 2\/12\/14, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 VCU -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 VCU -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The VCU Rams are 33-8 SU following a loss under head coach Shaka Smart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

George Washington has won and covered the number in its last two games, including a 93-67 victory over the Fordham Rams as 15-point home favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total of 148.5.\u00a0 The Colonials and Rams both enter Wednesday\u2019s affair tied for second in the Atlantic 10 with 7-2 league marks, which is important to consider when making your college basketball betting picks.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 75.2 points and shooting 47.5 percent, while also out-rebounding opponents by a 4.9 margin.\u00a0 George Washington is 2-5 SU and 4-3 ATS as road underdogs of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Colonials have four players averaging in double figures, with guard Maurice Creek leading the way at 14.0 points a contest.\u00a0 George Washington trails only Saint Louis in the A-10 stats of scoring defense and field goal percentage defense, and is behind only VCU\u2019s heavy-pressure Havoc and St. Louis in steals.<\/p>\n

VCU had its six-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered a 69-62 defeat to Saint Joseph\u2019s as three-point road favorites, while going UNDER the betting total in three of four contests.\u00a0 The Rams are 33-8 SU following a loss under the direction of head coach Shaka Smart, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 During the team\u2019s current 17-game home winning streak, the squad has outscored opponents by nearly 18 points a contest.\u00a0 VCU is 6-2 SUATS as home favorites of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Rams have two probable starters averaging double figures, with junior guard Treveon Graham leading the way at 15.3 points a contest.\u00a0 Over the past 10 games, VCU has held the opposition to 25.9 percent from beyond the arc, while its opponents have averaged just 4.1 3-pointers per game over that stretch.\u00a0 Graham continues to be a consistent offensive threat\u2014scoring in double figures in 22 of 24 games during the 2013-14 campaign.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Rams due to their 9-4 ATS mark in their last 13 home games versus a team with a winning road record.<\/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":"

George Washington Colonials vs. VCU Rams Wednesday, 2\/12\/14, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 VCU -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 VCU -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker George Washington has won and covered the number in its last two games, including a 93-67 victory over the Fordham Rams as 15-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[4080,8125,4115,8067,4503],"class_list":["post-33006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-atlantic-10","tag-george-washington-colonials","tag-maurice-creek","tag-treveon-graham","tag-vcu-rams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33006","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=33006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33007,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33006\/revisions\/33007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}