{"id":33051,"date":"2014-02-14T22:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T03:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33051"},"modified":"2014-02-14T20:25:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T01:25:12","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-utah-utes-vs-ucla-bruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-utah-utes-vs-ucla-bruins-33051\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: Utah Utes vs. UCLA Bruins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Utah Utes vs. UCLA Bruins
\nSaturday, 2\/15\/14, 5:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 UCLA -10.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 UCLA -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The UCLA Bruins are 6-5 SU all-time against the Utah Utes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Utah has won three games in a row, including a 79-71 victory over the USC Trojans as 4.5-point road favorites Thursday, while going OVER the betting total for the fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Utes\u2019 seven losses have come by a total of 26 points, which is important to consider when making your college basketball predictions.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is third nationally in shooting 50.2 percent from the field, while it leads the Pac-12 and ranks 17th in the country in defending the three-point area.\u00a0 Utah is 1-7 SU and 4-4 ATS as underdogs of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Utes have three probable starters averaging in double figures, with junior guard Delon Wright leading the way at 16.2 points a contest.\u00a0 Utah is 4-6 SU against the RPI top 100 with the wins coming by a combined 42 points, and its six losses are by a combined 23 points.\u00a0 The program ranks in the top-20 nationally in assists per game, fouls per game and assist-to-turnover ratio.<\/p>\n

UCLA has won and covered the number in five of its last six games, including a 92-74 victory over the Colorado Buffaloes Thursday, while going OVER the betting total in each of those affairs.\u00a0 The Bruins are 10th in the country and second in the Pac-12 in averaging 82.9 points per game, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 Sophomore forward Kyle Anderson is the main player to watch on the offensive end, as he\u2019s averaging 15.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 6.8 assists.\u00a0 UCLA is 7-2 SU and 5-4 ATS as home favorites of 9.5 to 12 points.<\/p>\n

The Bruins are one of just nine teams nationally to rank in the top-30 in both adjusted offense and adjusted defense\u2014making them a squad to keep an eye on in the 2014 NCAA Tournament.\u00a0 UCLA is 6-5 SU in this series, but it dropped a 74-69 decision as a pick\u2019 em in the first meeting of the season on Jan. 18.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Utes due to their 5-2 ATS mark in their last seven road 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

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Utah Utes vs. UCLA Bruins Saturday, 2\/15\/14, 5:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 UCLA -10.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 UCLA -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Utah has won three games in a row, including a 79-71 victory over the USC Trojans as 4.5-point road favorites Thursday, while going OVER the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[8136,7281,5263,11,405],"class_list":["post-33051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-delon-wright","tag-kyle-anderson","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-ucla-bruins","tag-utah-utes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33051","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=33051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33052,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33051\/revisions\/33052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}