The Marquette Golden Eagles are still among the unbeatens in college basketball. \u00a0This marks just the second true road game for them but it should be a little bit easier than when they beat the Badgers up in Madison. <\/p>\n
Monday December 19 Marquette<\/strong><\/p>\n I am still not sure what the ceiling is for these guys but one thing I am sure of is that this is one of the better offensive teams in the country. \u00a0They may not have great size but they shoot the ball so well and don\u2019t quit.<\/p>\n As the season continues we are seeing more and more why Marquette is a team to be reckoned with. \u00a0Most know all about DJO and Jae Crowder but they are also getting contributions from unexpected places like freshman guard Todd Mayo. \u00a0In 19 minutes per game he is averaging 11ppg and is coming off his best performance of the season (22 points on Saturday against Northern Colorado). \u00a0He gives them even more depth on the perimeter. \u00a0They need all the scoring they can get out there because they don\u2019t get much production from the true bigs they have on the roster. <\/p>\n LSU<\/strong><\/p>\n LSU isn\u2019t going to challenge in the SEC this year but 7 early wins means that a .500 or better season is a real possibility. \u00a0The early part of their schedule has been pretty weak but their win over Boise State might wind up being impressive if the Broncos can continue their better than expected play in the Mountain West. \u00a0This looks like some scheduling to save a coaching staff though and things might get ugly when the Tigers play the conference heavyweights in the New Year.<\/p>\n The Bayou Bengals do have athletes and a strong defensive mindset so they might be able to stifle Marquette some. \u00a0If not, they are in real trouble as they just don\u2019t have the horses to keep up in a track meet. \u00a0Whatever happened to Storm Warren? \u00a0He was supposed to be the next great (i know exaggerating) LSU Tiger but is seeing his numbers decline for the second season in a row. \u00a0Maybe having a cool name just isn\u2019t enough on the Bayou.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0\u00a0Marquette -8 #11 Marquette Golden Eagles (10-0) vs LSU Tigers (7-3) The Marquette Golden Eagles are still among the unbeatens in college basketball. \u00a0This marks just the second true road game for them but it should be a little bit easier than when they beat the Badgers up in Madison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":31575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[4631,6831,639,2156,6828,6829,53194,775,53195,1229],"class_list":["post-46647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-golden-eagles","tag-lsu","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-marquette","tag-marquette-golden-eagles","tag-marquette-golden-eagles-vs-lsu-tigers","tag-ncaa-free-picks","tag-ncaa-free-predictions","tag-tigers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46647"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46658,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46647\/revisions\/46658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPete Maravich Assembly Centre – Baton Rouge, LA
\n9:00PM
\nMoneyline:
\nSpread: Marquette -8
\nO\/U: \u00a0137<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nO\/U Pick: \u00a0Over
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Marquette 83 – LSU 63<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"