{"id":5437,"date":"2008-12-08T17:37:22","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T22:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=5437"},"modified":"2008-12-08T17:37:22","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T22:37:22","slug":"shockers-horned-frogs-handicapping-pick-81208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/shockers-horned-frogs-handicapping-pick-81208\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAAB Handicapping: Wichita St. vs. TCU"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NCAA Basketball Betting &#8211; Wichita State Shockers at TCU Horned Frogs<\/h2>\n<p>The Wichita State Shockers (3-4 SU, 4-0 ATS) of the Missouri Valley Conference, who are coming off back-to-back tough losses to capable teams, will try to even their record on Monday night when they take on the TCU Horned Frogs (6-3 SU, 4-2 ATS) in NCAA college basketball online betting action that is scheduled to tip off at 9 PM ET at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth, TX. \u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>BetUS NCAA Basketball Sports Betting Odds<\/strong>: TCU -2.5, Total 119<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some of the NCAA basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* WSU has lost 18 of its last 24 games SU<br \/>\n* WSU has covered five of its last six road games<br \/>\n* WSU has lost 13 of its last 14 road games SU<br \/>\n* WSU has played seven of its last nine road games OVER the total<br \/>\n* TCU has won its last five games SU<br \/>\n* TCU has won 19 of its last 24 home games SU<\/p>\n<p>These are two teams who would rather slow things down and play deliberately than race it up and down the court. TCU has won five games in a row, the first time since the the 2001-02 season that they have done that. So Jim Christian, who took over the coaching reins this year, is off to a good start.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting has improved recently. In their first six games, TCU hit just 41% of its shots, before managing to convert 54% against St. Gregory&#8217;s, 46% against Colorado and 50% against Texas A&amp;M-Corpus Christi. But they had to go on a 25-4 run in the second half, sinking five three-pointers in that stretch, which they don&#8217;t normally do, to overcome a 12-point deficit. This is far from a complete package. Remember that they were dead last in the Mountain West in shooting percentage last season.<\/p>\n<p>Wichita State is under the .500 mark, but is much more battle-tested, with their losses coming against the likes of Georgetown, Michigan State and Texas Tech, by a total of 19 points, in addition to a very painful defeat suffered at the hands of Missouri-Kansas City. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/2183\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Betus NCAAB Betting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportsimagestore.com\/showbanner.asp?affid=11892&#038;banid=1399 alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>But there is also a significant win, a two-point victory over Siena, who is considered a possible mid-major spoiler prospect for the NCAA&#8217;s. Gregg Marshall is in his second season, having last turned Winthrop into a small-major power.<\/p>\n<p>The Shockers need to find a better way to break from the starting gate. If they had, things may have turned out differently against Pat Knight&#8217;s Texas Tech team, which won with a three-pointer at the buzzer. Wichita State has averaged 26.5 points on 36.5% shooting in the first halves of its games. Only one starter &#8211; Clevin Hannah &#8211; averages in double digits (13 ppg). Forward J.T. Durley (36% shooting) has disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>But despite allowing Siena and Texas tech to shoot better than 50%, and hitting only 28% against Georgetown, these guys have figured out a way to hang around enough for the cover, and in the case of Siena, the win. And we give Ramon Clemente a reasonable chance to control the boards against a TCU club that does not dominate things against anybody on the inside.<\/p>\n<p>TCU doesn&#8217;t get huge home support at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. And if Wichita doesn&#8217;t lag behind to badly early, there is a definite shot at the straight-up win, since they shoot ten percentage points better in the second half. Take the points with Wichita State, the 2.5-point favorite in the BetUS NCAA college basketball sports betting action.<\/p>\n<h3>Our PLAY: WICHITA STATE +2.5 ***<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wichita State Shockers will try to even their record on Monday night when they take on the TCU Horned Frogs at 9 PM ET at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth, TX.  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