{"id":5987,"date":"2008-12-18T16:50:05","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T21:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=5987"},"modified":"2008-12-18T16:50:05","modified_gmt":"2008-12-18T21:50:05","slug":"bulldogs-bearcats-free-pick-181208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/bulldogs-bearcats-free-pick-181208\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAAB Betting: Mississippi St. vs. Cincinnati (Dec 18)"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCAAB Betting Mississippi St @ Cincinnati<\/h2>\n

The Mississippi State Bulldogs (7-3 SU, 2-2-1 ATS, 1-3-1 O\/U) have alternated wins and losses in each of their last four games in the BetUS Sportsbook. The Cincinnati Bearcats (7-2 SU, 2-2 ATS, 3-1 O\/U) have won three of their last four while covering the spread for BetUS NCAA college basketball betting fanatics in two of those contests. \u00a0 <\/p>\n

Both teams be gunning for a victory tonight when they meet at Fifth Third Arena.<\/p>\n

Mississippi State enters their SEC\/BIG EAST Invitational showdown coming off a solid 79-60 win over South Alabama on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs got a game-high 21 points from 6-9 junior forward Jarvis Varnado, who ranks first in the country in blocks, smacking back 6.2 shots per contest.<\/p>\n

Varnado also leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 12.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game while the Bulldogs rank first in the country in blocked shots (10.6 per game), 11th in field-goal percentage defense (35.4 percent), and scoring margin (+13.0 ppg).<\/p>\n

Cincinnati is coming off an emphatic 74-55 win over Charleston Southern on Monday, getting a team-high 18 points from freshman forward Yancy Gates and 16 points from sophomore forward Alvin Mitchell.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here is a look at tonight\u2019s key betting trends, followed by my in-depth analysis and NCAAB Free Pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bulldogs are 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 non-conference games.
\nThe Bulldogs are 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games vs. a team with a winning percentage above .600.
\nThe Bearcats are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 non-conference games.
\nThe Bearcats are 17-6 ATS in their last 23 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record.
\nThe Over is 4-0 in Bulldogs last 4 games following an ATS win.
\nThe Under is 9-3-1 in Bulldogs last 13 road games vs. a team with a home winning percentage of greater than .600.
\nThe Over is 8-1 in Bearcats last 9 games vs. a team with a winning percentage above .600.
\nThe Over is 7-2 in Bearcats last 9 Thursday games.<\/p>\n

NCAAB Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mississippi State +4\u00bd -110
\nCincinnati -4\u00bd -110<\/p>\n

Analysis:<\/strong> BetUS NCAA college basketball sports betting buffs don\u2019t have much guesswork on their hands with this selection as the Cincinnati Bearcats are far and away the better team in this matchup and will cover the spread with room to spare.<\/p>\n

NCAAB Free Picks: Cincinnati -4\u00bd Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Get ready for March Madness with our 2008 NCAAB daily gambling matchup previews, picks, and predictions. The Mississippi St. Bulldogs play the Cincinnati Bearcats tonight, we preview and pick this game…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[1979,3938,5029,3939,4816,6900,1400,6897,4207,4632,4633,4693,6896,6898,6895,6899,4208,4209,5028,5173,947],"class_list":["post-5987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-college-basketball","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-bet-on-college-basketball","tag-bulldogs-vs-bearcats","tag-cincinnati-bearcats","tag-cincinnati-betting","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-college-basketball-lines","tag-college-basketball-picks","tag-college-basketball-predictions","tag-mississippi-st-betting","tag-mississippi-st-bulldogs","tag-mississippi-st-bulldogs-vs-cincinnati-bearcats","tag-mississippi-state-vs-cincinnati","tag-ncaa-basketball-betting","tag-ncaa-basketball-odds","tag-ncaa-basketball-wagering-action","tag-ncaab-betting","tag-online-sportsbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5987","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5987"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6127,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5987\/revisions\/6127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}