{"id":7180,"date":"2009-01-14T17:38:03","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T22:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=7180"},"modified":"2009-01-14T17:38:03","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T22:38:03","slug":"ncaab-wednesday-preview-140109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/handicapping\/ncaab-wednesday-preview-140109\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAAB Handicapping: Wednesday Night Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Wednesday Night College Hoops<\/h2>\n<p>College Hoops: Wednesday Night Preview<\/p>\n<p>There is only one ranked matchup on the college basketball betting schedule on Wednesday night, but No. 8 Syracuse at No. 13 Georgetown isn\u2019t the only game worth a look as two of the three remaining undefeated schools will also be in action. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Syracuse heads to Georgetown on Wednesday riding a seven-game winning streak. The Orangemen easily handled Rutgers 82-66 on Saturday as a 7-point favorite on the college basketball odds. Paul Harris was nearly perfect in the win, with 26 points on 11-of-13 shooting, and Arinze Onuaku added 19 points on an impressive 8-of-9 shooting. As a team Syracuse hit 61 percent from the floor, but they could have done better from the free-throw line where they shot a dismal 63 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Georgetown finally returned to their winning ways over the weekend after suffering through back-to-back losses to Pittsburgh and Notre Dame. The Hoyas got things going again with an 82-75 win over Providence, but they failed to cover the 11.5-point spread on the college basketball odds. Austin Freeman led Georgetown with 18 points, but Greg Moore delivered the best all-around performance with 13 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists, and five steals.<\/p>\n<p>When the Orangemen and Hoyas met up last season each came away with a win on their home court. However, Syracuse\u2019s victory came as an underdog, as they were a 3-point \u2018dog in their 77-70 win over Georgetown.<\/p>\n<p>The two undefeated squads putting their perfect records in the line on Wednesday night are top-ranked Pittsburgh against South Florida, and No. 2 Wake Forest versus Boston College.<\/p>\n<p><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=\" NCAAB Handicapping\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 Panthers improved to 15-0 over the weekend by wasting St. John\u2019s 90-67 as a 20-point favorite. Panthers big man DeJuan Blair was a one-man wrecking crew with 23 points and 15 rebounds, while Levance Field chipped in with 13 points and 9 assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls played their best game of the season last time out, but it came against lightweight competition in DePaul. South Florida ripped the Blue Demons 80-58 as a 6.5-point favorite, handing them their fourth straight loss. Dominique Jones led the Bulls with 22 points and 8 rebounds, while Jesus Verdejo had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. South Florida will be hard-pressed to repeat that kind of performance against Pitt.<\/p>\n<p>When the Panthers and Bulls hooked up last season Pittsburgh ran over them 79-66 as a 2.5-point road favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Wake Forest climbed up to No. 2 in the rankings after upsetting North Carolina on Sunday. The Demon Deacons improved to 14-0 with the 92-89 victory as a 6-point underdog. Jeff Teague paced Wake Forest by unloading a career-high 34 points on the Tar Heels. Chas McFarland also had a strong game, matching his season-high with 20 points to go along with 9 rebounds. The Demon Deacons are flying right now, but they can\u2019t take Boston College lightly because they don\u2019t know which version of the Eagles they\u2019re going to get.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles have been a perplexing bunch so far this season. Last week Boston College handed North Carolina their first loss of the season, only to follow that up with back-to-back upset losses to Harvard and Miami. Boston College fell to the Hurricanes 77-70 on Saturday as a 2.5-point favorite. Tyrese Rice led the Eagles with 21 points, but he did it on poor 6-of-18 shooting. As a team the Eagles were no better, hitting only 36 percent from the floor. If they come out like that again on Wednesday they\u2019ll be cooked by Wake Forest.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles did get the better of Wake Forest last season, hammering them 112-73 as a 3-point home favorite. In their last four meetings with the Demon Deacons Boston College is 4-0 both straight-up and ATS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is only one ranked matchup on the college basketball betting schedule on Wednesday night&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[551],"tags":[5029,4207,4212,4631,6019,6535,8609,5395,7315,8610,4787,4785,4788,4210,4786,8607,8608],"class_list":["post-7180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-handicapping","tag-bet-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-college-basketball-handicapping","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-college-hoops-handicapping","tag-college-hoops-lines","tag-college-hoops-odds","tag-college-hoops-picks","tag-college-hoops-predictions","tag-college-hoops-spreads","tag-ncaa-basketball-free-picks","tag-ncaa-basketball-futures","tag-ncaa-basketball-handicappers","tag-ncaa-basketball-lines","tag-ncaa-basketball-wagering","tag-wednesday-night-college-hoops","tag-wednesday-night-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180","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=7180"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7182,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180\/revisions\/7182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}