{"id":93531,"date":"2015-02-05T10:58:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T18:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=93531"},"modified":"2015-02-05T10:58:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T18:58:51","slug":"free-pick-gonzaga-vs-santa-clara-cbb-lines-handicapping-preview-5215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/free-pick-gonzaga-vs-santa-clara-cbb-lines-handicapping-preview-5215\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Pick: Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara CBB Lines &#038; Handicapping Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NCAAB: Bulldogs vs Broncos Predictions<\/h2>\n<p>College basketball betting action sees the <strong>Gonzaga Bulldogs<\/strong> \u00a0taking on the <strong>Santa Clara<\/strong> Broncos on Thursday February 5 at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, California. \u00a0Cappers Picks provides free NCAAB handicapping tips all season long.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t look very likely that Gonzaga is going to drop any WCC games this year. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Bet on College Hoops<\/h3>\n<p><strong>#2 <a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/basketball\/ncaab-teams.aspx?page=\/data\/NCAAB\/teams\/team2265.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gonzaga Bulldogs<\/a> (22-1) vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/basketball\/ncaab-teams.aspx?page=\/data\/NCAAB\/teams\/team2421.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Santa Clara Broncos<\/a> (11-12)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thursday February 5<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>11:00 PM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Leavey Center &#8211; Santa Clara, CA<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ESPN2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>NCAAB Betting Lines: \u00a0Gonzaga -17<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>NCAAB Betting Total: \u00a0n\/a<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <a title=\"Sportsbook Bonuses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/sportsbooks\/bonuses-2015-sports-betting-sign-up-offers-1115\/\">***2015 BONUSES***<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> [dfads params=&#8217;groups=63740&amp;limit=1&amp;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to view today&#8217;s&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/basketball\/ncaab-matchups.aspx?page=\/data\/NCAAB\/matchups\/g6_summary_106.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">NCAA Matchup Insight<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/basketball\/ncaab-preview.aspx?page=\/data\/NCAAB\/matchups\/g6_preview_106.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">NCAAB Gambling Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But if they do it will for surely be on the road when you least expect.<\/p>\n<h3>Gonzaga<\/h3>\n<p>There are a bunch to compare them too but this might be the best Gonzaga team yet.<\/p>\n<p>People can scoff at the league they play in but they have been dominating all season long with their only loss coming to Arizona &#8211; they have earned that #2 next to their name.<\/p>\n<p>[dfads params=&#8217;groups=63742&amp;limit=1&amp;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p>The true measure will come when we see how this team does in the Big Dance but with so many key cogs chasing a final taste of glory I have a strong feeling they can have a nice run.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t underestimate these guys.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is this a talented team but it is a true team I think. It can be hard to integrate high impact transfers and fabulous frosh with established players but that it what they have done.<\/p>\n<p>Still this is Kevin Pangos\u2019 team and it is hard to find a better leader in America (FYI he is Canadian).<\/p>\n<p>[dfads params=&#8217;groups=63727&amp;limit=1&amp;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p>He has sacrificed some offense for the good of the team but nobody plays more minutes or has the ball more in crunch time.<\/p>\n<h3>Santa Clara<\/h3>\n<p>The Broncos are in the middle of the WCC this season and come into this one hoping for a better showing against the Zags in front of their own fans.<\/p>\n<p>When these two met in Spokane Gonzaga won by 22 points in a game that was over by halftime.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose the showing was better than expected as the Broncos covered as 24 point dogs.<\/p>\n<p>This is a streaky team. After winning 4 straight conference games they have dropped their last two, both on the road. In WCC play they have only one home loss.<\/p>\n<p>Santa Clara guard Brandon Clark is leading the team in scoring at 16ppg but he is having a terrible year shooting the ball.<\/p>\n<p>The senior is shooting just 35% from the field so you can make the argument that letting him shoot is a pretty good strategy.<\/p>\n<p>His backcourt running mate Jared Brownridge is second on the team in scoring. <\/p>\n<p>[dfads params=&#8217;groups=64759&amp;limit=1&amp;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p>His numbers are down from a very promising freshman season. There is potential there.<\/p>\n<h3>NCAAB Handicapping Trends:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Under is 18-8 in GONZ last 26 Thu. games.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Over is 9-4 in GONZ last 13 overall.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Under is 46-21-1 in GONZ last 68 vs. West Coast.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Under is 8-2 in SCU last 10 home games.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>SCU are 17-35 ATS in their last 52 home games.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Over is 21-8 in the last 29 meetings.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Over is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings in Santa Clara.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4* NCAAB Prediction: \u00a0Santa Clara +17<\/h3>\n<p>Now don\u2019t be confused into thinking that the Broncos are going to give the Zags a game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NCAAB Score prediction: \u00a0Gonzaga 80 &#8211; Santa Clara 64<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I see this as more of a backdoor opportunity. Santa Clara will want to save some face here.<\/p>\n<h3>Check out our\u00a0<a title=\"College Betting Odds\" href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/odds\/ncaab.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Updated College Basketball Betting Odds<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>[dfads params=&#8217;groups=64991&amp;limit=1&amp;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCAAB: Bulldogs vs Broncos Predictions College basketball betting action sees the Gonzaga Bulldogs \u00a0taking on the Santa Clara Broncos on Thursday February 5 at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, California. \u00a0Cappers Picks provides free NCAAB handicapping tips all season long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":93585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[61013,6250,6019,20535,6984,7714,65308,65309,4692,8671],"class_list":["post-93531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-61013","tag-cbb-odds","tag-college-hoops-handicapping","tag-free-cbb-picks","tag-free-ncaa-basketball-predictions","tag-gonzaga-bulldogs","tag-gonzaga-bulldogs-vs-santa-clara-broncos","tag-gonzaga-vs-santa-clara","tag-ncaab-picks","tag-santa-clara-broncos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93531","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=93531"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93587,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93531\/revisions\/93587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}