College Basketball Picks: Northern Colorado vs. Northern Arizona Odds: January 31st 2011
Northern Colorado vs. Northern Arizona
Pick: Northern Arizona -3 -110 odds – January 31st 2011
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This is a good spot for Northern Arizona to get back to the .500 mark in the Big Sky Conference. The Lumberjacks have had a lot of time off as this is their first game in 10 days and for teams not playing too well, a break form competition can be a good remedy. The break should provide plenty of time to study film on Northern Colorado’s solid attack. Northern Arizona is 7-1 at home overall including a 2-1 record in the conference with the lone defeat coming against Weber St. by just a point.
The Bears are coming off their first conference loss of the season, a one-point setback at Weber St. on Saturday. That dropped Northern Colorado to 3-7 on the road this season and while the three victories are all within the conference, they have come against teams all with losing records in the Big Sky. Granted, Northern Arizona also falls into that group but the Lumberjacks are the highest rated of the bunch and they are actually the third ranked team in the conference according to Jeff Sagarin.
The Lumberjacks offense has been outstanding this season as they are ranked 10th in the country in shooting at 48.6 percent while ranked first in the nation in long range shooting, hitting 44.9 percent from behind the arc. While Northern Colorado features guard Devon Beitzel, the lumberjacks have a star of their own in guard Cameron Jones. Jones is ranked 22nd in the country in scoring, averaging 20.2 ppg and he has scored more than 20 points in four of the last five games, while averaging 26.2 ppg over that span.
There is a little bit of payback on the line for the Lumberjacks. The home team had won seven consecutive times in the series before Northern Colorado defeated northern Arizona last season in Flagstaff. The Bears are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 road games against teams with a home winning percentage greater than .600 while Northern Arizona is 8-1 ATS in its last nine games against teams with a winning record. 3* (724) Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
While Matt went a PERFECT 2-0 in the NBA on Sunday he tossed two airballs with Dayton and Georgia Tech in CBB. Despite that he is still on a TERRIFIC 6-3 (66.7%) CBB run and going back to Friday he is on a STAGGERING 12-4 (75%) hoops run! He is releasing a TOP PLAY Gem on ESPN backed by OUTSTANDING 46-5 ATS (90.2%) Team Angles! Watch and Win once again with Fargo!



