{"id":3439,"date":"2009-01-31T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/california-usc-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-31T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-31T15:20:00","slug":"california-usc-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/california-usc-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"California-USC Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The California Golden Bears and the USC Trojans will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>Galen<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Center<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:State><st2:place>California<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> was crushed 81-66 by UCLA on Thursday, as 10-point underdogs on the road. The game&#8217;s combined score made it OVER the night&#8217;s posted total of 139.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Theo<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Robertson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> led <st2:State><st2:place>California<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> with 19 points and four rebounds. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">USC scored 37 points in the second half to defeat <st1:Sn>Stanford<\/st1:Sn> by a final score of 70-69 on Thursday. USC failed to cover the 6-point spread, while the 139 points made it OVER the posted total of 134. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Taj <st1:Sn>Gibson<\/st1:Sn> tossed in 22 points from 10-for-13 shooting for USC. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Daniel<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Hackett<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> added 12 points. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/>USC has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>California<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>: 16-5 SU, 11-7 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>ATS<\/st1:GivenName> <br \/><st1:Sn>USC<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 14-6 SU, 9-9 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">California most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-4<br \/>Before playing Washington are 4-6<br \/>After playing UCLA are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>USC most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-2<br \/>After playing Stanford are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of California&#8217;s last 5 games when playing USC<br \/>California is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 13 of California&#8217;s last 18 games on the road<br \/>California is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing USC<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of USC&#8217;s last 5 games when playing California<br \/>USC is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home<br \/>USC is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>USC is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against California<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>California<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to <st1:Sn><st2:State><st2:place>Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>, Thursday, February 5<br \/>USC at Abilene Christian, Wednesday, February 4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California Golden Bears and the USC Trojans will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Galen Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. California was crushed 81-66 by UCLA on Thursday, as 10-point underdogs on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/california-usc-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">California-USC Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}