{"id":6673,"date":"2009-12-05T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/espn2-ncaa-basketball-odds-wake-forest-vs-gonzaga\/"},"modified":"2009-12-05T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T15:08:00","slug":"espn2-ncaa-basketball-odds-wake-forest-vs-gonzaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/espn2-ncaa-basketball-odds-wake-forest-vs-gonzaga\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Odds: Wake Forest vs Gonzaga"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>Courtesy of OddsShark.com <\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>McCarthey<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Athletic<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1: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\">Ishmael Smith and C.J. Smith netted 14 points apiece for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in its 69-58 loss to Purdue in the Big Ten\/ACC Challenge on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Purdue covered as 10.5-point home favorites, while the game played UNDER the 142.5-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Gonzaga scored 47 points in the second half to rally for a 74-69 victory over <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Washington<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Wednesday. Elias Harris tossed in 24 points and hauled down 12 rebounds in a double-double for Gonzaga, who failed to cover the 9.5-point spread. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/>Gonzaga has won 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 4-2 SU, 1-2 ATS <br \/>Gonzaga: 6-1 SU, 3-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-4<br \/>Before playing Elon are 6-0<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Gonzaga most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>After playing <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Washington<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Gonzaga is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Gonzaga is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to Elon, Sunday, December 13<br \/>Gonzaga home to Augustana, Wednesday, December 9<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&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>Courtesy of OddsShark.com The Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at McCarthey Athletic Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Ishmael Smith and C.J. Smith netted 14 points &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/espn2-ncaa-basketball-odds-wake-forest-vs-gonzaga\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Odds: Wake Forest vs Gonzaga<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673","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=6673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}