NCAA College Basketball Opening Odds, Spreads & Totals for January 5, 2011

Wednesday College Basketball Odds

(The Spread) – What are some of the big matchups in the top-25 on Wednesday night in college basketball? Continue reading for our NCAA college basketball opening odds, spreads and totals report.

No. 1 Duke is in action on Wednesday night as they host 10-2 UAB at 7:00PM ET. According to oddsmakers from online sports book Sportsbook.com, the Blue Devils are an 18-point favorite and the over/under total is 140.5 points.

UAB enters Wednesday’s game with a 10-2 record and is 9-2 against the spread according to latest college basketball trends. They’re 2-2 on the road this season but 5-0 against the spread in lined road games.

The Blue Devils are a perfect 13-0 and 7-5 against the spread in lined games. They’re 8-0 at home this year and 4-3 in lined games at Cameron Indoor Stadium. They’re averaging 88.6 points per game and 59.0 points against. Nolan Smith has a team-best average of 18.6 points per game and also leads Duke in assists with 5.6. Mason Plumlee has a team-high 7.5 rebound average.

Shifting to the Big Ten, No. 10 Purdue hits the road to take on Penn State at 6:30PM and finds itself as a 7-point favorite. TCU will also host No. 6 San Diego State, which is an 8.5-point road favorite and No. 14 BYU (+3.5) will play at UNLV at 10:00PM.

For complete top-25 college basketball odds for Wednesday, January 4, 2011, see below.

723 Purdue –7 (127.5)

724 Penn State +7 (127.5)

725 Seton Hall +10.5 (139.5)

726 Louisville –10.5 (139.5)

737 Marshall +11

738 Central Florida –11

741 UAB +18 (140.5)

742 Duke –18 (140.5)

753 San Diego State –8.5 (136.5)

754 TCU +8.5 (136.5)

769 Memphis +6

770 Tennessee –6

775 BYU +3.5 (145)

776 UNLV –3.5 (145)

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