Nebraska vs Missouri College Basketball Picks – March 10th, 2010: The first round of the Big 12 Basketball Tournament begins today at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Early action features a get together between the five seed Missouri Tigers and the 12 seed Nebraska Cornhuskers. The game is set to get underway at 3:00pm ET; it can be seen live on ESPN360.com. College Basketball Picks at SPORTSBETTING.com have the Tigers listed as a -9.5 against the spread favorite.
Missouri finished fifth in the conference standings this season with a 22-9 overall record and a 10-6 mark in league play.
The Tigers have lost two of their last three games, falling at Kansas State 53-63 on February 27th and to Kansas 56-77 in Cloumbia on Saturday.
Despite their recent setbacks, Mike Anderson's squad, which won the Big 12 Tournament last year, has two decisive wins over the Huskers this season. Mizzou beat Nebraska 70-53 in Columbia on January 23rd and 74-59 in Lincoln on February 20th. Missouri hit 18-of-21 free throw attempts in the first victory while attempting 12 more shots from the field than Nebraska. The second triumph was highlighted by an 11-of-19 performance from beyond the arc, including a 5-of-7 three point night from sophomore guard Marcus Denmon.
Nebraska comes into today's game with a 14-17 record and a miserable 2-14 tally against its Big 12 brethren. The Huskers, which have lost 14 of their last 16 games, beat both Texas Tech and Oklahoma in Lincoln.
While this afternoon's game is being played at a neutral site, Nebraska is just 2-12 playing away from home (1-10 in true road games), losing by an average of 11.4 points per contest.
SPORTSBETTING.com Nebraska vs Missouri College Basketball Picks – March 10th, 2010:
Nebraska Cornhuskers +9.5 (-110), Over 135 (-110)
Missouri Tigers -9.5 (-110), Under 135 (-110)
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