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College basketball betting action sees the Iowa State Cyclones taking on the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Wednesday February 18 at Gallagher-Iba arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Cappers Picks provides free NCAAB handicapping tips all season long.

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#14 Iowa State Cyclones (18-6) vs #24 Oklahoma State Cowboys (17-8)
Wednesday February 18
9:00PM
Gallagher-Iba Arena – Stillwater, OK
ESPNU
NCAAB Betting Line:  Oklahoma State -2
NCAAB Betting Total:  n/a
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Iowa State

The Cyclones are having another good year but this team is definitely not as good as they were a year ago. Right now they are in second place in the B12 with a chance to catch Kansas with a strong finish.

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The talent level might not be what it was a year ago but few teams in America put up more points per game. Offense never travels as well as defense though and the Cyclones have a 2-4 road record as proof. This will be a tough test of how good this team is.

George Niang was supposed to explode this season and it hasn’t happened, in fact his numbers are below where they were a year ago.

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The same goes for Dustin Hogue, which doesn’t make much sense given that those two had to share the ball with Melvin Ejim ad DeAndre Kane a year ago. This team has room to get better and could definitely gel and become a real contender.

Oklahoma State

This was not expected to be a great season for Oklahoma State. They lost their two best players to the NBA and other than former five star recruit Le’Bryan Nash the talent was not overwhelming. Be that as it may things gave clicked for this team including a recent three game winning streak against Texas, Baylor and Kansas. They lost their last game against TCU on the road and need to bounce back. They are definitely bubble material at the moment.

Nash has upped his numbers in his final season but beyond shooter Phil Forte he does not get a lot of help. Nobody else scores in double figures and only one other player scores as many as 7ppg. That is a lot of pressure on a couple of scorers, especially when one does almost all of his damage from behind the arc.

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The Cowboys are a little to easy to gameplan for and if one of their lead dogs is having a bad night I don’t know where they turn.

NCAAB Betting Trends:

  • Over is 36-17 in ISU last 53 vs. Big 12.
  • Over is 54-26-1 in ISU last 81 overall.
  • OKST are 62-30-4 ATS in their last 96 home games.
  • Favorite is 10-4-1 ATS in the last 15 meetings.

NCAAB Betting Prediction:  Iowa State +2

Love the Cyclones in this one. Even though they are on the road I think their talent shines through and they get the victory as the small dog.

NCAAB Score Prediction:  Iowa State 83 – Oklahoma State 76

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