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Rogers' 10* Big 10 TOP TICKET >> 12-5 L17 NCAAB 10*s!
(NCAAB) Iowa vs. Maryland,
Point Spread: 7.00 | -106.00 Iowa (Away)
Result: Win
Point Spread: 7.00 | -106.00 Iowa (Away)
Result: Win
The set-up: The 15-13 Iowa Hawkeyes are just 7-8 in Big Ten play as they travel to College Park to take on No. 24 Maryland. The Terps are 22-6 overall and 10-5 in the Big Ten, sitting third behind Wisconsin (11-4) and Purdue (12-3).
Iowa: The Hawkeyes come in off a 96-90 overtime win over visiting Indiana, which was preceded by a three-game losing streak. I win here gets them to .500 and keeps the team's very slim at-large NCAA hopes barely alive. Senior guard Peter Jok (21.0 & 6.0) is the team-leader (shoots 92.1% on FTs) but Fran McCaffrey has a young squad overall. In fact, the team's next three best scorers are all freshman. The trio includes guard Bohannon (9.2) plus forwards Cook (11.8 & 4.9) and Persnl (9.0 & 4.1).
Maryland: The Terps need to snap a two-game slide, after losing 71-60 at Wisconsin and 89-75 at home to Minnesota. Guard Melo Trimble (17.4-3.4-3.6) has scored in double digits in 17 consecutive games and 26 overall this season but the year hasn't gone as planned for the player who returned to Maryland to improve his NBA draft stock (it's been a choppy year). Maryland also depends on freshman, as 6-7 forward Justin Jackson (10.8 & 6.2) and guard Anthony Cowan (10.4 & 3.8 APG) are the Terps' only other double digit scorers behind Trimble.
The pick: Maryland won 84-76 at Iowa back on Jan. 19, as five players scored in double figures. Maryland hasn't lost three straight since Feb. 25-March 4, 2012 but the Hawkeyes are 3-1 in rematch games this season, so I'm taking the points. Iowa is a 10* play.
Iowa: The Hawkeyes come in off a 96-90 overtime win over visiting Indiana, which was preceded by a three-game losing streak. I win here gets them to .500 and keeps the team's very slim at-large NCAA hopes barely alive. Senior guard Peter Jok (21.0 & 6.0) is the team-leader (shoots 92.1% on FTs) but Fran McCaffrey has a young squad overall. In fact, the team's next three best scorers are all freshman. The trio includes guard Bohannon (9.2) plus forwards Cook (11.8 & 4.9) and Persnl (9.0 & 4.1).
Maryland: The Terps need to snap a two-game slide, after losing 71-60 at Wisconsin and 89-75 at home to Minnesota. Guard Melo Trimble (17.4-3.4-3.6) has scored in double digits in 17 consecutive games and 26 overall this season but the year hasn't gone as planned for the player who returned to Maryland to improve his NBA draft stock (it's been a choppy year). Maryland also depends on freshman, as 6-7 forward Justin Jackson (10.8 & 6.2) and guard Anthony Cowan (10.4 & 3.8 APG) are the Terps' only other double digit scorers behind Trimble.
The pick: Maryland won 84-76 at Iowa back on Jan. 19, as five players scored in double figures. Maryland hasn't lost three straight since Feb. 25-March 4, 2012 but the Hawkeyes are 3-1 in rematch games this season, so I'm taking the points. Iowa is a 10* play.
