College Basketball Betting: Notre Dame vs. Louisville Odds
Free Betting Pick: Notre Dame +6.5 (-110) – Mon Jan 12 ’09 7:00p
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals are both playing well lately, so expect a typically tight Big East battle here, making these points worth taking.

Notre Dame is 12-3 on the season thanks to a potent offense that is averaging 82.2 points per game. They have won six of their last seven games, although the lone loss during this stretch was a bad one at St. Johns.

That loss may actually work to their advantage here though, as it came in their last road game and it should help keep them focused, not that they would ever take Louisville lightly anyway. The Irish are obviously a much better squad than the Red Storm, and they are just about on par with these Cardinals, so a full effort here should ensure a close result.

Besides, that upset was the only loss in three true road games for Notre Dame this year, and they already own a conference road win at DePaul. It should also noted that the Irish are 3-0 against the spread vs. Louisville the last three seasons with two of those covers coming here on the road, including a narrow 90-85 defeat as 7.5-point underdogs vs. arguably a stronger Cardinals team last season.

Now the Cards are 11-3 in their own right, and they are coming off of back-to-back road conference wins, which is no easy feat. Still, they may have a tough time carrying that intensity here, especially after a 61-60 escape at Louisville on Saturday, and remember that the last time they played at home, they were shocked by UNLV as 13-point chalk.

Now Louisville may still win this game on the court, but under the circumstances, we fully expect Notre Dame to take this game down to the wire with the outcome nit decided until late.

College Basketball Free Pick: Notre Dame +6.5 (-110) – Courtesy of LT Profits

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