Notre Dame vs. Connecticut Picks & Odds: February 13th
Free Sports Picks, NCAA Basketball Picks February 13th, 2008Connecticut -5.0 (-110)
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The (18-4) Notre Dame Fighting Irish invade the Gampel Pavilion tonight to square off against Head Coach Jim Calhoun’s (18-5) UCONN Huskies. The game can be seen at 7:00 ET on ESPNU. The Fighting Irish have attained most of its gaudy record at home this year where they’re a perfect 15-0 and own one of the nation’s longest home winning streaks. However, they’ve only managed 3-4 SU and ATS marks in road/neutral venues this season. As for the Huskies, they’ve won 12 of their 13 home games this season with the only defeat suffered at the hands of the Providence Friars back in mid January. Only nine of those 13 home games had a betting line, and the Huskies come into tonight’s match-up with the Irish 5-3-1 ATS at home. Notre Dame currently sits 1-game in back of the Big East leading Georgetown Hoyas, while UCONN nipping their heels just 2-games back.
Notre Dame was last in action on Saturday when they upended the Marquette Warriors 86-83, but failed to cover the 4.5-point spread. The win was their fifth in a row and 8th in their L/10, but they only managed a 5-5 ATS mark throughout that stretch. They have won and covered their last two on the road against Seton Hall and Villanova, but got smashed at both Georgetown and Marquette before that.
UCONN won its last time out as well when they handed ACC member Georgia Tech an 80-68 defeat in Storrs. Hasheem Thabeet continued his excellent play by scoring 24 points, ripping down 15 boards, and blocking 6 shots. The win was the Huskies 7th in a row, and they to have earned victories in 8 of their L/10 overall. However, they experienced much better ATS success over that stretch than tonight’s opponent cashing tickets 7 of 9 times with 1 push.
The Irish took their earlier season meeting this year when they upended the Huskies 73-67 at home as 5.5-point home chalks. The combined 140 points fell 12 points under the closing ‘Total’ of 152. The home team has won seven straight in this series dating back to 2004, and each team has secured five ATS victories in the L/10 meetings. However, the Irish have cashed their backers tickets in 5 of the L/7 meetings, but the home team has struck ATS gold in 4 of the L/5 meetings.