Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
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Slumping squads in Big East play slug it out in Piscataway on Saturday evening, when the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (15-6, 7-7-1 ATS) take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (9-11, 5-11 ATS). The Irish have only won one of its L/4 conference college basketball betting battles and only have one win in Big East play away from South Bend this year (@ South Florida). Meanwhile, the Scarlet Knights are just looking to find their first BE win of 2010, and that includes both SU and ATS! It’s becoming increasingly clear that the oddsmakers are going to have to hang huge numbers in Rutgers games since it hasn’t stuck inside of any of the five double-digits spreads it’s faced this conference season.

For all of Notre Dame’s opponents, the question is exactly the same: How are you going to stop F Luke Harangody? The best method may be to just try to contain the other four players on the court. Harangody is going to get his numbers one way or the other. He is one of the elite scorers in the entire nation (24.5 points per game), and he’s hauling in just under 10 boards a game to boot. Beyond him and F Tim Abromaitis (16.7 points per game), there just aren’t any prolific and consistent scorers on this roster. Scoring against the Irish hasn’t been a problem this year, as their foes are putting up an average of 71.9 points per game.

Rutgers has been about as brutally disappointing as a team can be in its own conference. In eight Big East betting battles, the Scarlet Knights are averaging getting outscored by the score line of 83-64. They’ve scored more than 70 points only once in conference play, and have only held one opponent under 70 (and only two under 80). Bottom line: That just isn’t going to cut it, especially in a conference like this one. G Mike Rosario is averaging a team-high 15.3 points per game, but he’s only shooting 36% from the floor to reach that point total.

If there’s something for Scarlet Knights’ betting fans to latch onto, it’s that they are 9-2 ATS in their L/11 NCAA basketball gambling meetings with Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish have won five straight SU though, including LYs 61-50 win in the first round of the Big East Tournament.

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