{"id":3090,"date":"2008-12-20T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/connecticut-gonzaga-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T10:44:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T15:44:00","slug":"connecticut-gonzaga-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/connecticut-gonzaga-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut-Gonzaga Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Connecticut Huskies and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>McCarthey<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Athletic<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Bulldogs listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Huskies, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 9 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 9-0 SU, 3-2 ATS <br \/>Gonzaga: 8-1 SU, 5-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Connecticut most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Fairfield are 7-0<br \/>After playing Stony Brook are 1-1<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Gonzaga most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Portland State are 2-2<br \/>After a win are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Gonzaga is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Gonzaga is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Fairfield<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, December 26<br \/>Gonzaga home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Portland<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Tuesday, December 23<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Connecticut Huskies and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at McCarthey Athletic Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Bulldogs listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Huskies, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Current streak:Connecticut has won 9 straight games. Team records:Connecticut: 9-0 SU, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/connecticut-gonzaga-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Connecticut-Gonzaga Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}