{"id":3322,"date":"2009-01-15T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/connecticut-st-johns-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-15T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T13:10:00","slug":"connecticut-st-johns-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/connecticut-st-johns-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut-St. John&#8217;s Lines 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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:City><st2:place>St. John&#8217;s<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> Red Storm will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Carnesecca Arena. <?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\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:State><st2:place>Connecticut<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> exploded in the second half to secure a 81-72 win over <st2:City><st2:place>Cincinnati<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at Fifth Third Arena Saturday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">UConn covered as 8.5-point road favorites while the final score played over the 137.5-point total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">St. John&#8217;s lost to <st2:City><st2:place>Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> 90-67 as a 20-point underdog on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (131). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">D.J. Kennedy led the Red Storm with 18 points and <st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Sean<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Evans<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> chipped in with 13 points and nine rebounds in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>Connecticut<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>Connecticut<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>: 14-1 SU, <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:Street><st2:address>7-4 ATS <br \/>St.<\/st2:address><\/st2:Street> John&#8217;s: 10-5 SU, <st2:date Month=\"4\" Day=\"5\" Year=\"2001\">4-5-1<\/st2:date> 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 Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Seton Hall are 8-2<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 2-1<br \/>After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n<p>St. John&#8217;s most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Villanova are 6-4<br \/>After playing Pittsburgh are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing St. John&#8217;s<br \/>Connecticut&#8217; is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games <br \/>Connecticut is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Connecticut is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing St. John&#8217;s<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. John&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Connecticut<br \/>St. John&#8217;s is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Connecticut<br \/>St. John&#8217;s&#8217; is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. John&#8217;s&#8217;s last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>Connecticut<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to <st1:Sn>Seton<\/st1:Sn> Hall, Sunday, January 18<br \/>St. John&#8217;s at Villanova, Sunday, January 18<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 St. John&#8217;s Red Storm will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Carnesecca Arena. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Connecticut exploded in the second half to secure a 81-72 win over Cincinnati at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/connecticut-st-johns-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Connecticut-St. John&#8217;s Lines 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-3322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322","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=3322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}