{"id":3346,"date":"2009-01-17T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/pittsburgh-louisville-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-17T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-17T15:50:00","slug":"pittsburgh-louisville-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/pittsburgh-louisville-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh-Louisville 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 Pittsburgh Panthers and the Louisville Cardinals will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Freedom Hall. <?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 Cardinals listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Panthers, 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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Tyrell<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Biggs<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> dropped 16 points, as <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> overcame <st1:place>South Florida<\/st1:place> 75-62 on Wednesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:Sn>Pitt<\/st2:Sn> couldn&#8217;t cover as 20-point home favorites as the game played over the 130-point total posted by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Terrence<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Williams<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went for 24 points, 16 rebounds, and eight assists to lead <st1:City><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> past Notre Dame 87-73 in overtime on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 7-point home favorites as the teams played over the 144-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 16 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 16-0 SU, 7-4 ATS <br \/>Louisville: 12-3 SU, 8-7 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Syracuse are 8-2<br \/>After playing South Florida are 3-0<br \/>After a win are 10-0<\/p>\n<p>Louisville most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Rutgers are 2-1<br \/>After playing Notre Dame are 2-1<br \/>After a win are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 9 games on the road<br \/>Louisville is 20-3 SU in its last 23 games at home<br \/>Louisville is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Louisville&#8217;s last 25 games at home<br \/>Louisville is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, January 19<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:place>Rutgers<\/st1:place>, Wednesday, January 21<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><b><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/b><\/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 Pittsburgh Panthers and the Louisville Cardinals will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Freedom Hall. Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Tyrell Biggs dropped 16 points, as Pittsburgh overcame South Florida &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/pittsburgh-louisville-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pittsburgh-Louisville 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-3346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3346","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=3346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}