{"id":3351,"date":"2009-01-17T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/marquette-providence-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-17T11:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-17T16:16:00","slug":"marquette-providence-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/marquette-providence-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Marquette-Providence Odds 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 Marquette Golden Eagles and the Providence Friars 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>Dunkin<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Donuts<\/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 Golden Eagles listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Friars, 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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jerel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>McNeal<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 26 points as Marquette Golden beat West Virginia 75-53 on Saturday afternoon. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Eagles covered the 2.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 139. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Marshon Brooks was the top scorer for <st1:City><st1:place>Providence<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with 18 points in a 82-75 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Georgetown<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Saturday afternoon. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Friars did cover the 12-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the day&#8217;s posted total of 141. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Marquette<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 7 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Marquette<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 15-2 SU, <st1:date Month=\"6\" Day=\"5\" Year=\"2001\">6-5-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Providence: 11-5 SU, 5-7 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Marquette most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing DePaul are 4-6<br \/>After playing West Virginia are 3-0<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Providence most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Cincinnati are 1-3<br \/>After playing Georgetown are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Marquette is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 11 of Marquette&#8217;s last 13 games on the road<br \/>Marquette is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games on the road<br \/>Providence is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Providence is 4-1 SU in its last 5 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><st2:Sn>Marquette<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to DePaul, Saturday, January 24<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Providence<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, January 19<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 Marquette Golden Eagles and the Providence Friars will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Dunkin Donuts Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Golden Eagles listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Friars, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Jerel McNeal scored 26 points as Marquette Golden beat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/marquette-providence-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marquette-Providence Odds 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-3351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351","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=3351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}