{"id":3380,"date":"2009-01-21T07:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/villanova-connecticut-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-21T07:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T12:44:00","slug":"villanova-connecticut-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/villanova-connecticut-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Villanova-Connecticut 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 Villanova Wildcats and the Connecticut Huskies will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Gampel Pavilion. <?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\">Villanova defeated St. John&#8217;s 76-57 as a 14.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (129). <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>Dante<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cunningham<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 17 points for Villanova and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dwayne<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Anderson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 14 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> defeated Seton Hall 76-61 as an 18.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (150). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>A.J.<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Price<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored a game-high 23 points for the Huskies, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Hasheem<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Thabeet<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 15 points in the win. <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 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/>Villanova: 14-3 SU, 6-7 ATS <br \/>Connecticut: 16-1 SU, 7-6 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Villanova most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 6-3<br \/>Before playing Syracuse are 8-2<br \/>After playing St. John&#8217;s are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Notre Dame are 9-1<br \/>After playing Seton Hall are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 9-1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Villanova&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Connecticut<br \/>Villanova is 14-3 SU in its last 17 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Villanova&#8217;s last 13 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Villanova&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Connecticut<br \/>Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Connecticut is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Connecticut&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>Connecticut is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Villanova<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>Villanova at <st1:City><st1:place>Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, January 22<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Notre Dame, Saturday, January 24<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\" class=MsoBodyText><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 Villanova Wildcats and the Connecticut Huskies will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Gampel Pavilion. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Villanova defeated St. John&#8217;s 76-57 as a 14.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/villanova-connecticut-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Villanova-Connecticut 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-3380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380","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=3380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}