{"id":3473,"date":"2009-02-07T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/michigan-connecticut-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-07T08:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-07T13:11:00","slug":"michigan-connecticut-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/michigan-connecticut-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan-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 Michigan Wolverines and the Connecticut Huskies will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday 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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won for just the second time in seven games with a 71-51 victory over <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Thursday. <st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> covered the 4.5-point spread, while the combined 122 points fell UNDER the posted total of 132. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Manny <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Harris<\/st2:GivenName> shot 7-for-12 from the field with a game-high 28 points, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Stu<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Douglass<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 13 points in that win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Adrien<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed in 18 points and hauled down seven boards to help <st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> defeat <st1:City><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 68-51 on Monday, as 2.5-point underdogs. That game&#8217;s 119 points went UNDER the posted total of 138. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Hasheem<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Thabeet<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> netted a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jerome<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Dyson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> also added 14 points in that 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 10 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>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 15-8 SU, <st1:date Month=\"9\" Day=\"8\" Year=\"2001\">9-8-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Connecticut: 21-1 SU, 11-7 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Michigan most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Michigan State are 6-4<br \/>After playing Penn State are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Syracuse are 9-1<br \/>After playing Louisville are 3-3<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 \/>Michigan is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games <br \/>Michigan is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Michigan is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games <br \/>Michigan is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Connecticut is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games at home<br \/>Connecticut is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Connecticut&#8217;s last 12 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>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State, Tuesday, February 10<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, February 11<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 Michigan Wolverines and the Connecticut Huskies will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday 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. Michigan won for just the second time in seven games with a 71-51 victory over Penn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/michigan-connecticut-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michigan-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-3473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473","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=3473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}