{"id":3611,"date":"2009-02-28T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/notre-dame-connecticut-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-28T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T14:25:00","slug":"notre-dame-connecticut-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/notre-dame-connecticut-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame-Connecticut 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 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 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:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Luke<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harangody<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 20 points and 15 rebounds to lead Notre Dame past <st1:place>Rutgers<\/st1:place> 70-65 on Wednesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Notre Dame couldn&#8217;t cover as 15-point home favorites as the game played under the 143.5-point total listed by sportsbooks. <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> went for 36 points, six rebounds, and six assists to lead <st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> past <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Marquette<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 92-83 on Wednesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">UConn won as a road pick &#8217;em, as the game played over the 143-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 \/>Notre Dame has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/>Notre Dame: 16-11 SU, 7-15 ATS <br \/>Connecticut: 26-2 SU, 13-11 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Notre Dame most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Villanova are 4-6<br \/>After playing Rutgers are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 8-2<br \/>After playing Marquette are 3-0<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 6 of Notre Dame&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>Notre Dame is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Notre Dame is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games <br \/>Notre Dame is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Connecticut<br \/>Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Notre Dame<br \/>Connecticut is 15-1 SU in its last 16 games <br \/>Connecticut is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games at home<br \/>Connecticut is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Notre Dame<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>Notre Dame home to Villanova, Monday, March 2<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, March 7<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 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 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. Luke Harangody had 20 points and 15 rebounds to lead Notre Dame past Rutgers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/notre-dame-connecticut-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Notre Dame-Connecticut 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-3611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611","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=3611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}