{"id":3652,"date":"2009-03-04T07:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T12:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/marquette-pittsburgh-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-04T07:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T12:33:00","slug":"marquette-pittsburgh-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/marquette-pittsburgh-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Marquette-Pittsburgh 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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Petersen<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Events<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Marquette Golden Eagles and the Pittsburgh Panthers when they take their seats on Wednesday. <?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 = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Marquette<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 62-58 as an 8.5-point underdog on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (145.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Wesley<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Matthews<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the Golden Eagles with 19 points and Lazar Hayward had 16 points and eight rebounds. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> tossed in 53 points in the second half as they defeated Seton Hall 89-78 on Saturday. <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered the 10-point spread, and the 167 points sailed OVER the posted total of 145.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Sam<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Young<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 20 points and hauled down 11 rebounds for a double-double in that win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Marquette<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 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>: 23-6 SU, <st1:date Month=\"12\" Day=\"11\" Year=\"2001\">12-11-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Pittsburgh: 26-3 SU, 15-8 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 Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Syracuse are 1-1<br \/>After playing Louisville are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Connecticut are 7-3<br \/>After playing Seton Hall are 8-2<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 \/>Marquette is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games <br \/>Marquette is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Pittsburgh<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Marquette&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Pittsburgh<br \/>Marquette is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Pittsburgh is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Marquette<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Marquette<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, March 7<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, 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 fans at Petersen Events Center will be treated to a game between the Marquette Golden Eagles and the Pittsburgh Panthers when they take their seats on Wednesday. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Marquette lost to Louisville 62-58 as an 8.5-point underdog on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/marquette-pittsburgh-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marquette-Pittsburgh 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-3652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652","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=3652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}