{"id":3840,"date":"2009-03-17T19:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/nit-duquesne-virginia-tech-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-17T19:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T00:26:00","slug":"nit-duquesne-virginia-tech-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/nit-duquesne-virginia-tech-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"NIT: Duquesne-Virginia Tech Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at Cassell Coliseum will be treated to a game between the Duquesne Dukes and the Virginia Tech Hokies when they take their seats on Wednesday for the first round of the National Invitational Tournament. <br \/>Odds aren&#39;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <br \/>Duquesne couldn&#39;t stop Dionte Christmas, giving up 29 points in a 69-64 loss to Temple in the Atlantic 10 title game at Boardwalk Hall on Saturday. <br \/>Temple covered as a 4.5-point favorite while the final score played under the 141.5-point total. <br \/>Virginia Tech held their own against North Carolina in a 79-76 quarterfinal loss at the ACC Tournament on Friday, as 11-point underdogs. That game&#39;s 155 points made it OVER the posted total of 154. <br \/>A.D. Vassallo led Virginia Tech with 26 points and nine rebounds, while Malcolm Delaney collected 17 points and dished out 10 assists in the loss. <br \/>Team records:<br \/>Duquesne: 21-12 SU, 14-13 ATS <br \/>Virginia Tech: 18-14 SU, 12-15 ATS <br \/>Duquesne most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>After playing Temple are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Tech most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>After playing North Carolina are 3-5<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Duquesne&#39;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>Duquesne is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Duquesne is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Duquesne is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Virginia Tech is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Duquesne<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Virginia Tech&#39;s last 5 games <br \/>Virginia Tech is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Duquesne<br \/>Virginia Tech is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Duquesne<\/p>\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 Cassell Coliseum will be treated to a game between the Duquesne Dukes and the Virginia Tech Hokies when they take their seats on Wednesday for the first round of the National Invitational Tournament. Odds aren&#39;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Duquesne couldn&#39;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/nit-duquesne-virginia-tech-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NIT: Duquesne-Virginia Tech 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-3840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840","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=3840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}