{"id":3919,"date":"2009-03-20T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/march-madness-texas-am-connecticut-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-20T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T10:30:00","slug":"march-madness-texas-am-connecticut-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/march-madness-texas-am-connecticut-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness: Texas A&amp;M-Connecticut Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at Wachovia Center will be treated to a game between the Texas A&amp;M Aggies and the Connecticut Huskies when they take their seats on Saturday. <br \/>Odds aren&#39;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <br \/>Bryan Davis led the way with 21 points on Thursday afternoon as No. 9 Texas A&amp;M knocked off No. 8 BYU 79-66 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. <br \/>The Cougars had been pegged as 3-point favorites in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day&#39;s posted total (139.5). <br \/>Stanley Robinson had a game-high 24 points on Thursday afternoon to lead No. 1 Connecticut to an easy 103-47 win over No. 16 Chattanooga in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. <br \/>The Huskies had no trouble covering the big 20.5-point spread in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day&#39;s posted total (145.5). <br \/>Team records:<br \/>Texas A&amp;M: 24-9 SU, 15-10-1 ATS <br \/>Connecticut: 28-4 SU, 14-14 ATS <br \/>Texas A&amp;M most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 8-2<br \/>After playing BYU are 0-1<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 9-1<br \/>After a win are 8-2<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>Texas A&amp;M is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>Connecticut is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games<\/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 Wachovia Center will be treated to a game between the Texas A&amp;M Aggies and the Connecticut Huskies when they take their seats on Saturday. Odds aren&#39;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Bryan Davis led the way with 21 points on Thursday afternoon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/march-madness-texas-am-connecticut-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">March Madness: Texas A&amp;M-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-3919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919","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=3919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}