{"id":3923,"date":"2009-03-20T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T10:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/ncaa-tournament-western-kentucky-gonzaga-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-20T05:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T10:38:00","slug":"ncaa-tournament-western-kentucky-gonzaga-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/ncaa-tournament-western-kentucky-gonzaga-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Tournament: Western Kentucky-Gonzaga Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at Rose Garden will be treated to a game between the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the Gonzaga Bulldogs 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 \/>Western Kentucky produced a first-round NCAA upset by beating Illinois 76-72 last time out, as 5-point underdogs. That game&#39;s combined score made it OVER the posted total of 123.5. <br \/>Sergio Kerusch, and A.J. laughter added 14 points apiece in the win. <br \/>Gonzaga trailed by three points at the half, but roared back to defeat Akron 77-64 in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday night. Gonzaga failed to cover the 14-point spread, but the 141 points made it OVER the night&#39;s posted total of 134. <br \/>Josh Heytvelt poured in 22 points and grabbed eight boards in that win. <br \/>Team records:<br \/>Western Kentucky: 25-8 SU, 17-14 ATS <br \/>Gonzaga: 27-5 SU, 16-12-1 ATS <br \/>Western Kentucky most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n<p>Gonzaga most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 9-1<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>Western Kentucky is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Gonzaga is 5-0 SU in its last 5 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 Rose Garden will be treated to a game between the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the Gonzaga Bulldogs 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. Western Kentucky produced a first-round NCAA upset by beating Illinois 76-72 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/ncaa-tournament-western-kentucky-gonzaga-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NCAA Tournament: Western Kentucky-Gonzaga 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-3923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923","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=3923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}