{"id":4039,"date":"2009-03-30T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/connecticut-michigan-state-exclusive-vegas-betting-line-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-30T11:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T16:13:00","slug":"connecticut-michigan-state-exclusive-vegas-betting-line-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/connecticut-michigan-state-exclusive-vegas-betting-line-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut-Michigan State Exclusive Vegas Betting Line Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michigan<\/span><\/font><\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> takes on Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in the first game of the Final Four from Ford Field.\u00a0 <\/span>The winner will take on the victor of Villanova-Connecticut. The 2009 Final Four Vegas odds and point spread has Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> as a four-point favorite according to BetUs Sportsbook<\/a> with the total at 135 at Sports Betting Sportsbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The elite sports handicappers<\/a> have compiled the official betting preview of that game. The Spartans come in 30-6 straight up and 19-13 against the spread. Stevie Vincent, Senior Handicapper at OffshoreInsiders.com and the founder of the revolutionary forensic sports handicapping<\/a> reminds us, “<\/span><\/font>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is not exactly playing on a neutral court,” as the Final Four is in their home state. <\/p>\n

Connecticut<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 31-4 straight up and 17-14 to the Las Vegas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> betting odds. Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> enters hotter spread wise, covering 12-of-15. Though the Huskies have cashed the ticket in all four NCAA Tournament games, they are still just 5-6 their last 11 against the sportsbooks<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Connecticut<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has the edge in the statistical categories professional bettors utilize most: offensive and defensive field goal percentage net ratio. Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> makes 3.1 percent more of their shots than their opponents normally allow, but that’s compared to 4.9 for UConn. <\/p>\n

On defense, MSU<\/span> holds teams to 4.6 percent below their normal shooting percentage, but the Huskies have an even better net ratio of 6.4. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

2009 Final Four tickets, FatHeads<\/span> and fan gear are up now in the Guy Store<\/a>. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

As far as some against the spread records: the Spartans have covered six straight non-conference games and are a fantastic 23-6 versus an opponent winning percentage of .600 or greater. The Huskies are 41-20 as a favorite of 6.5 or less. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Over\/under bettors will want to note that <\/span><\/font>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has gone under 8-2 off a spread win. Conversely, Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has gone over 7-1 in the Big Dance as a favorite and over 22-8 on neutral courts. <\/p>\n

Check out the changing odds at ScoresOddsPicks.com<\/a>. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michigan State takes on Connecticut in the first game of the Final Four from Ford Field.\u00a0 The winner will take on the victor of Villanova-Connecticut. The 2009 Final Four Vegas odds and point spread has Connecticut as a four-point favorite according to BetUs Sportsbook with the total at 135 at Sports Betting Sportsbook. The elite … Continue reading Connecticut-Michigan State Exclusive Vegas Betting Line Preview<\/span> →<\/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-4039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039","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=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}