{"id":12641,"date":"2011-01-20T17:05:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T22:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=12641"},"modified":"2011-01-20T17:39:20","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T22:39:20","slug":"big-east-showdown-south-florida-bulls-at-rutgers-scarlet-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-east-showdown-south-florida-bulls-at-rutgers-scarlet-knights-12641\/","title":{"rendered":"Big East Showdown: South Florida Bulls AT Rutgers Scarlet Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Florida Bulls AT Rutgers Scarlet Knights
\nJan 20th, 2011 at 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 Rutgers -4.5
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 Rutgers -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 125
\nCurrent Total: 123.5
\nOpening Moneyline: Rutgers -170 \/ South Fla +150
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Rutgers -180 \/ South Fla +150<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The line has shifted to Rutgers -4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Both teams enter tonight’s game with their struggles against Big East opponents.\u00a0 While Rutgers is 10-7 overall, they have won just 1 of 5 matchups in their conference and South Florida (7-12) is also a horrid 1-5 in the Big East.\u00a0 Both teams have slim chances of winning the conference, but tonight will prove to be an important game for seeding purposes in the Big East tournament in February.<\/p>\n

South Florida, as you would expect from a team with a sub .500 record, also has a negative point differential of -1.4.\u00a0 They score 63.5 a game and give up 64.9.\u00a0 Rutgers has a +3.8 point differential, scoring 67.6 a game and giving up 63.8.\u00a0 Combining both teams’ averages gives us a total of 127.3, a tad higher than the opening total line set by college basketball oddsmakers, so a bet on the over may be a prudent one to make.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

South Florida is 0-5 SU in their last 5 road games.<\/p>\n

Rutgers is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games and 1-5 SU in their last 6 games.\u00a0 They are 1-4 ATS at home and 8-3 SU in their last 11 home games.\u00a0 They are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 against South Florida and 1-4 SU in their last 5 against the Bulls.\u00a0 The total has also gone UNDER In 6 of their last 7 against South Florida.<\/p>\n

Rutgers features a very balanced attack with all five starters scoring greater than 8 points a game but no ne scoring more than 13.\u00a0 They are led by 6’7″ senior forward Johnathan MItchell, who averages 12.5 points per game and 5.9 boards a game.\u00a0 He’s shooting 37.5% from three, having gone 24 of 64 so far on the year.\u00a0 Inconsistency has marred Mitchell.\u00a0 He’s scored 20 or more three times but has also had stinkers of 2, 6, 4, 5, so it seems that Rutgers’ leading scorer is more of a wildcard than a dependable scorer.\u00a0 It goes without saying that if he has a good night, Rutgers is in contention in games.\u00a0 They are 8-3 when he scores in double figures and 2-4 when he does not.\u00a0 So South Florida would be wise to key in on Mitchell and do their best to prevent him from getting off tonight.<\/p>\n

South Florida’s attack is similar to Rutgers.\u00a0 They have all five starters scoring greater than 8 a game, but again no one scoring more than 13.\u00a0 They’re led by 6’10” junior center Augustus Gilchrist who averages 12.7 points per game and 6.6 boards, but remarkably blocks under 1 shot a game.\u00a0 He’s had two double doubles this year, but South Florida has lost both games.\u00a0 His best performance came in a loss to Louisville, where he scored 25 points and grabbed 10 boards.\u00a0 Rutgers has no one to match up with him size-wise, with their biggest player being only 6’8″ so tonight could be a big night for Gilchrist.\u00a0 If he can dominate the interior and change shots, South Florida could have a good chance at winning this and\/or covering the spread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Florida Bulls AT Rutgers Scarlet Knights Jan 20th, 2011 at 7:00 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 Rutgers -4.5 Current Line:\u00a0 Rutgers -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 125 Current Total: 123.5 Opening Moneyline: Rutgers -170 \/ South Fla +150 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Rutgers -180 \/ South Fla +150 Both teams enter tonight’s game with their struggles against Big East […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":4660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2500,1155],"class_list":["post-12641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights","tag-south-florida-bulls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12641"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12643,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12641\/revisions\/12643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}