{"id":13727,"date":"2011-02-28T01:26:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T06:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=13727"},"modified":"2011-02-28T10:11:20","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T15:11:20","slug":"monday-big-east-basketball-tv-picks-villanova-at-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/monday-big-east-basketball-tv-picks-villanova-at-notre-dame-13727\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Big East Basketball TV Picks: Villanova at Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Villanova Wildcats at Notre Dame Fighing Irish, Joyce Center, South Bend, IN
\nMonday, February 28, 2011, 7 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN
\nOpening Line: Notre Dame -4
\nCurrent Line: Notre Dame -4.5
\nOpening Total: 139
\nCurrent Total: 140
\nMoney Line: Notre Dame -200 \/ Villanova +170
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Tim Abromaitis has scored a combined 50 points in leading the Irish to wins in their last two games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 15th-ranked Villanova Wildcats (21-8, 9-7) likely played themselves out of a chance for a double bye in the conference tournament with Saturday\u2019s 81-68 home loss to St. John\u2019s while the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (23-5, 12-4) can clinch just that with another win on Monday.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish (-4.5) have surged to win nine of their last 10 games and will also be going for a perfect home record in league play for the first time in three years.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame has won two in a row following a 72-58 loss at West Virginia following a 60-48 home victory against Seton Hall on Saturday.\u00a0\u00a0 Tim Abromaitis scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Irish while Ben Hansbrough added 21 to continue his offensive onslaught.\u00a0 Hansbrough has become a leading contender for Big East Player of the Year honors after averaging nearly 22 points in the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Abromaitis has also stepped up big lately, scoring in double figures in six of the last seven games.\u00a0 He had scored a season-high 28 points in a 94-93 win at Providence two games ago and has been the team\u2019s other threat from 3-point range besides Hansbrough.\u00a0 The duo has combined to make 13 of 26 attempts from beyond the 3-point arc in the last two games.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats have headed in the opposite direction, dropping their last two games along with six of 10.\u00a0 They have failed to cover the spread in six consecutive games and nine of 10 after beating the line in seven straight.\u00a0 Leading scorer Corey Fisher has struggled mightily with his shooting in the last two games, making only 4 of 26 shots from the field and missing all 16 of his 3-point attempts.\u00a0 Fisher had helped carry the load when fellow senior Corey Stokes missed three games with a toe injury, scoring a career-high 34 points in a 77-75 overtime win at DePaul on February 19.<\/p>\n

Stokes has been Villanova\u2019s top offensive player since he returned, averaging 22 points in two games.\u00a0 He has made 14 of 24 shots from the field in those games, including 11 of the team\u2019s 14 3-pointers.\u00a0 Dominic Cheek is the only player besides Stokes who has made a 3-pointer during that stretch, as he made three against the Red Storm.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are 3-1-1 against the spread in the last five meetings with Notre Dame with the total going UNDER three times in the past four games between the teams.\u00a0 The OVER has cashed in five of the last seven games for the Irish overall.<\/p>\n

Now that you have read this Big East college basketball betting preview featuring Notre Dame & Villanova, check out the NCAA basketball odds on this and all the games to compare the best lines at multiple sportsbooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Villanova Wildcats at Notre Dame Fighing Irish, Joyce Center, South Bend, IN Monday, February 28, 2011, 7 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN Opening Line: Notre Dame -4 Current Line: Notre Dame -4.5 Opening Total: 139 Current Total: 140 Money Line: Notre Dame -200 \/ Villanova +170 The 15th-ranked Villanova Wildcats (21-8, 9-7) likely played themselves out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":9748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[4319,4381,3887,4316,4317,4318,1311,4555,752],"class_list":["post-13727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-basketball","tag-big-east-picks","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-free-college-basketball-pick","tag-ncaa-basketball-odds","tag-ncaa-hoops-picks","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-notre-dame-villanova-preview","tag-villanova-wildcats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13727","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\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13856,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13727\/revisions\/13856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}