{"id":20097,"date":"2011-12-08T15:42:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T20:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20097"},"modified":"2011-12-08T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T20:42:14","slug":"college-basketball-picks-boston-college-eagles-vs-providence-friars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-boston-college-eagles-vs-providence-friars-20097\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Boston College Eagles vs. Providence Friars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston College Eagles at Providence Friars
\nThursday, 12\/8\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Providence -13
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Providence -14
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 141.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 138
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Providence Friars guard Vincent Council is among four starters that average over 30 minutes a game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boston College is set to head down the I-95 to take on Providence Thursday night at the Dunkin\u2019 Donuts Center, coming in with a 2-6 record and looking to snap a three-game losing streak.\u00a0 \u201cWe knew there were definitely going to be some bumps,\u201d commented Eagles freshman center Dennis Clifford.\u00a0 \u201cYou can never start off perfect with all these young guys in the lineup.\u201d\u00a0 Head coach Steve Donahue is in his second season since coming over from Cornell, coming off a 21-13 record from a year ago.\u00a0 Boston College is 2-3 ATS as an underdog this year, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 3-2 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Eagles will be meeting with the Friars for the 106th time, posting a 48-57 record in the previous games in the series.\u00a0 Boston College registered an 88-86 win as seven-point home favorites a year ago, which was the program\u2019s third consecutive win in the series.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks third in the Atlantic Coast Conference in three-point field goals made per game with 6.9, which is just behind Duke and Miami.\u00a0 Donahue has used 10 different starters in eight games this season.<\/p>\n

Providence has won three games in row that includes a dominating 80-49 win over Brown as 12-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Friars still need to play better defense, giving up 65.2 points per game through nine contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to get better at playing defense for the whole possession,\u201d commented Friars coach Ed Cooley.\u00a0 Coming back to tonight\u2019s venue should keep the winning streak alive, as the program has won 17 straight games inside the facility.\u00a0 Providence is 10-5 ATS in December games the past two-plus seasons, including a perfect 2-0 ATS this year.<\/p>\n

The Friars hold an 85-82 record against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents, with 105 of those meetings coming against the Eagles.\u00a0 Providence has four players that average in double figures, with junior guard Vincent Council leading the charge, averaging 18.1 points and 6.3 assists per game.\u00a0 Cooley hopes that type of production will continue from his first five guys, as the roster is incredibly thin, as four players are averaging 30 minutes or more a night.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Eagles due to their 8-2 ATS mark on the road, while the Friars are 6-15 ATS as a home favorite.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boston College Eagles at Providence Friars Thursday, 12\/8\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Providence -13 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Providence -14 Opening Total:\u00a0 141.5 Current Total:\u00a0 138 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Boston College is set to head down the I-95 to take on Providence Thursday night at the Dunkin\u2019 Donuts Center, coming in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[387,3110,5744,6057,4267,6058],"class_list":["post-20097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-boston-college-eagles","tag-cbb","tag-dennis-clifford","tag-providence-friars","tag-vincent-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20097","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20098,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20097\/revisions\/20098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}