{"id":20783,"date":"2012-01-03T11:40:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T16:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20783"},"modified":"2012-01-03T11:40:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T16:40:59","slug":"big-east-conference-basketball-connecticut-huskies-vs-seton-hall-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-east-conference-basketball-connecticut-huskies-vs-seton-hall-pirates-20783\/","title":{"rendered":"Big East Conference Basketball: Connecticut Huskies vs. Seton Hall Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 8 Connecticut Huskies at Seton Hall Pirates
\nTuesday, 1\/3\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV: ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Connecticut -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Connecticut -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 135
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 135.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Seton Hall Pirates senior forward Herb Pope is a monster in the paint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Connecticut is set to take on Seton Hall on Tuesday night inside the Prudential Center and is coming off an 83-69 win over the St. John\u2019s Red Storm as 13.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Huskies have won seven games in a row, but have covered the spread just once in their last three affairs.\u00a0 Head coach Jim Calhoun will not be on the sidelines, serving the final game of a three-game suspension due to compliance violations.\u00a0 \u201cWe definitely want to get 3-0 for him and for ourselves,\u201d\u00a0 stated Huskies guard Jeremy Lamb.\u00a0 Connecticut is 0-4 ATS as a road favorite of three or less points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Huskies are 2-0 in Big East Conference play for the first time since the 2003-04 season, as four players are averaging double-figures in scoring.\u00a0 Lamb leads the group in scoring 18.9 points per game, topping the 20-point mark in five games this season.\u00a0 Connecticut has taken care of business on the road in conference play since the 1989-90 campaign, posting a 114-76 record when playing away from Storrs.<\/p>\n

Seton Hall won for the ninth time in 10 games with a convincing 67-48 win over West Virginia as one-point home favorites, which was a nice bounce back effort after suffering a 75-49 blowout loss to the Syracuse Orange.\u00a0 \u201cI said after the Syracuse game that this was a must-win and that we were going to get it,\u201d stated Pirates senior guard Jordan Theodore.\u00a0 He is the second-leading scorer on the squad, averaging 15.8 points per game, which is just behind senior forward Herb Pope\u2019s 18.6 points per game.\u00a0 Seton Hall is 5-1 ATS as a home underdog of three points or less.<\/p>\n

The Pirates played incredible defense against the Mountaineers last time out, holding them to 32.1 percent shooting from the floor, while forcing 17 turnovers.\u00a0 Seton Hall has registered a perfect 8-0 record inside tonight\u2019s venue during the 2011-12 campaign thus far, matching its entire home win total from a season ago.\u00a0 Last year, the program tallied a 2-8 mark against ranked opponents, while going 67-220 all-time when taking on such teams.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Pirates due to their 6-1 ATS mark as an underdog of 6.5 points or less, while the Huskies are 2-5 ATS as a road favorite in the same point range.<\/p>\n

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No. 8 Connecticut Huskies at Seton Hall Pirates Tuesday, 1\/3\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV: ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Connecticut -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Connecticut -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 135 Current Total:\u00a0 135.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Connecticut is set to take on Seton Hall on Tuesday night inside the Prudential Center and is coming off an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,2499,5987,5665,1304,6290,6271,4300],"class_list":["post-20783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-connecticut-huskies","tag-herb-pope","tag-jeremy-lamb","tag-jim-calhoun","tag-jordan-theodore","tag-prudential-center","tag-seton-hall-pirates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20783","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=20783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20784,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20783\/revisions\/20784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}