{"id":21120,"date":"2012-01-16T17:12:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T22:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21120"},"modified":"2012-01-16T17:12:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T22:12:22","slug":"big-east-basketball-picks-notre-dame-fighting-irish-at-rutgers-scarlet-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-east-basketball-picks-notre-dame-fighting-irish-at-rutgers-scarlet-knights-21120\/","title":{"rendered":"Big East Basketball Picks: Notre Dame Fighting Irish At Rutgers Scarlet Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
\nLouis Brown Athletic Center – Piscataway, New Jersey
\nMonday, January 16, 2012, 9:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPNU
\nOpening Line: Rutgers -3
\nCurrent Line: Rutgers -3 1\/2
\nOpening Total: 128
\nCurrent Total: 129
\nOpening Money Line: Rutgers -145 \/ Notre Dame +125
\nCurrent Money Line: Rutgers -165 \/ Notre Dame +145<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights host the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Big East action Monday night. The Knights are 3.5 point favorites at home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Neither Notre Dame nor Rutgers will compete for the Big East title, but both teams could get at large bids to the NCAA tournament coming from such a deep league. Notre Dame is 11-7 overall and 3-2 in conference as they travel to New Jersey to take on 10-8 Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights are 2-3 in conference play. Notre Dame leads the series 17-12 against Rutgers, and has won 6 of the last 7meetings with the Knights. Notre Dame won 76-69 last season in South Bend in the only meeting between the schools.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame is coached by Mike Brey. The Fighting Irish have losses to Missouri, Georgia, Gonzaga, Maryland, Indiana, Cincinnati, and last Saturday at home against UConn 67-53. The loss snapped a 29 game home winning streak for Notre Dame. The Irish have wins over Detroit, Dartmouth, Pitt, Louisville, and South Florida.<\/p>\n

Rutgers is coached by Mike Rice. The Scarlet Knights have losses to Miami-(FL), Illinois St, Richmond, LSU, Princeton, South Florida, and West Virginia twice including 84-60 Saturday in Morgantown. Rutgers has wins\u00a0 over Dartmouth, Florida, UConn, and Pitt.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame is outscoring opponents 70-64 this season. The Fighting Irish are shooting 43.1% from the field including 32.0% from 3 point range. Notre Dame makes 71.5% of their free throws. The Irish average 34.4 rebounds a game and have a rebounding margin of -1.2. Notre Dame averages 12.3 assists, 11.6 turnovers, 5.6 steals, and 2.7 blocks a game. Notre Dame opponents are shooting 41.7% from the field and 32.3% from 3 point range. The Fighting Irish force 11.6 turnovers a game.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame forward Tim Abromaitis is out for the season with a knee injury after playing in only 2 games. Last year he averaged 15.4 points and 6.1 rebounds a game. Eric Atkins averages 13.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.3 steals a game to tie for the team lead. He makes 44.4% of his 3 point attempts. Jerian Grant averages 13 points, 3.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists to lead the team, and 1.3 steals a game. Jack Cooley averages 10.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks a game. Cooley leads the team in rebounds and blocks. Scott Martin, Alex Dragicevich, and Pat Connaughton also contribute to the scoring.<\/p>\n

Rutgers is outscoring opponents 68-64 this season. The Scarlet Knights are shooting 44.1% from the field including 32.7% from 3 point range. Rutgers makes 69.7% of their free throws. The Knights average 35.9 rebounds a game and have a rebounding margin of +2.9. Rutgers averages 12.7 assists, 15.4 turnovers, 8.9 steals, and 4.2 blocks a game. Rutgers opponents are shooting 40.1% from the field and 32% from 3 point range. Rutgers forces 16.9 turnovers a game.<\/p>\n

Rutgers\u00a0guard Eli Carter averages 13.7 points, 3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.2 steals a game. Myles Mack averages 10.4 points, 2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.6 steals a game to lead the team. Forward Gilvydas Biruta averages 9.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.1 steals a game. Jerome Seagears averages 7.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists a game to lead the team. Dane Miller leads the the team in blocks with 1.8 a game and rebounds with 6.1 a game. Guard Austin Carroll is questionable with a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Rutgers is 4-8 against the spread and the total is 5-7 this season. Notre Dame is 3-7-2 ATS and the total is 3-9 this season. The Scarlet Knights are 11-2 ATS in the last 13 against Notre Dame, including 6-0 at home. Four of the last five meetings have gone under the total. The Fighting Irish are 7-3 ATS against Big East teams, 2-5 as an underdog of 6.5 points or less, 3-8 as a road underdog, 3-9-1 against teams with winning records, 3-10-2 in Monday games, and overall, 2-8 after a straight up loss, 1-4 after failing to cover, 1-4 in road games against teams with winning home records, 1-5 as a road underdog of 6.5 points or less, and on the road. The Scarlet Knights are 4-0 ATS in Monday games, 6-2-1 in Big East games, 2-5-1 after a straight up loss, 1-4-1 after failing to cover, 2-9 at home, 1-8 at home against teams with losing road records, 1-9-2 as a favorite, 0-6 as a home favorite, 0-5-1 as a favorite of 6.5 points or less, including 0-5 at home.<\/p>\n

These two teams are very inconsistent. They both have some big wins and head scratching losses. I think it will be a close game, but I like Rutgers playing at home.<\/p>\n

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Rutgers Scarlet Knights Louis Brown Athletic Center – Piscataway, New Jersey Monday, January 16, 2012, 9:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPNU Opening Line: Rutgers -3 Current Line: Rutgers -3 1\/2 Opening Total: 128 Current Total: 129 Opening Money Line: Rutgers -145 \/ Notre Dame +125 Current Money Line: Rutgers -165 \/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":19825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[559,9528,3887,3631,6030,3125,30,1311,2500],"class_list":["post-21120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east","tag-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-college-basketball-handicapping","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-espnu","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21120","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\/40249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21123,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21120\/revisions\/21123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}