{"id":21408,"date":"2012-02-01T10:14:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T15:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21408"},"modified":"2012-02-01T10:14:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T15:14:31","slug":"college-basketball-picks-connecticut-huskies-vs-georgetown-hoyas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-connecticut-huskies-vs-georgetown-hoyas-21408\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Connecticut Huskies vs. Georgetown Hoyas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connecticut Huskies at No. 14 Georgetown Hoyas
\nWednesday, 2\/1\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Georgetown -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Georgetown -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 126.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 126.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Georgetown Hoyas senior guard Jason Clark leads his team into action against the Connecticut Huskies Wednesday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Connecticut enters on a three-game losing streak and will look to bounce back from a 50-48 loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as nine-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Huskies have also gone \u201cunder\u201d the total in five of the past six games.\u00a0 Freshman guard Ryan Boatright\u2019s return might lift the program\u2019s offensive production down the stretch, as he rejoined the team after missing three games due to an NCAA investigation.\u00a0 He scored just six points in 30 minutes versus the Fighting Irish, but is a capable scorer.\u00a0 Connecticut is 17-6 ATS as an underdog over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Huskies have allowed opponents to shoot just 36.9 percent from the floor this season, including a 37.4 percent mark during Big East play, which leads all conference teams.\u00a0 Connecticut is really searching for answers on a roster that\u2019s played incredibly selfish after the school captured a national title during the 2010-11 campaign.\u00a0 \u201cRight now, we just don\u2019t have very good leadership in the backcourt,\u201d commented Huskies head coach Jim Calhoun.<\/p>\n

Georgetown had its three-game win streak snapped in a 72-60 loss to the Pittsburgh Panthers as one-point road underdogs Saturday, while going \u201cover\u201d the posted total of 128.5.\u00a0 The Hoyas are 10-1 at home during the 2011-12 campaign and have won three straight in front of the home fans in this particular series.\u00a0 Offensively, the team managed to shoot just 36.7 percent from the field last time out, which could spell trouble against one of the best defensive teams in the country.\u00a0 \u201cTheir defense was very good,\u201d stated Hoyas head coach John Thompson III about Pittsburgh.\u00a0 Georgetown is 2-7 ATS versus conference opponents this year.<\/p>\n

The Hoyas never led against the Panthers and will need to do a much better job on the boards to remain competitive Wednesday night.\u00a0 Leading scorer Jason Clark will also need a bounce-back performance, scoring just nine points and missing all five shots from beyond the arc.\u00a0 Senior center Henry Sims is another player to watch, averaging 11.8 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, while also dishing off a team-best 3.47 assists per game.\u00a0 He had 10 points and finished with five assists against the Panthers.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Huskies due to their 4-0 ATS mark as a road underdog of 6.5 points or less, while the Hoyas are 3-9 ATS following a straight-up loss.<\/p>\n

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Connecticut Huskies at No. 14 Georgetown Hoyas Wednesday, 2\/1\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Georgetown -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Georgetown -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 126.5 Current Total:\u00a0 126.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Connecticut enters on a three-game losing streak and will look to bounce back from a 50-48 loss to the Notre Dame […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,2499,1341,5834,5668],"class_list":["post-21408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-connecticut-huskies","tag-georgetown-hoyas","tag-jason-clark","tag-ryan-boatright"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21408","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=21408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21409,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21408\/revisions\/21409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}