{"id":21744,"date":"2012-02-20T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21744"},"modified":"2012-02-19T21:02:43","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T02:02:43","slug":"big-east-basketball-connecticut-huskies-vs-villanova-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-east-basketball-connecticut-huskies-vs-villanova-wildcats-21744\/","title":{"rendered":"Big East Basketball: Connecticut Huskies vs. Villanova Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connecticut Huskies at Villanova Wildcats
\nMonday, 2\/20\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Connecticut -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Connecticut -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 137.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 136.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Villanova Wildcats are 4-1 ATS in their last five meetings with the Connecticut Huskies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Connecticut has won the last three meetings in this series and will look to bounce back from a 79-64 blowout loss to the Marquette Golden Eagles as three-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Huskies have recorded a 142-86 record when playing on ESPN\/ESPN2 since Jim Calhoun\u2019s first season in 1986-87, which includes a 4-5 record this season.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is led by All-America candidate Jeremy Lamb, who is averaging 17.3 points per game.\u00a0 Connecticut is 1-7 ATS on the road this season and the \u201cunder\u201d is 5-3 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Huskies are 2-6 overall away from Connecticut during the 2011-12 campaign, including a 2-5 mark versus Big East Conference opponents.\u00a0 Connecticut has struggled offensively for most of the year, scoring just 68.4 points per game, which ranks 12th in the conference.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the program has covered the spread in its three wins and failed to do so in its seven losses over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Villanova has dropped five of its last six games that includes a 74-70 overtime loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as three-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Wildcats have gone \u201cover\u201d the total in eight of their last 10 games.\u00a0 Offensively, the team was playing without starting guards Maalik Wayns and James Bell last time out, with the starting unit logging 202 of a possible 225 minutes in defeat.\u00a0 Wayns is currently listed as questionable and Bell is doubtful for this affair.\u00a0 Villanova is 2-8 ATS at home this season and the \u201cover\u201d is 7-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats have three projected starters that average in double figures without their starting backcourt, with guard Dominic Cheek leading the way in averaging 12.4 points per game.\u00a0 Villanova has dropped seven of the last 10 meetings in this series, while going 4-5 all-time when playing host inside the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.\u00a0 Playing great defense is going to be the key in trying to pick up a victory Monday, posting a 7-2 record when holding opponents to 69 points or less, while going 4-13 when failing to do so.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wildcats due to being 4-1 ATS in the last five meetings, while the Huskies are 2-6 ATS versus conference foes.<\/p>\n

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Connecticut Huskies at Villanova Wildcats Monday, 2\/20\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Connecticut -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Connecticut -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 137.5 Current Total:\u00a0 136.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Connecticut has won the last three meetings in this series and will look to bounce back from a 79-64 blowout loss to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,2499,6450,5665,1304,6026,752],"class_list":["post-21744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-connecticut-huskies","tag-james-bell","tag-jeremy-lamb","tag-jim-calhoun","tag-maalik-wayns","tag-villanova-wildcats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21744","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=21744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21745,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21744\/revisions\/21745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}