{"id":21941,"date":"2012-03-02T10:05:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T15:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21941"},"modified":"2012-03-02T10:05:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T15:05:05","slug":"big-east-conference-basketball-providence-friars-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-east-conference-basketball-providence-friars-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish-21941\/","title":{"rendered":"Big East Conference Basketball: Providence Friars vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Providence Friars at No. 19 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
\nFriday, 3\/2\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Full Court
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -11
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -10.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 129.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 130
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will try to bounce back at home after getting swept on their recent two-game road trip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Providence has won its last two games by a combined four points and comes off a 72-70 win over the Connecticut Huskies as five-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Friars managed to shoot 54.4 percent in that particular contest, as they look to snap a eight-game losing streak in this series.\u00a0 The program is 9-15 all-time versus Friday night\u2019s opponent, including a 4-7 mark at Notre Dame.\u00a0 Providence is 0-2 ATS as a road underdog of 9.5 to 12 points and both of those games went \u201cover\u201d the total.<\/p>\n

The Friars have tallied a 101-229 all-time mark versus ranked opponents, including a 1-5 record in that situation during the 2011-12 campaign.\u00a0 Providence is led by four starters that average double figures, with junior guard Vincent Council pacing the team in scoring 16.1 points and dishing out 7.5 assists per game.\u00a0 He ranks first in the Big East Conference in assists and fourth in the nation.\u00a0 \u201cCouncil, first of all, controls the whole thing,\u201d commented Fighting Irish coach Mike Brey in preparing for this affair.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame returns home to wrap up the regular season inside the Joyce Center and will look to snap a two-game losing streak.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish lost both of those games on the road against St. John\u2019s and Georgetown, while falling \u201cunder\u201d the total in three consecutive contests.\u00a0 Playing inside tonight\u2019s venue will likely lead to a victory, as the program has tallied a 15-1 mark in front of the home faithful this year.\u00a0 Brey has also managed to go 10-1 in this series since arriving on campus.\u00a0 Notre Dame is 11-6 ATS versus conference opponents this year.<\/p>\n

The Fighting Irish hope familiar surroundings will help jumpstart their offense, tying the lowest amount of points scored (41) in the Brey era last time out.\u00a0 Notre Dame was 3-for-17 from beyond the arc and managed to score just 18 first-half points.\u00a0 The program is 99-7 in its last 106 home games, including wins in 34 of the last 35.\u00a0 Junior forward Jack Cooley is a player to watch on the offensive end, leading all conference players in hitting 61.8 percent of his shots.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Fighting Irish due to their 4-1 ATS mark at home, while the Friars are 3-9 ATS on the road versus winning home teams.<\/p>\n

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Providence Friars at No. 19 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Friday, 3\/2\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Full Court Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -11 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -10.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 129.5 Current Total:\u00a0 130 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Providence has won its last two games by a combined four points and comes off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,6458,6457,5806,1311,4267,6058],"class_list":["post-21941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-jack-cooley","tag-joyce-center","tag-mike-brey","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-providence-friars","tag-vincent-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21941","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=21941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21942,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21941\/revisions\/21942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}