{"id":26767,"date":"2012-12-20T18:33:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T23:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26767"},"modified":"2012-12-20T18:33:13","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T23:33:13","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-niagara-purple-eagles-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-niagara-purple-eagles-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish-26767\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: Niagara Purple Eagles vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Niagara Purple Eagles at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
\nFriday, 12\/21\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -16.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -16.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 138.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 138.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have won nine games in a row<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Niagara has won three of its last four games, including a 68-58 victory over Vermont in its last contests in getting ready for Friday night\u2019s contest against a ranked opponent.\u00a0 The Purples Eagles have dropped 19 straight games against teams in the AP Top 25, which could present a major challenge in trying to pull off a straight-up victory.\u00a0 The team must stay aggressive on the offensive end, as it attempted a season-high 24 free throws last time out.\u00a0 Niagara is 6-2 ATS in its last eight games versus Big East Conference opponents, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your college basketball picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Purple Eagles are 12-77 all-time against ranked opponents, but their head coach has plenty of overall experience\u2014picking up his 250th career win on Dec. 12.\u00a0 Niagara is led offensively by Antoine Mason, who is third in the MAAC in scoring 19.2 poitns per game, while point guard Juan\u2019ya Green has dished out at least four assists in 10 of 11 games this season.\u00a0 The defense has picked up in facing lesser opponents, as the program has held consecutive opponents to under 60 points for the first time since the 2008-09 campaign.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame will conclude its 2012-13 non-conference schedule in this affair, as the team hopes to regain its health over the holidays in preparing for conference play.\u00a0 \u201cWe played a lot of games in this segment and we\u2019re worn down a little bit,\u201d stated Fighting Irish head coach Mike Brey.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish are 44-1 in their last 45 home games, as they look to extend their current win streak to 10 games.\u00a0 Notre Dame is 0-6 ATS in its last six Friday games.<\/p>\n

The Fighting Irish are 47-7 all-time against teams currently from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, but they haven\u2019t faced such an opponent since 2006.\u00a0 Notre Dame definitely has some balance on the offensive end, considering five different players have posted a team-high point total in the last six games.\u00a0 Senior forward Jack Cooley is the main threat\u2014tied for second nationally with eight double-doubles on the season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Purple Eagles due to their success against the Big East versus the number, while the Fighting Irish are 6-15-2 ATS in their last 23 non-conference affairs.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Niagara Purple Eagles at Notre Dame Fighting Irish Friday, 12\/21\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -16.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -16.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 138.5 Current Total:\u00a0 138.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Niagara has won three of its last four games, including a 68-58 victory over Vermont in its last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7256,2497,6458,5806,7255,1311],"class_list":["post-26767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-antoine-mason","tag-big-east-conference","tag-jack-cooley","tag-mike-brey","tag-niagara-purple-eagles","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26767","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=26767"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26769,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26767\/revisions\/26769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}