{"id":27285,"date":"2013-01-15T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T17:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27285"},"modified":"2013-01-15T12:21:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T17:21:27","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-notre-dame-fighting-irish-vs-st-johns-red-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-notre-dame-fighting-irish-vs-st-johns-red-storm-27285\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. St. John’s Red Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at St. John\u2019s Red Storm
\nTuesday, 1\/15\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 133
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 133
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 4-12 ATS after a straight-up loss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notre Dame will look to bounce back from a 65-58 loss to the Connecticut Huskies as 8.5-point home favorites Saturday, while going UNDER the posted total of 135.\u00a0 \u201cI loved how we fought, and it wasn\u2019t all going great for us,\u201d stated Fighting Irish coach Mike Brey.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish have dropped their last two decisions against the Red Storm, with both of those occurring at Madison Square Garden, including a 61-58 setback as six-point road favorites last year.\u00a0 Notre Dame is 6-5 ATS as a favorite this season, which is important to note when looking over the college basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Fighting Irish\u2019 14-2 start matches their best 16-game record under Brey\u2019s watch, as their led by three players in the starting lineup averaging in double figures.\u00a0 Senior forward Jack Cooley leads the charge in scoring 15.1 points and grabbing 11.1 rebounds per game.\u00a0 The program is 33-10 in its last 43 Big East Conference regular-season affairs, while going 72-37 in that situation dating back seven seasons.<\/p>\n

St. John\u2019s has suffered back-to-back home losses since upsetting Cincinnati on Dec. 5, as it comes off a disappointing 67-51 defeat to the Georgetown Hoyas as one-point underdogs Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re very embarrassed but we have to get back to work,\u201d commented sophomore forward Sir\u2019Dominic Pointer.\u00a0 The Red Storm are 401-270 all-time at \u201cThe World\u2019s Most Famous Arena,\u201d which includes a 4-8 mark during the 2011-12 campaign.\u00a0 St. John\u2019s is 2-2 ATS as home underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points since 2010, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NCAA basketball picks.<\/p>\n

The Red Storm has split their two games against ranked opponents this year, while picking up eight victories over Top 25 foes during the Steve Lavin era.\u00a0 St. John\u2019s is led by one of the better guards in the conference, as D\u2019Angelo Harrison is second in the league in averaging 20.6 points per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Red Storm due to their 4-0 ATS mark at home in this series, while the Fighting Irish are 4-12 ATS following a SU loss.<\/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":"

No. 20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at St. John\u2019s Red Storm Tuesday, 1\/15\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 133 Current Total:\u00a0 133 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Notre Dame will look to bounce back from a 65-58 loss to the Connecticut Huskies […]<\/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":[2497,7312,6458,3902,1311,4205],"class_list":["post-27285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-dangelo-harrison","tag-jack-cooley","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-st-johns-red-storm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27285","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=27285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27286,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27285\/revisions\/27286"}],"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=27285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}