{"id":27645,"date":"2013-02-06T14:52:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T19:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27645"},"modified":"2013-02-06T14:52:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T19:52:58","slug":"college-basketball-picks-louisville-cardinals-vs-rutgers-scarlet-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-louisville-cardinals-vs-rutgers-scarlet-knights-27645\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Louisville Cardinals vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 11 Louisville Cardinals at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
\nWednesday, 2\/6\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Louisville -10.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Louisville -11.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights have covered the spread in their last two games as home underdogs of 9.5 to 12 points<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Louisville has gotten back on track in winning back-to-back games, including a 70-51 victory over the Marquette Golden Eagles as 10.5-point home favorites last time out, while going UNDER the total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m really, really happy with our effort,\u201d commented Cardinals coach Rick Pitino.\u00a0 The Cardinals rank second nationally with a plus-6.6 turnover margin, as they\u2019ve scored 32 percent of their points off turnovers.\u00a0 Louisville is 2-1 ATS as road favorites of 9.5 to 12 points this season, with the UNDER going 2-0-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals have compiled a solid 31-8 record during the month of February over the last six years, which is important to consider when making your college basketball picks against the spread.\u00a0 Louisville is tied for the most Big East Conference victories over the last six years during the regular season, as it has gone 81-33 during that period of time.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has knocked down on just 42.8 percent of its shots over the last eight games, which is off from its 46.2 in the first 14 contests.<\/p>\n

Rutgers has lost four games in a row, including a 62-54 setback to the Cincinnati Bearcats as 12-point road underdogs last time out, while going UNDER the total in each of those affairs.\u00a0 \u201cWhen they turned their intensity and defensive pressure up, we didn\u2019t have a response,\u201d commented Scarlet Knights coach Mike Rice.\u00a0 The Scarlet Knights are 1-10 all-time against the Cardinals, including a 1-6 mark when playing as a conference rival.\u00a0 Rutgers is 2-0 ATS as a home underdog of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Scarlet Knights are 11-0 this season when outshooting their opponent, while going 5-0 when managing to hit the 80-point mark offensively.\u00a0 Rutgers is led by Eli Carter, who is averaging 15.2 points per game, while scoring 24 in a 78-66 loss to the Cardinals\u00a0 as 11-point road underdogs last year.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Scarlet Knights due to their 5-1 ATS mark at home versus teams with a winning road record, while the Cardinals are 1-4 ATS in their last five conference games.<\/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. 11 Louisville Cardinals at Rutgers Scarlet Knights Wednesday, 2\/6\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Louisville -10.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Louisville -11.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Louisville has gotten back on track in winning back-to-back games, including a 70-51 victory over the Marquette Golden Eagles as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,7306,556,7364,755,2500],"class_list":["post-27645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-eli-carter","tag-louisville-cardinals","tag-mike-rice","tag-rick-pitino","tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27645","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=27645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27646,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27645\/revisions\/27646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}