NCAA Basketball Big East Wagering Odds
Filed Under (Sports) by steve on 12-03-2010
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Looking at the betting numbers from the marquee Big East matchups
While there are numerous college basketball wagering tournaments taking place right now, the Big East seems to be where the intrigue is. Ranked No. 3 in the nation and seeded No. 1 in the Big East championship tournament, the Syracuse Orange had a minor setback on their road to March Madness.
Syracuse lost yesterday in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament to the eight-seed Georgetown Hoyas, who won 91-84. They covered, as online sportsbooks had them as 6-point wagering lines favorites.
The Orange suffered even more, as C/F Arinze Onuaku went down with what looked to be a right knee injury. Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said that Onuaku has a strain and will have an MRI; he did not return to the game.
In the meantime, the Georgetown Hoyas will prep for Friday’s semifinal game against the Marquette Golden Eagles. The Golden Eagles are 11-2 straight up and 9-4 ATS in their last 13 games overall.
While the No. 3 Orange dropped out of their respective conference tournament, the No. 1 team in college basketball wagering and top-seed in the Big 12 conference championship, the Kansas Jayhawks, are still alive and kicking.
The Jayhawks were big 17.5-point wagering lines favorites for their matchup against the Texas Tech Red Raiders yesterday. While they were able to beat Texas Tech 80-68, the Jayhawks were unable to cover the big spread. The consensus No. 1 will gear up for a game against the No. 24 Texas A&M Aggies on Friday.
Kansas has been a study in contrast when it comes to SU and ATS records; the Jayhawks are a sparkling 11-1 SU in their last 12 overall but only 3-9 against the number. The Aggies have been solid across the board in their last 11, going 9-2 SU and 10-1 ATS and their last eight games, there have been 2 Overs and 6 Unders.
Texas A&M defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 70-64 in the two teams’ Big 12 matchup yesterday but the Aggies failed to cover as 7.5-point faves. The Jayhawks have the edge over the Aggies in their last 15 meetings, with a record of 14-1 SU and while the Kansas Jayhawks also have an ATS edge at 10-5, they have been more hit and miss in their last eight Texas A&M matchups, going 3-5 ATS in that time.
The Purdue Boilermakers are fifth-ranked in the nation and the second seed in the Big Ten despite losing forward Robbie Hummel to a torn right ACL in late-February. The Boilermakers make their debut in the conference tournament on Friday with a date with the Northwestern Wildcats.
In Purdue’s last 12 games, there have been 3 Overs and 9 Unders and in the Boilermakers last eight games against Northwestern, there have been 6 Overs and 2 Unders.
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Georgetown will try and break a two-game losing streak on Tuesday as they travel to face Louisville in a game that can be seen on ESPN 2 at 7:00pm ET. The Hoyas are coming off a loss against Syracuse last Thursday while Louisville won at DePaul on Saturday. Georgetown may be ranked 13th in the country but it is Louisville that has a better Big East conference college basketball wagering record. 
Top-ranked Kentucky will try and remain unbeaten as they face South Carolina on Tuesday in ESPN’s feature college basketball wagering game at 9:00pm ET. The Wildcats are the only unbeaten team in the country at 19-0. They routed Arkansas on Saturday and seem to be getting better as the season goes along. “I think we would have beat any team (Saturday). Everybody came to play. Our bench stepped in and gave 100 percent. This is the best we have played all year and when we play like that, nobody can beat us,” guard Eric Bledsoe said. “We played defense and it carried over to our offense.” 
