Uconn ripped Cuse by 28pts earlier in the season and both teams are playing better as they wrap up their regular season schedules today.
I can see how you could take the position that Cuse will keep this one much closer since they are at home now and have a chance to make up for the whipping they took in CT.
But even if Cuse turns the tides by 25 points as compared to when they last met - they'll still have a tough time beating the Huskies IMO.
The way Cuse beat Pitt was by hanging around with them throughout and getting big buckets to fall down the final stretch. However the difference between Pitt and Uconn is that Uconn has consistent and reliable scoring, which Cuse can't keep up with.
I would expect Uconn to pull away early and ride Cuse out for the win - keeping their distance on the scoreboard from Cuse throughout.
The new-found defense of cuse doesnt bother me so much because Uconn can play that way if they need to.
The thing that scares me about Uconn is the inability to defend a strong diverse scoring attack, combined with a good defense - but I wouldnt put Cuse in the category of having much in the way of a scoring threat - with a streaky mcnamara and everyone knows what warrick can do - but beyond that what do they have?
Anyway I'm going with this as what may be my last string of bets for the regular season. The way I see it I'll either go out with a bang or I'll rake it in.
Uconn -4
Uconn ML -179
Uconn 1st half -2
Uconn 1st half ML -146
I can see how you could take the position that Cuse will keep this one much closer since they are at home now and have a chance to make up for the whipping they took in CT.
But even if Cuse turns the tides by 25 points as compared to when they last met - they'll still have a tough time beating the Huskies IMO.
The way Cuse beat Pitt was by hanging around with them throughout and getting big buckets to fall down the final stretch. However the difference between Pitt and Uconn is that Uconn has consistent and reliable scoring, which Cuse can't keep up with.
I would expect Uconn to pull away early and ride Cuse out for the win - keeping their distance on the scoreboard from Cuse throughout.
The new-found defense of cuse doesnt bother me so much because Uconn can play that way if they need to.
The thing that scares me about Uconn is the inability to defend a strong diverse scoring attack, combined with a good defense - but I wouldnt put Cuse in the category of having much in the way of a scoring threat - with a streaky mcnamara and everyone knows what warrick can do - but beyond that what do they have?
Anyway I'm going with this as what may be my last string of bets for the regular season. The way I see it I'll either go out with a bang or I'll rake it in.
Uconn -4
Uconn ML -179
Uconn 1st half -2
Uconn 1st half ML -146
