NCAA Basketball Betting – Hoyas vs Orange
The Syracuse Orange lead four Big East teams in the latest AP poll, including No. 12 Georgetown who moved up two spots following a week that began with a win at home over Connecticut, 58-44.
The Syracuse Orange lead four Big East teams in the latest AP poll, including No. 12 Georgetown who moved up two spots following a week that began with a win at home over Connecticut, 58-44.
Madison Square Garden will be rocking on Saturday afternoon as the St. John’s goes up against Syracuse in Big East action.
Indiana (16-4) has lost 10 straight to Wisconsin (16-5) in Madison and to snap that losing streak they will need to find a way to score on a Badgers’ team that leads the nation in defense. NCAAB lines have Wisconsin as 7-point home favorites with a total of 126.
UNC (16-3) has beaten North Carolina State (15-5) 10 straight times and to get to 11 they will have to do so without starting G Dexter Strickland, who tore his ACL and is out for the season.
Syracuse (20-0) is not on the top-ranked team in the nation, but they are off to their best start in school history and will be taking on a Notre Dame (11-8) squad that has lost 2 straight games and is only 3-3 in the Big East.
Florida State will travel to Durham, North Carolina to take on the Devils on Saturday, looking for a rare win at Cameroon Indoor Stadium, a place they have only won once in the last three decades.
The Longhorns who have won three of their last five will travel to Manhattan on Wednesday to take on a Kansas State Wildcats’ team that has now lost three of its last four, dropping seven spots out of this week’s AP Top 25 poll.
The Cincinnati Bearcats will look to gain ground on Big East leaders Syracuse with a rare win at No. 11 Connecticut on Wednesday night.
Pitt (11-7) has beaten Syracuse (19-0) in 8 of their last 9 match ups including the last 5 at the Carrier Dome, but the Orange are undefeated and the top-ranked team in the nation while the Panthers are reeling and have lost their first 5 Big East games.
The Fresno Bulldogs will look to end their five-game losing streak when they visit a streaky Arizona Sun Devils team that would like to find some consistency before heading into conference play their next time out.
Weber State will look to make it two in a row after putting their recent loss to BYU behind them with a win on Saturday over Southern Utah, when they travel to warmer climates to take on a Cal team that is surging after a 30-point blow up over Jackson State.
The Washington Huskies will look to rebound off a difficult loss to No. 5 Duke when the host the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos who received a confidence boost with a close win over the San Diego Toreros, earlier in the week.
After rolling over five consecutive opponents, the No. 23 Gonzaga Bulldogs finally met their match against a perfect Illinois squad that came into Assembly Hall and handed the Bulldogs their first loss of the season.
After dropping their worst non-conference defeat in 16 years, a 85-63 loss at No. 2 Ohio State last week, the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils rebounded with a win and will now face a Washington Huskies team that has won just one out if its last four contests.
No. 17 Pittsburgh Panthers improved to 6-1 on the season with their win over Duquesne, while the Tennessee Volunteers continue to struggle, and followed up their Chaminade win with a loss on Monday to the Golden Grizzlies, 89-81.
The No. 18 Gonzaga Bulldogs remain undefeated with their blowout win over Notre Dame on Wednesday, and will now set their sights on Illinois who is rolling after beating Maryland on the road their last time out.