NCAA basketball betting action sees the Duke Blue Devils taking on the UCONN Huskies Thursday December 18th at IZOD Center, East Rutherford, New Jersey. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA basketball handicapping tips all season long.
College Football Week 9 betting action sees the 18th-ranked East Carolina Pirates taking on the UConn Huskies on Thursday, Oct. 23 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina. Stay tuned to Cappers Picks as we provide free NCAAF handicapping tips all season long.
College football Week 3 betting action sees the Boise State Broncos taking on the Connecticut Huskies on Saturday, September 13th at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA football handicapping tips all season long.
Its opening weekend for college football and betting action sees the BYU Cougars going across country to take on Connecticut Huskies on Friday August 29 at Retschler Stadium. Cappers Picks provides free college football handicapping tips all season long. The Cougars are always a bit mysterious holding out as one of few independents.
I know that once you get to the Final Four the notion of underdog becomes subjective but I am still very surprised with the outcome of Florida vs. UConn. Not only did the Huskies beat the top team in the county but they did so fairly obviously.
This year’s NCAA tournament has produced the most unlikely final since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, and with it an interesting final is set to played by a pair of teams, neither of which are a top three seed or better and missed the tournament the year before.
As good as the Gators are they must think there is something to go on to have to face the last team that beat them to advance to the Championship Game. It was by only point but a loss is still a loss, especially when you only have two of them all season long.
The Huskies needed overtime to dispatch St. Joe’s out of the A10 on Thursday.
The Huskies did not win the AAC tournament but they have to be pleased with the fact that they were not embarrassed by Louisville again.
Both of these teams are into the tournament so this is just a game to determine seeding and to answer which team has the better group of guards. Memphis may have the Huskies in terms of depth but on talent you might want to go with Connecticut.
Louisville has fallen pretty far off the national radar since losing to UCF a few weeks back. This week they travel to a winless UConn team – yes I was surprised by that too as this is usually a middle of the pack program.
The Wolfpack haven’t played in a week since losing at Michigan in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The loss was their second in their last three outings which is opening up some pretty big questions about this supposed National Championship contender.
The Bearcats are actually not all that far from another very good season. They may have three losses but they are by a total of just 16 points and this squad has put up some very impressive numbers this year.
Cincinnati Bearcats (8-3) vs Connecticut Huskies (5-6)
Saturday December 1
Rentschler Field – Storrs, CT
3:30PM
Moneyline: Cincinnati -220, Connecticut +180 from Sportsbook.ag
Spread: Cincinnati -5.5
O/U: 39
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Cincinnati
They just have gone largely unnoticed because their signature win was against a mediocre Virginia Tech program. All the upheaval in the Big East hasn’t helped either even though they have a player with the best name in college football.
That player would be QB Munchie Legaux, one of the more athletic players in the country. With him executing the attack CIncinnati has one of the most balanced offenses out there, running and passing for more than 200 yards per game.
Also, I bet you didn’t know that Cincinnati is 13th in the nation in scoring defense giving up just 17ppg – I know I didn’t. This team might not be loaded with top flight talent but they execute and get results.
The Bearcats have been a money winner too going 7-3 ATS this season, including 2-1 on the road. Historically they have not fared well visiting the Huskies though, having lost the last two games outright and the last three against the number in the series. Due to recent performance I think the Bearcats are pretty good value in this one though they have less to play for.[soliloquy id=”82219″]
Connecticut
The Huskies should be feeling better than they have at any point this season after back to back wins against Pittsburgh and Louisville. Now they are looking to carry that momentum into the final against CIncinnati to get the final victory they need to become bowl eligible this year. They have had success against the Bearcats in Storrs but haven’t been very strong at home this season.
This could be a defensive battle as the Huskies are just a smidge worse than Cincinnati on defense giving up an average of 18.5ppg. They will want to turn this into a defensive battle too because this team is not built for a shootout. Normally the Huskies are pretty good at running the ball but not this season. They are averaging less than 100 yards per contest – and it is not like they have a souped up passing attack to compensate.
With a bowl berth in the offing the Huskies should be the more motivated team. A ton of coaches have been fired already and Paul Pasqualoni might find himself among them if he misses the postseason again after 4 straight bowl appearances under Randy Edsall. The home team is 7-1 in this one usually winning by a large margin – 16ppg.
Spread Pick: Connecticut +5.5
O/U Pick: Over
Score Prediction: Cincinnati 24 – Connecticut 21
Connecticut has always been known as a basketball school. The Huskies had a brief successful run under Randy Edsall a few years ago, but the past couple years have been small steps backward for this football program.
Connecticut cut down the nets at the end of the NCAA Tournament last year. It will take an even more miraculous effort from the Huskies to repeat in 2012.
UCONN (17-12) is the defending champion, but they have really sputtered down the stretch and have lost 3 of their last 4 games including their last 2.
