CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST NCAA BASKETBALL CAPPERS ON THE PLANET & DAILY PLAYS!! \u2014><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Records<\/strong>: Tonight, 7:00 p.m. ET There\u2019s no point beating around the bush anymore; the Connecticut Huskies,\u00a0the <\/em>one and only UConn Huskies, are in danger or missing the NCAA championship tournament. It\u2019s almost to the point that the Huskies aren\u2019t contending in the Big East, but more trying to play the role of spoiler against No. 8 West Virginia tonight at home.<\/p>\n As rocky as the season has gone for UConn, it\u2019s still 13-3 at home this season and has victories over mighty Texas and, last week on the road, Villanova. So we still have to take them seriously tonight. The Mountaineers have won two straight games but they\u2019re not playing great basketball at the moment, struggling to shoot the ball. During their victory over Seton Hall on Saturday, they somehow failed to make a single field goal in the last nine minutes and got their final 15 points from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n It\u2019s nice to see that West Virginia can grind out a win in many different ways but Saturday\u2019s effort doesn\u2019t sound like the work of a team ready to win the Big East. More importantly, I\u2019m not convinced the Mountaineers can win at Connecticut when they\u2019ve never done so in seven all-time trips there. UConn\u2019s Jerome Dyson has played well of late, chipping in 20 points on Saturday in a win over Rutgers and averaging 18.7 points per game on the year. I think he\u2019ll lead UConn to the minor upset tonight \u2013 not a crazy idea considering the Huskies have won six of eight against the spread versus West Virginia.<\/p>\n Gambling Trends:<\/strong>
\nWest Virginia: 21-5 SU, 11-14 ATS
\nConnecticut: 16-11 SU, 11-14 ATS<\/p>\n
\nSportsbook favorite: West Virginia -2.5<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/banners.bmaker.ag\/images\/book_basketball_260_180_0.gif?cmpid=3052_1355\")
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\nThe total has gone UNDER in 6 of Connecticut’s last 7 games at home
\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of Connecticut’s last 5 games
\nConnecticut is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing West Virginia
\nWest Virginia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
\nThe total has gone OVER in 4 of West Virginia’s last 5 games
\nWest Virginia is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games
\nThe total has gone OVER in 4 of West Virginia’s last 5 games when playing Connecticut
\nConnecticut is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against West Virginia<\/p>\n