{"id":9991,"date":"2009-04-04T01:28:56","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T06:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=9991"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:44:38","slug":"spartans-huskies-final4-free-pick-betting-lines-40409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/spartans-huskies-final4-free-pick-betting-lines-40409\/","title":{"rendered":"MSU vs. UConn Free Pick (Apr 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Michigan St. Spartans (30-6)\u00a0vs.\u00a0Connecticut Huskies (31-4)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>2009 NCAA Tournament <a title=\"Final Four Predictions\" href=\"\/ncaab\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Final Four<\/a> Action<br \/>\nSaturday April 4, 6:07 PM ET<br \/>\nDetroit, MI Ford Field<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michigan State has won ATS in all 4 tournament games this year.\u00a0 They have played great defense allowing only 61.3 points per contest.\u00a0 However, they haven&#8217;t shot over 50% from the field in any of their 4 games.<!--more-->Raymar Morgan has been a different player since breaking his nose against Kansas in the Sweet 16 round.\u00a0 He will probably be more confident now that he has a week of practice under his belt with the mask, unless he sheds it as he did in the second half against Louisville.\u00a0 I expect Goran Suton to be a defensive focus of Connecticut&#8217;s big men.\u00a0 He will have to work harder to produce like in previous rounds.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/sports-betting\/ncaa-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connecticut has also won all 4 games ATS in this year&#8217;s tournament.\u00a0 Their defense is only allowing 62 points a game while offensively they have shot over 50% from the field in 3 of the 4 games.\u00a0 They have been dominating opponents on the boards by 17 rebounds a game.\u00a0 The inside game of Thabeet, Robinson and Adrien should be able to exploit the Michigan State defense.\u00a0 The guards will have a little trouble with the Spartans&#8217; swarming defense but they will get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>This matchup of potential Hall of Fame coaches is very highly anticipated.\u00a0 I think Jim Calhoun will lead his team to victory 70-64.\u00a0 Should be a tough, hard fought game and at end of the game FT&#8217;s will push Connecticut over the 4 point spread.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Last Game Out:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Last game for Michigan State (30-6): Win 64-52 vs. Louisville<br \/>\nLast game for Connecticut (31-4): Win 82-75 vs. Missouri<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Betting Lines:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Connecticut -4<br \/>\nOver\/Under 134<\/p>\n<h3><strong>No Recent Matchups\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h2><strong>My Final Four FREE PICK for Michigan State vs. Connecticut<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Pick &#8211; <strong>Connecticut<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/sports-betting\/ncaa-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow\">BET ON THIS FINAL 4 MATCHUP AT BETUS.COM &#8211; ONLINE SPORTSBOOK WITH THE BEST NCAA TOURNAMENT BETTING ODDS IN THE WORLD!!!!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chris Hahn is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog. He\u2019s a Wichita State Shockers season tix holder! But don\u2019t hold that against him ok? He flat out loves his college HOOPS! Got a comment? In the mood to run a little smack? Chris wants to hear from you, so comment below!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a free pick, preview and predictions article for the 2009 Final Four matchup between the Michigan State Spartans and the UConn Huskies in the March Madness Tourney&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[41,5029,164,1771,12406,9949,11822,471,479,12612,8960,10217,9588,12609,2864,7836,3520,3723,12610,10434,12613,12614,12615,2167,12611],"class_list":["post-9991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-41","tag-bet-college-basketball","tag-betting-lines","tag-connecticut-huskies","tag-final-4-betting","tag-final-four","tag-free-ncaa-tournament-picks","tag-free-picks","tag-free-predictions","tag-huskies-spartans-odds","tag-march-madness","tag-march-madness-betting","tag-march-madness-odds","tag-michigan-st-vs-uconn-odds","tag-michigan-st","tag-michigan-st-spartans","tag-michigan-state","tag-msu","tag-msu-uconn-lines","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-spartans-huskies-picks","tag-spartans-huskies-predictions","tag-spartans-vs-huskies","tag-uconn-huskies","tag-uconn-vs-michigan-st"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9991"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103737,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9991\/revisions\/103737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}