Posted on 1/14/2008 5:30:05 PM

NCAA Basketball Betting News – Rutgers In A Big ATS Rut

By Eric Williams

While head football coach Greg Schiano has taken the Rutgers football program and turned it into a nationally recognized program, head basketball coach Fred Hill is saddled with a young team that is ranked bear the bottom in nearly every national offensive statistical category while trying to find its way among the many big, bad power teams in the Big East conference.

As Hill said, following Rutgers’ 64-49 loss to the Louisville Cardinals on Sunday, Hill was led to say of his team’s offense, “Our downfall has been our inability to make shots and to make easy shots. We shot the ball better today from three-point range, which is certainly something we haven't done real well."

The Scarlet Knights are one game under .500 with their straight up, (SU), record at 8-9 but are a dismal 3-10 ATS, (against the spread) and 4-9 in O/U, (Over/Under) wagers.

Rutgers is 2-6 ATS at home and 1-4 ATS on the road, while posting a 3-5 O/U mark at home and 1-4 O/U record on the road.

The Scarlet Knights average just 61.7 points per game, good for 300th in the nation, while making just 38.7 percent of their field goals, (No. 324) and a putrid 27.8 percent of their three-point attempts (No. 335).

Rutgers has just three players averaging double figures in scoring, led by junior forward J.R. Inman, (14.7 ppg).

With upcoming matchups looming against Syracuse, (12-4 SU, 6-8 ATS) DePaul, (7-8 SU, 6-7 ATS), Villanova, (11-3 SU, 4-7 ATS), Pittsburgh, (14-2 SU, 8-3 ATS) and Seton Hall, (10-6 SU, 4-7-1 ATS) things could get worse for the Scarlet Knights before they get better.

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