Posted on
1/8/2008 1:17:49 PM
NCAAB Betting - Seton Hall Pirates vs. Marquette Warriors
By Mike Rose
The Golden Eagles won’t be in the greatest of moods this evening when they welcome in the Seton Hall Pirates. Last we saw Dominic James and company, they were getting bludgeoned in Morgantown by Head Coach Bob Huggins’ West Virginia Mountaineers to the tune of a 79-64 beatdown. It was just their second loss of the season, but it also evened up their Big East mark at 1-1 as well. As for the Pirates, they took their frustration out on MEAC representative Morgan State their last time out after dropping their Big East opener to UCONN 98-86 back on January 3rd.
Seton Hall is a combined 3-2 SU on the road/neutral site this season, and they’ve gone 2-2-1 ATS. This fast paced club has averaged 85 PPG this season, but that numbers dips down to 74 PPG on the road. However, their defense improves when installed in the role of visitor allowing 76 PPG opposed to the 81 PPG allowed overall.
Marquette is an unblemished 8-0 at home this year, but only 2-1 ATS. The competition scheduled early on hasn’t been the greatest (Savannah State, Coppin State, IUPU – Ft. Wayne), but Head Coach Tom Crean certainly scheduled those teams looking for his players to gain confidence for their rugged Big East schedule.
Marquette opened up as 17-point favorites with the ‘Total’ set at 163 for this contest. It’s certainly a ton of points to have to cover in a spot like this, but Seton Hall will be without one of its better guards for this contest, Paul Gause, and his absence has been taken into account within this number. The trends just don’t add up for a play on Seton Hall ATS this evening considering they’re a poor 4-9-2 ATS their L/15 road games and 3-8-1 ATS their L/12 vs. the Big East. As for Marquette, they’re a solid 6-2 ATS their L/8 at home, and have bounced back nicely off a SU loss going 11-5 ATS their L/16. Many will also look to play the ‘Over’ in this spot considering it’s a combined 11-2 ATS when both of these teams squared off against Big East opposition. However, the ‘Under’ has cashed in 4 of Seton Hall’s 5 road games this season due to the fact that they’ve played better “D” away from their home arena. Marquette’s played stifling “D” at home this season only allowing opponents 55 PPG, and that spells trouble for a Pirates club that sees its PPG average drop considerably (85-74 PPG) on the road.
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