Syracuse vs. UConn – 11/26/15 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction – Sports Chat Place
Connecticut Huskies (4-0) vs. Syracuse Orange(4-0)
College Basketball: Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 3:30 pm
The Line: Syracuse Orange +3.5 — Over/Under: 133.5 See the Latest Odds
TV: ESPN
The Syracuse Orange and the UConn Huskies face off on Thursday in the Bahamas in college basketball action.
The Syracuse Orange are 4-0 this season and they are coming off of a win over Charlotte on Wednesday to advance to this game. Syracuse is averaging 71.2 points and they are shooting 42.7 percent from the floor while defensively they are allowing 59.5 points and their opponents are shooting 34.1 percent. Michael Gbinije leads the Orange averaging 20.3 points per game. Trevor Cooney is averaging 14.5 points, Malachi Richardson is averaging 13.5 points, and Tyler Lydon is averaging 10 points and 8.0 rebounds. Syracuse has had a fairly easy schedule to start the season.
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The UConn Huskies are also off to a 4-0 start and they reached this game by pounding Michigan on Wednesday. Connecticut is averaging 85.5 points and they are shooting 50.8 percent from the floor while defensively they are allowing 60 points and their opponents shoot 33.2 percent. Sterling Gibbs leads the Huskies averaging 14.5 points per game. Rodney Purvis is averaging 14 points, Shonn Miller is averaging 12.8 points and 6.3 rebounds, and Daniel Hamilton is averaging 10.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 7.0 assists. UConn looks like they will be a factor this season.
Syracuse is 3-7 against the spread following a game that they didn’t cover the point spread, 5-16-1 against the spread in their last 22 games, and 1-4 against the spread against a team with a winning record. Connecticut is 4-1 against the spread following a win, 5-2 against the spread in their last seven games, and 41-18 in their last 59 neutral site games. The underdog has covered the point spread in seven of the last eight meetings of these two.
I almost expected the books to make Syracuse, a very public team, the favorite here making UConn one of my better plays of the day but at this number I still like the Huskies but just a little less.
UConn Huskies -3.5
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