Superstar handicapping Matt Rivers has Connecticut plus the points. According to the college basketball odds they are getting 9.5 at Villanova.
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Here is what the top handicapper in the pick nation, Matt Rivers says about the contest:
Jim Calhoun's Connecticut Huskies are rapidly becoming a disgrace of a team that may have already quit on the season but this is still not a terrible spot to back them in a small play.
It is impossible to invest the mortgage on this underachieving of a team that could conceivably get blasted by 40 if they continue to play as they did last game against the Bearcats and Villanova continues to play as they have but all in all the number is enough in this spot.
Jay Wright's Wildcats are the best team in the Big East and are led by a superstar point guard in Scottie Reynolds. Villanova is extremely deep and athletic and have a shot at winning the National Championship when all is said and done. But with Pitt, Syracuse and West Virginia upcoming on the schedule and after seeing how the Huskies at least competed and covered two games ago in Syracuse I can see this thing being a little tighter than the experts believe.
There are no two ways around it; UCONN was pathetic in that last game at home against Cincinnati. There are two ways this team can go; completely quit and embarrass themselves to the max or come out fighting and prove that Calhoun is a top notch coach. I do think the latter will take place, as Dyson, Edwards, Walker, Robinson and the Huskies still possess a lot of talent and some heart, I think.
The Huskies have lost five of six and thinking it won't be six of seven is a little asinine but they do still play some defense and should slow down the Wildcats from their usual ferocious pace keeping this game a little different than what Villanova has become accustomed to of late. I'm not saying that points will be at a premium or this will be a Heat/Knicks type of a battle from the early 90's but we're not going to see 'Nova nearing 100 points and to get about 10 back is worth a stab.
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