The No. 4 ranked Pittsburgh Panthers (25-3,13-2 Big East) are currently nursing a two game lead in the Big East Conference men's basketball standings with three games to go in the regular round-robin conference schedule, counting today's road battle at 16th ranked Louisville (21-7, 10-5). A win for the Panthers today will ensure them at least a share of the Big East championship and a top seed in the conference tournament. Today's game tips off at 2 PM Eastern and will be televised on CBS. Odds makers at most offshore sports books list the the home team Cardinals as a 1 1/2-chalk spreads favorite with a posted 133 1/2 total.
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Early betting trends show public betting slightly favoring Pitt with 64 percent of point spreads action on the Panthers while totals betting is almost down the middle but narrowly wagering (53 percent) the game score will go OVER the 134 posted by odds makers. Money line odds are OFF the board for this game so no trend numbers are available.
Pitt has SU wins in six of its last seven games where it went 4-3 against the betting spreads. The UNDER has been a very profitable bet for totals backers in recent games the Panthers played cashing in four straight. Pitt's lone loss in all of February came on the road a week ago (Feb. 19) against a red-hot St. John's teams at Madison Square Garden, losing by a single point. In the game, Pitt was lined a 4-chalk favorite.
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Louisville has been strong at home in conference play going 7-0 but what has kept them out of the Big East leadership is their failure to be consistent winners on the road. The Cardinals are 3-2 ATS in their last five games while the UNDER has paid off in totals wagering.
Pitt vs. Louisville predictions: Louisville looks solid getting the points at home where it hasn't lost a league game all year. We made the right call last week predicting St. John's would win and cover versus the Panthers so we hope lightening strikes twice. NCAAB Spreads BEST BET -Cardinals +1 1/2.
