Louisville vs. Connecticut – College Basketball Odds & Picks: There are no guarantees that both Louisville and Connecticut will get into the NCAA mens basketball tournament with marginal records but a win today by either team when they play Sunday afternoon will improve the teams March Madness resume. Louisville travels to play the Connecticut Huskies for a Sunday afternoon CBS televised game. The Cardinals are 18-10 overall and 9-6 in BIG EAST play while the Huskies are 17-11 and 7-8.
College basketball oddsmakers at online sportsbook SBGglobal.com list the Huskies as 4-chalk favorites versus the Cardinals with a 139 total. Louisville backers are getting +160 odds on the SBG Global moneyline while Connecticut is giving -190 odds.
Louisville, which has won five of its last seven games, fell 70-60 to No. 11 Georgetown on Tuesday. Connecticut has won its last three games, including two over top ten opponents: an 84-75 victory at Villanova on Feb. 15 and an 73-62 win over No. 7 West Virginia last Monday.
The Huskies lead the nation in blocked shots (8.1 bpg) and are 13th nationally in field goal percentage defense (.383). Senior guard Jerome Dyson, who has scored 1,549 career points, leads the Huskies in scoring and has produced 20 or more points in 12 games this season (18.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 4.6 apg). Sophomore guard Kemba Walker is second in the BIG EAST in assists (5.5 apg, 14.1 ppg). Senior forward Stanley Robinson (15.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg), a career 1,000-point scorer, has scored in double digits in 33 straight games. Connecticut is No. 40 in the ratings percentage index (RPI) and the Sagarin Ratings through games of Feb. 25.
Louisville has a 3-5 series record against UConn. Earlier this season, Sosa scored 15 points and handed out eight assists as the Cardinals beat Connecticut 82-69 in Freedom Hall on Feb. 2.
College basketball Picks: Connecticut is tough at home – Best Bet UCONN -4.
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