The South Carolina Gamecocks basketball team, amidst an early season slump losing three of its last four games, faces a daunting task in the Big East/SEC Invitational when they play the Providence College Friars (4-2) tonight in Philadelphia at the Wachovia Center. Last time out, South Carolina lost to rival Clemson 85-74 on Saturday. The Friars lost their rival Rhode Island 77-60 on Tuesday. The loss to Rhode Island ended a three-game Friars winning streak. PC has one win over a SEC team this season defeating Arkansas in Puerto Rico in early November. 

Online sportsbook BetOnline.com has installed the Friars a -165 money line favorite and -3 ½ points ATS  while there is no total set. Betting trends have 97% of public bettors going with PC on the ML and 83% going with the Friars ATS.

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South Carolina (4-4), which is picked to finish near the bottom of the SEC East, hasn’t packed its schedule with softies. The Gamecocks own a road win over Penn State but have dropped games to Southern California (at home), Clemson (on the road) and to North Carolina State and George Mason (neutral court).

PC played poorly in its loss at Rhode Island finishing with 10 assists against 19 turnovers and shot a lowly 30.4 percent from the field. Defensively, Providence allowed Rhode Island to connect on 50 percent of its field goal attempts. Brian McKenzie tallied 12 points to lead his team in defeat, while Dwain Williams and Jonathan Kale pitched in with 11 points apiece. Heading into the matchup with the Rams, five Friars were averaging double figures in scoring, led by McKenzie's 12.8 ppg. Considering that Providence was netting 76.7 ppg prior to that contest, the poor offensive effort against Rhode Island has to be considered an aberration. 

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Wednesday night northwestern Washington becomes the focus of college hoops nation as the nights only game between ranked opponents, takes place when No. 8 (AP) Washington State Cougars visit the No. 17 Gonzaga Bulldogs at McCarthey Athletic Center on the Gonzaga University campus in Spokane. This years meeting between the schools is the first in the series when both were ranked in the polls. Tipoff is set for 9:00 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcast by ESPNU. 

Oddsmakers at online sports wagering giant Bodog (Bodoglife.com) has installed the Bulldogs favorite by a -2 ½ point chalk. 

The Cougars won last years game in Pulman between the neighborhood rivals 77-67. The victory propelled the Cougars toward a magical season that ended with 26 wins. Gonzaga had won the previous seven matchups. 

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Gonzaga is 7-1 SU on the season and has been dependable ATS covering in 6-of-8 games. In their last outing Dec 1, Jeremy Pargo scored 23 points to lead the Bulldogs past Connecticut on the road 85-82 and covering the +5 betting line. 

Washington State is undefeated winning all 8 games SU and has covered ATS in 4-of-7. The Cougars last played at Baylor winning SU 67-64 thus covering the +2 point betting line. 

Betting trends has the Cougars the preferred choice by 94 % of gamblers on money line betting while 71 % prefer the Bulldogs ATS. 

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Georgetown will try and remain undefeated as they face Alabama in Birmingham on Wednesday night.  The Hoyas will look for a bounce back game from All-American center Roy Hibbert on Wednesday.  He had only 7 points on Saturday but the Hoyas defeated Fairfield 61-49.  Hibbert averages 14.4 points per game. SBG Global reports that early NCAA Basketball betting has the public taking Georgetown on the Road. 

College Basketball Betting Preview
Georgetown (5-0) at Alabama (4-2)
Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern – ESPN

SBG Global Opening Line: Georgetown  -7.5 , Total TBA

"Overall as a team they're a pretty good team," Alabama junior guard Brandon Hollinger said. "They're a top five team, so we've got to prepare very hard for these guys." Alabama is facing its second Top 10 team in a week.  They lost to Texas A&M last Wednesday. The Crimson Tide have a big man of their own in Richard Hendrix.  He is a preseason All-SEC selection and is averaging 21.8 points and 12.8 rebounds per game.  "I think that when you go through Richard Hendrix's career, he's not going to play against very many guys like (Hibbert)," said Alabama coach Mark Gottfried, "There are not a lot of players like him so we need to get ready for that more than anything." 

SBG Global Current Line: Georgetown  -7.5 , Total TBA

Here are the NCAA Basketball betting stats for Wednesday’s game.  Alabama leads 2-1 in the all-time series with Georgetown but the teams have not met since 1982-83.

The Hoyas are 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 Wednesday games. The Hoyas are 10-3-1 ATS in their last 14 road games. The Hoyas are 19-7-2 ATS in their last 28 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. The Hoyas are 22-9-2 ATS in their last 33 games overall. 

The Crimson Tide are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games vs. a team with a winning road record. The Crimson Tide are 8-20 ATS in their last 28 non-conference games. The Crimson Tide are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 home games. The Crimson Tide are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall. 

The Under is 5-1 in the Hoyas last 6 non-conference games. The Under is 4-1 in the Hoyas last 5 road games. The Under is 38-16 in the Hoyas last 54 overall. The Under is 4-0 in the Crimson Tide’s last 4 Wednesday games.

The Over is 8-0 in the Crimson Tide’s last 8 vs. the Big East. The Over is 5-1 in the Crimson Tide’s last 6 overall. The Over is 7-2 in the Crimson Tide’s last 9 non-conference games. 

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This season’s Syracuse team looks a lot like the one that won it all in 2003 on paper.  Then, it was Carmelo Anthony and Gerry McNamara.  Now, Jim Boeheim will try to do it again with Donte Greene, who comes from Baltimore just like Anthony, and Jonny Flynn, a pure point.  

Syracuse should have been in the Big Dance last season.  The Orange finished 24-11 overall and 10-6 in the Big East power conference which was good for a fifth place tie.  Jim Boeheim and his returning players will take this snub personal, making sure they leave no room for doubt to the selection committee this year. 

The entire starting frontcourt is gone, but these guys were never the talents they were supposed to be, only leading ‘cuse to two NCAA Tourney victories in four years.  Boeheim will replace those three starters with Greene, sophomore forward Arinze Onuaku, and sophomore Paul Harris.  The 6’9’’ Greene will be a big matchup problem for opponents.  His ability to step out on the floor and knock down threes will force teams to play him with a small or risk a big getting pulled away from the basket.  Harris showed promise as a frosh averaging 8.6 points and 7.1 boards per game.  

The backcourt is looking good with ‘cuse returning three guards who started at least 20 games last season.  Flynn could step right in and take over point guard duties.  If this is the case, that will allow Eric Devendorf to slide back over to the two position and Andy Rautins will be a sixth man spark off the bench.

As much as we would like to believe that this Syracuse team could be another Cinderella story like the 2003 team, it’s just not going to happen.  Melo was bigger, stronger, and a better rebounder than Greene is at this stage-a rare, once in a lifetime college prospect.  But Syracuse will make the Tourney and they will win their first round game.  But that’s where we see it ending as this much inexperience rarely is able to do more.  

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