Seven of the nine Big East teams that won 20 or more games also had winning records against the pointspread last season, a statistic that college basketball betting fans will be eyeing this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2009/10 season are in parentheses:
PITTSBURGH (25-9 SU, 17-12-2 ATS, 14-13 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:5-5-2
Home Underdog:3-0
Away Favorite:2-2
Away Underdog:5-1
Neutral Site:2-4
Sportsbook Buster: The Panthers are 24-12-2 ATS at home the last three years.
Sports Betting Angle: The past two years, Pittsburgh is 9-2-1 ATS in games after a SU loss.
Bets and Pieces: The Panthers were 12-6-1 ATS in Big East games.
VILLANOVA (25-8 SU, 18-14 ATS, 18-14 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:8-5
Home Underdog:0-0
Away Favorite:4-2
Away Underdog:2-2
Neutral Site:3-5
Sportsbook Buster: The Wildcats are 14-8 ATS on the road the last two years.
Sports Betting Angle: The "over" is 25-14 in Villanova's Big East games the last two seasons.
Bets and Pieces: The Cats were 11-7 ATS in games following a pointspread win.
SYRACUSE (30-5 SU, 21-10 ATS, 12-15 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:9-6
Home Underdog:0-0
Away Favorite:5-2
Away Underdog:2-0
Neutral Site:5-2
Sportsbook Buster: The Orange is 15-4 ATS in tournament play the last two years.
Sports Betting Angle: Syracuse was 17-10 as a favorite.
Bets and Pieces: The Orangemen were 9-3 ATS outside the Big East Conference.
WEST VIRGINIA (31-7 SU, 17-20 ATS, 16-18-1 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:6-9
Home Underdog:0-0
Away Favorite: 4-5
Away Underdog:1-1
Neutral Site:6-5
Sportsbook Buster: The Mountaineers were 6-9 ATS at home.
Sports Betting Angle: The "under" is 27-15 in UWV conference games the last two years.
Bets and Pieces: The "under" was 11-4-1 in games after a Mountaineers pointspread win.
GEORGETOWN (23-11 SU, 17-13 ATS, 16-14 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:5-7
Home Underdog:1-0
Away Favorite:3-1
Away Underdog:2-4
Neutral Site:6-1
Sportsbook Buster: The Hoyas were 6-1 ATS on neutral floors.
Sports Betting Angle: Georgetown was 5-3 ATS outside the Big East Conference.
Bets and Pieces: The "over" was 8-2 in games following a Hoyas SU defeat.
NOTRE DAME (23-12 SU, 17-11-1 ATS, 10-17 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:6-5
Home Underdog:2-1
Away Favorite:0-1-1
Away Underdog:5-2
Neutral Site:4-2
Sportsbook Buster: The Irish were 9-3 as underdogs.
Sports Betting Angle: Notre Dame was 13-7-1 ATS in conference play.
Bets and Pieces: The Irish were 10-3 ATS playing on three or more days rest.
MARQUETTE (22-12 SU, 17-11 ATS, 12-15-1 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:6-4
Home Underdog:0-0
Away Favorite:2-1
Away Underdog:6-1
Neutral Site:3-4
Sportsbook Buster: The Golden Eagles were 9-2 as underdogs.
Sports Betting Angle: Marquette was 14-7 ATS in conference games.
Bets and Pieces: The Golden Eagles were 12-3 ATS playing with two or fewer days rest.
CONNECTICUT (18-16 SU, 12-19-1 ATS, 12-19 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:4-11
Home Underdog:2-0
Away Favorite:1-3
Away Underdog:4-2-1
Neutral Site:1-3
Sportsbook Buster: The Huskies are 10-19 ATS at home the last two years.
Sports Betting Angle: UConn was 6-16 as a favorite.
Bets and Pieces: Connecticut was 6-3-1 as an underdog.
ST. JOHN'S (17-16 SU, 15-14-1 ATS, 10-17 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:2-5-1
Home Underdog:1-4
Away Favorite:1-2
Away Underdog:6-3
Neutral Site:4-0
Sportsbook Buster: The Red Storm was 4-9-1 ATS at home.
Sports Betting Angle: The "under" was 10-3 in St. John's home games.
Bets and Pieces: The "under" was 12-1 in games following a SU win by the Red Storm.
LOUISVILLE (20-13 SU, 10-18 ATS, 14-13 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:4-9
Home Underdog:1-0
Away Favorite:1-5
Away Underdog:3-2
Neutral site:1-2
Sportsbook Buster: The Cardinals are 6-15 as favorites the last two years.
Sports Betting Angle: Louisville was 4-13 ATS in games following a SU win.
Bets and Pieces: The "over" was 8-4 when Louisville was a home favorite.
SETON HALL (19-13 SU, 8-18 ATS, 11-14 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:2-8
Home Underdog:1-2
Away Favorite:2-1
Away Underdog:3-4
Neutral Site:0-3
Sportsbook Buster: The Pirates were 3-10 ATS at home.
Sports Betting Angle: Seton Hall was 6-14 ATS in Big East games.
Bets and Pieces: The Pirates were 4-11 as favorites.
SOUTH FLORIDA (20-13 SU, 19-11-2 ATS, 14-13 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:5-4-1
Home Underdog:3-1-1
Away Favorite: 1-0
Away Underdog:5-4
Neutral Site:5-2
Sportsbook Buster: The Bulls were 10-5-1 as favorites.
Sports Betting Angle: SFU is 21-7 ATS in games after a SU victory the last two years.
Bets and Pieces: The Bulls are 14-4-1 ATS in games after two or fewer days rest.
PROVIDENCE (12-19 SU, 11-15-1 ATS, 16-9-1 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:1-5
Home Underdog:1-6
Away Favorite:1-0
Away Underdog:7-4-1
Neutral Site:1-0
Sportsbook Buster: The Friars were 2-11 ATS at home.
Sports Betting Angle: Providence was 7-4-1 as an away underdog.
Bets and Pieces: The Friars were 3-7 ATS in games following a pointspread win.
CINCINNATI (19-16 SU, 10-19-1 ATS, 12-17 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:2-8-1
Home Underdog:0-2
Away Favorite:1-1
Away Underdog:3-5
Neutral Site:4-2
Sportsbook Buster: The Bearcats are 7-14 ATS on the road the last two years.
Sports Betting Angle: Cincinnati was 2-10-1 ATS at home.
Bets and Pieces: The Bearcats were 6-14 ATS in Big East games.
RUTGERS (15-17 SU, 13-14 ATS, 11-13 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:4-2
Home Underdog:3-5
Away Favorite:0-0
Away Underdog:4-6
Neutral Site:2-1
Sportsbook Buster: The Scarlet Knights were 8-12 as underdogs.
Sports Betting Angle: Rutgers was 4-9 ATS in games following a pointspread loss.
Bets and Pieces: The "under" was 8-4 in Scarlet Knights home games.
DE PAUL (8-23 SU, 14-12-1 ATS, 8-14 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:1-3
Home Underdog:4-4
Away Favorite:0-0
Away Underdog:6-3-1
Neutral Site:3-2
Sportsbook Buster: The Blue Demons are 6-15 as home underdogs the past three seasons.
Sports Betting Angle: DePaul is 11-4 ATS in games after a SU win the past two seasons.
Bets and Pieces: The "under" was 14-6 when the Blue Demons were underdogs.
This is the fourth of an NCAA basketball betting preview series.
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