It’s been a dizzying fall for all Expert Golf Picks last year’s national champs. UConn was the nation’s No. 5 team in preseason polls with four starters back from its 32-win squad but it's looking more and more like the Huskies (7-8 in conference play) will need a strong run in the Big East tournament to even have a chance at mounting a title defense.
That being said, there’s still a ton of talent on this team and they’d love nothing better than to ambush hated Syracuse here. The Huskies' 85-67 loss in the Carrier Dome on February 11 was closer than the score indicates, as UConn was within a bucket before a late surge by the Orange put the game away.
In fact, three of the ‘Cuse’s last seven games have been decided by 1, 3 and 2 points while they’ve eked out a 3-7 ATS mark of late.
Our college basketball betting picks database suggests that the No. 2 team in the country may just limp out of here with a SU and ATS loss.
Ready? Boeheim’s bunch is a pitiful 1-7 SU and ATS on the road in this series, including a bankroll-busting 0-6 ATS if their win percentage is greater than .820.
They’re also just 4-10 ATS as chalk versus a conference foe with same-season revenge from a loss of more than 17 points. On the fl ip side, Connecticut owns a solid 8-3 SU and ATS mark with same-season revenge from a loss of 13 or more points, including 3-0 SU and ATS as a dog.
Oh yeah, the Huskies are a perfect 5-0 ATS as home pups of 2 or more points, too. All things considered, we see no reason not to ‘collar up’ and bare our teeth with the home team today.
