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Published: March 10, 2010
The Seton Hall Pirates will do battle with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the second round of the Big East Tournament on Wednesday night. Tip off time at Madison Square Garden in New York City is set for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening line in this game and it was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish opening up as a 1 point favorite with the over under coming in at 156.
The early money in this contest has come on the side of the Fighting Irish, as Notre Dame is currently a 1-½ point betting favorite. The over under has seen the early movement come on the side of the under, as the game is lined at 149.
Money line bettors on the side of Notre Dame will lay –125 odd with the Seton Hall Pirates bringing back +105 to pull off the upset win without the need for taking the points.
These clubs met once during the regular season and it was the Seton Hall Pirates pulling out the 90-87 home victory as a 5-½ point betting favorite on February 11th. Both teams hit well with the Pirates hitting on 55% of their shots and the Irish 54%. The difference in victory was the three point shooting and turnovers. The Hall hit on 63.2% of their three pointers and the Irish committed 6 more turnovers.
Notre Dame enters the Big East tournament with a 21-10 overall record and 10-8 in Big East conference play. The team is in good shape for an at large bid into the NCAA Tournament but a loss could cause some sweating palms come Selection Sunday. Notre Dame has played well down the stretch winning 4 straight games. They are coming off an impressive 63-60 road victory against Marquette on Saturday as a 6-½ point road underdog. The Irish were fortunate to win despite 38.5% shooting and 14% from three. The Irish won the game on the board by out rebounding the Golden Eagles by a margin of 10. Luke Harangody returned to the lineup for Notre Dame and he produced just 5 points in 11 minutes of play on 2 of 4 from the field.
Seton Hall is a bubble team and appears to need a deep run to make the dance. They sit with an overall record of 19-11 and 9-9 in Big East conference play. They enter the second round of the Big East Tournament off three straight victories. After consecutive road victories at Providence and at Rutgers the team opened play in the first round of the Big East Tournament with a 109-106 win over Providence. The Hall had another good shooting night against the Friars hitting 53.7% of their shots and 50% from three. Seton Hall after a high scoring game will be pitted in a back-to-back situation. Seton Hall saw a 29-point lead evaporate to a 3-point decision by games end. Providence put up an incredible 67 points in the second half. Forward Herb Pope had a big game for the Pirates with 27 points on 10 of 16 shooting in victory.
Trend: Notre Dame Fighting Irish is 5-0 ATS in their past 5 games
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