Notre Dame Fighting Irish versus Pittsburgh Panthers ESPN TV Big East Conference Tournament College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on March 11, 2010 by admin · No Comments

It will be the Notre Dame Fighting Irish battling with the Pittsburgh Panthers in the quarterfinal round of the Big East conference tournament on Thursday night. They tip off this college basketball game at Madison Square Garden at 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage by ESPN.

The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening point spread and it was the Pittsburgh Panthers opening up as a 1 point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 129.

The bettors has seen the early money come on the side of the favorite, as the Pittsburgh Panthers are 1 ½ point betting favorites. The total has seen early movement towards the under, as the game is lined at 127 for the players to wager into.

Those backing the Pittsburgh Panthers on the money line can lay –120 odds with the underdog Notre Dame Fighting Irish bringing back +100 to win this game without the need for getting the points.

This will be the second meeting of this regular season between these Big East conference schools. It was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish with the 68-53 home victory over the Panthers as a 1-point underdog on February 24th. Notre Dame had a good shooting game in victory hitting on 50% of his shots and 55.6% from beyond the arch. Pittsburgh was held to 41.8% from the field and the Panthers were poor from the charity stripe hitting on just 42.9%.

Notre Dame bettered their chances for an at large bid following their victory over Seton Hall yesterday. The Irish now sit with an overall record of 22-10 and 10-8 in Big East conference play. The Irish now have strung 5 straight wins. It was a 68-56 win by Notre Dame over the Pirates yesterday. Notre Dame hit on 52.7% of their shots and allowed The Hall only 34.5% in their win. Notre Dame has slowed down their tempo and has seen their play improve much better on the defensive end. Notre Dame has allowed no worse than 41.8% shooting to 4 of their past 5 opponents. Senior forward Luke Harangody led Notre Dame with 20 points on 9 of 15 shooting from the field in victory.

The Pittsburgh Panthers begin play in the Big East Tournament with an overall record of 24-7 and 13-5 in Big East conference play. The team is a lock for an at large bid into the NCAA Tournament as they finished in a three-way tie for second in league play. The Panthers closed strong down the stretch as the team has won 8 of their past 9 games. They are coming off a blowout 83-54 home victory over Rutgers to close out play during the regular season. The Panthers converted over 48% of their shots in victory. Ashton Gibbs led the Panthers with 13 points in 28 minutes of play.

Trend: Notre Dame Fighting Irish is 6-0 ATS in their past 6 games

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