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Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Louisville Cardinals Gambling Odds & NCAAB Free Pick

Pitt vs Louisville Betting!

As of early Monday morning Louisville is the 5th ranked team in the nation, but that will change when the new ranking come out since they have lost 3 straight.

Venue/ Stadium: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY
Time/Date: 7 PM EST Monday, January 28, 2013
CBB Odds From: WagerWeb
Moneyline: OFF
Spread: Louisville -6
Over/Under:  122

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Pittsburgh Panthers vs. No. 5 Louisville Cardinals Preview

On the other side of the coin unranked Pitt may crack the top 25 since they are 17-4 and they have won 4 straight. NCAAB lines have Louisville as 6-point home favorites with a total of 122.

In their last games Pitt crushed DePaul 93-55 while Louisville lost to Georgetown 53-51.

This season Pitt is 6-8 ATS and they have an Over/Under record of 9-1 and Louisville is 10-10 ATS and they have an Over/Under record of 8-6.

The Panthers are 1-2 against ranked teams.

On the season Louisville is 9-1 at home and Pitt is 3-1 on the road.

The Cardinals are in the midst of their longest losing streak in 9 years. [ad-6571516]

Russ Smith is the leading scorer for the Cardinals, but he has struggled lately and in the loss to Georgetown he came off the bench. He may not start again and in his last 6 games he is only shooting 33.3% from the floor.

Turnovers will be key in this Big East game and Pitt is one of the best in the nation only giving up 10.4 turnovers per game while Louisville leads the Big East forcing 19.5 per game.

FW Talib Zanna (11.5 ppg) leads the Panthers in scoring, but on offense Pitt gets it done as a team with 4 players averaging at least 9 rpg.

With Smith struggling with his shot the Cardinals will need Peyton Siva (11 ppg), Chane Behanan (10.7 ppg), Wayne Blackshear (9.7 ppg), and Gorgui Dieng (9.1 ppg) will have to step up in the scoring department. Siva went scoreless in his last game and in 2 of his last 3 games he has not scored over 3 points.

The Cardinals beat the Panthers by 3 points the last 2 times these 2 teams met at Louisville last February.

In some betting trends for this Big East match up Pitt is 4-9 ATS in their last 13 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record, 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a S.U. win, and they have an Over record of 6-1 in their last 7 road games.

Louisville is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning road record, 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following a S.U. loss, and they have an Over record of 5-1 in their last 6 home games.

Jason’s Pick: Pitt will keep up their solid team play and while they may not win they will play Louisville close and they will, at least, cover the spread.

By Jason Green

Jason Green is back with Cappers Picks again to give out his free sports plays. As always he's hoping the Braves and Redskins can win a championship since their last one in the 90’s was long ago. He’s starting to know the pain of Cubs fans.