The East Region championship game is an all Big East affair where Syracuse will take on Marquette and the winner will advance to the Final 4. When these 2 teams met in conference play this season Marquette was at home and beat Syracuse 76-71.
Marquette has played 2 close games to advance to the Sweet 16 only winning those games by a combined 3 points. After an easy win in their first Big Dance game the Hurricanes struggled on offense in their last win only winning by 4 points.
In the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament the 14th seed Davidson Wildcats face the3rd seed Marquette Golden Eagles in the East Region.
Big East Player of the Year candidate Jae Crowder will lead his No. 10 Marquette Golden Eagles into battle against the Cincinnati Bearcats on Wednesday in Ohio.
If you’re looking for some good basketball action this weekend during the NBA All Star break, there is plenty of college hoops going on, and one of the better matchups will be a Big East conference contest between the No. 10 Marquette Golden Eagles, at the West Virginia Mountaineers on Friday night.
The Marquette Golden Eagles are still among the unbeatens in college basketball. This marks just the second true road game for them but it should be a little bit easier than when they beat the Badgers up in Madison.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-6 SU, 4-8 ATS, 6-5 O/U) have dropped three straight games including their first home defeat since 2006, a disheartening 69-61 home loss to UConn on Saturday in which they failed to cover the spread for BetUS NCAA college basketball sports betting enthusiasts as a 2-point home underdog in the BetUS Sportsbook.
With only one NFL game left it is time to turn my attention to NCAA basketball. It is hard to believe that the NCAA tournament selection show is only 55 days away. I’m going to look at five teams that present a lot of value with 8 weeks remaining in the season. To make the list I will only consider teams who odds makers have listed at 10-1 or higher so as of 1/19/09 that rules out the following teams UNC, UConn, Louisville, Duke and Pitt.
The North Carolina State Wolfpack (7-1 SU, 3-1 ATS) will stay at home on Monday night for another big non-conference test as they host the Marquette Golden Eagles of the Big East (9-2 SU, 2-4-1 ATS) in NCAA college basketball sports betting action that is slated to tip off at 7 PM ET at the BC Center in Raleigh.
