No. 15 Louisville Cardinals vs No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAAB Lines
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Louisville vs. Notre Dame Matchup
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 9, 7 PM ET
Venue: Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center, South Bend, IN
Broadcast: ESPNU
Louisville Cardinals vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Betting Lines from Justbet.com
Money Line: Louisville (+165) Notre Dame (-185)
Spread: Notre Dame -4
Over/Under: 137.5
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Louisville Cardinals vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Preview
Tonight in a Big East match up the 7th ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish (19-4) host the 15th ranked Louisville Cardinals (18-5). NCAA lines have Notre Dame as 4-point favorites in this game with a total of 137.5.
In their last games Notre Dame beat Rutgers 76-69 on Sunday and Louisville beat DePaul 61-57 on Saturday.
Notre Dame is on a 5-game winning streak and they will be facing a Louisville team that is really banged up. The Cardinals will be without F Rakeem Buckles, F Jared Swopshire, and C Gorgui Dieng and starters G Chris Smith and G Peyton Siva are hurting, but each should start in this important conference game.
Both teams have been pretty decent betting teams on the season with Louisville at 11-8-1 ATS and Notre Dame at 10-8 ATS. Louisville is 1-5 ATS in the last 6 games against Notre Dame.
The Fighting Irish have won 17 straight home games and Louisville has lost 3 straight at Notre Dame.
The biggest injury for the Cardinals is leading scorer G Preston Knowles (14.9 ppg), who did not play against DePaul, but will play tonight. He will have to shoot the rock well and provide Louisville with some offense or the Cardinals will be in trouble. He and backcourt mates also have to play good D on Irish leading scorer Ben Hansbrough (17.2 ppg).
Notre Dame is a better rebounding team and the Cardinals have to man up and hit the boards tonight and not let the Fighting Irish dominate the glass. Rakeem Buckles (7.6 rpg) is Louisville’s leading rebounder, but he will not play tonight.
This would be an even match up if the Cardinals were healthy, which they are not. They are simply outmatched with all the injuries they have and Notre Dame will cruise to an easy home win and cover the 4-point spread.
Betting Trends
Notre Dame is Note Dame is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games and Louisville has an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 games.
Pick: Notre Dame -4
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