The 15-10 Villanova Wildcats will travel in Big East conference when they face the 17-6 Connecticut Huskies in an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday afternoon. Tip off time from Connecticut is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The odds from this NCAA college basketball game have the home team Connecticut Huskies favored by -5 points.
The teams met just once last season with Connecticut earning the 73-70 road win in overtime against the Villanova Wildcats as a -3 point betting favorite. The total came in at over 138 points.
Villanova has a true road record this season of 5-5. The club is 6-6 against the Big East. On the road in conference the team has wins at South Florida and DePaul with losses at Syracuse, Providence, Notre Dame and on Tuesday Villanova is coming off the 68-50 road defeat at Cincinnati as a +7 ½ point underdog. The total came in at under 127 points. The Bearcats blew it open in the second half as Villanova gets outscored 36-21 in the final stanza. Villanova shot 42.6% from the floor and made just 3 of 13 from three. They give away the game with 19 turnovers and could not take advantage of a poor shooting night from Cincinnati who shot just 39.6%. Jay Vaughn Pinkston had 12 points and 8 rebounds on 6 of 11 shooting. The Wildcats have struggled shooting the basketball this season as they rank in the lower third in all of college basketball hitting on 41.7% of their shots.
The Huskies have a home mark of 12-1 on the current campaign. The team is 7-4 against the Big East. At home this season Connecticut has a loss to Louisville with wins against DePaul, Rutgers, South Florida and is coming off the 66-58 home win on Wednesday to the Syracuse Orange as a +4 point underdog. The total came in at under 135 ½ points. The Huskies had a good shooting night making 46.7% from the floor along with 8 of 14 from the three point line. They survived 18 turnovers by shooting well and allowing just 35.4% to the Orange from the floor. Ryan Boatright had 17 points and 4 assists on 6 of 10 shooting in the win. Connecticut is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament this season so play each Big East game for pride. They defend well this season as the team gives up just 40.2% from the floor and 30.3% from three ranking in the top third in the nation in these two key categories.
