Bet college basketball at BookMaker, including the game between the Marquette Golden Eagles and Villanova Wildcats on Wednesday night that can be seen on FS1. This is simply a must-win game for Villanova if they are to have any chance of winning the Big East regular season title because Marquette won the earlier meeting between the teams. Let’s look at the matchup and college basketball picks.
This Big East showdown will take place on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. Tip-off will be at 9 p.m. ET from Finneran Pavilion in Villanova, PA. The game will be broadcast on FS1.
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Odds Analysis
Marquette comes into this game leading the Big East, as they are 23-4 overall and 12-2 in the conference. Marquette is coming off a good win on Saturday, as they went into Providence and routed the Friars by a score of 76-58. Providence won even though their leading scorer, Markus Howard had just 14 points. Sam Hauser had 18 points and 13 rebounds, while Sacar Anim had 18 points.
The Golden Eagles are 6-2 ATS on the road, with four games going over the total, three going under, with one push. They are averaging 78.9 points per game and giving up about 68 points per contest.
The Wildcats are in second place in the Big East, but still a contender to win the title if they can win this game on Wednesday night. Villanova is 7-6 ATS at home, with two games going over the total, nine going under, with one push. They are averaging just over 75 points per contest and giving up about 67 per game.
Injury to Watch
Even though Howard played on Saturday, it is still worth monitoring his injury situation heading into this game on Wednesday. Howard leads Marquette in scoring at 25.3 points per game and the Golden Eagles will need him to win this game at Villanova. Head coach Steve Wojciechowski said after Saturday’s game that Howard had a pulled groin muscle. The Golden Eagles picked up the slack for Howard on Saturday, but doing it in two straight games won’t be easy. It should be noted that Howard still played 36 minutes against Providence. "Certainly he wasn't himself," Wojciechowski said, "but you also have to give Providence a lot of credit."
Key Stats
The Golden Eagles won 66-65 at home against Marquette earlier this month although they failed to cover the 2-point spread. The game easily went under the college basketball betting total of 144. That win was only the second in the last ten meetings for Marquette in this series. It was also a rare under, as eight of the last ten in the series have gone over the total. Marquette has had all kinds of trouble winning at Villanova, as they have lost 9 of the last 10. Six of those ten went over the total.
Prediction
This is a tough one to call, simply because we don’t know the exact health situation of Howard. If he is at full strength I would definitely go with Marquette, as I think they are the better team. Because of the situation with Howard, I will just avoid a side and look at the total. Did you notice how many games have been going under when Villanova is at home? They have gone under nine times at home this season. The Wildcats are not going to win a high scoring game against Marquette, so they have to slow things down. I think this game will be very similar to the first meeting between the teams and in that contest they combined to score just 131 points. I will go under the total in this game on Wednesday night.
CBB Betting Odds: Marquette 68, Villanova 67
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