We are 26-17 (60%) in our last 43 College Basketball plays and 49-35 (58%) overall on the CBB season!! This is my lone CBB play for today so far.
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The Villanova Wildcats and the Seton Hall Pirates meet this afternoon from the Prudential Center. Villanova enters this one at 8-4 after beating Xavier in their last outing while Seton Hall sits at 9-2 after a loss to Providence. Villanova is 4-5 away from home this season and the Wildcats come in shooting 37.5% from the field and are scoring just 65.9 points per game on the road on the year while the Pirates are undefeated at home this season and are scoring 85.1 points per game on 48.8% shooting at the Prudential Center this year. Defensively, both squads are giving up about 62 points per game. There are contrasting tastes between these two units. Seton Hall (86th in the NCAA in game pace) enjoys things at a faster clip, while Villanova (tenth from the bottom) is content with slowing down the gameplay. The Wildcats enter with the 131st best effective field goal percentage on offense and they will have to deal with the Pirates 11th best defense in the same stat. Also, Villanova scores most of the points from beyond the arc (13th most in the nation) but the Pirates own the 7th best ranking in defending the three. The Wildcats do not use their bench much as they rank 350th in bench minutes while Seton Hall’s bench plays 38% of the time (53rd in the country), so look for the Pirates to drive and try to get the Nova starters into foul trouble. With the Pirates coming off a loss and hosting a ranked team at home, this is a great spot for the Pirates. Additionally, the Wildcats are 3-9 ATS in their last 12 road games vs. a team with a winning home record and are 3-10 ATS in their last 13 road games while the Pirates are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record and are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games. Take Seton Hall +1.5 (down to ML)
