What a battle setting up between these two heavyweights! The BearCats come in as champions of the rebound, crashing the glass at 7th in the country in total rebounding. Shooting only 41% from the floor, this is a major category for Cinny to put in the win column. As you well know, Cinny is led by All American canidate Sean Kilpatrick. The man is a one man wrecking crew averaging 18ppg, and with a 6'4" frame, can bang inside and out. The BearCats have a nice trio starting with Kilpatrick at 18ppg, followed by 13ppg, and 11ppg. Major knock on the boys from Cinny is that they can't shoot FT's. The team is shooting at a awful clip of 65% for the charity stripe. In a close game, this can burn you. I will give credit Cinny though, they are road warriors, going 5-2 away from the Queen City. Wanna talk about playing up to competion? Cincinnati boasts a record of 14-6 against teams with winning records. Lets get in some Husky talk here.....Nothing really jumps out about this team that makes you wanna lay the wood at first glance, but let get inside the numbers here. Balance!!!! Top 4 scorers for the kids from Storrs, lead by top player Shabazz Napier at 16, followed by 15, 11, 11. You have to love that all these kids can step up at anytime and take the workload over. Both Napier and Boatright are hitting 38% from 3, which should open up the floor. A huge state, compared to Cinny, is that Uconn can wrap games up from the line. The top 5 players on Uconn in terms of minutes played shoot 81,76,78,71, and 89% from the line, and overall 74% as a team. Wow! Uconn also can put teams away at home, running an 11-2 overall record in the state of Connecticut. Uconn has a recent win over powerhouse Syracuse on the 13th, showing they can hang with the big boys. No doubt this game will come down to the wire here. As impressive as the BearCats are on the road, I just think that the balance of Uconn, and home crowd, will be too much for Cinny to overcome. Look for Uconn to hold the lead late here, and close out from the FT line.
PICK.....UConn +1
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