Marquette at UConn odds, picks and predictions
The Marquette Golden Eagles (19-5, 10-3 Big East) and UConn Huskies (23-2, 13-1) meet Saturday at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET (FOX). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook's lines around the Marquette vs. UConn odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.
Marquette heads for Hartford with 8 consecutive victories, while covering the past 5 outings. The Golden Eagles are a healthy 7-1 against the spread (ATS) during that 8-game win streak, too, while alternating the Under and Over in the past 11 games dating back to Dec. 30.
UConn belted DePaul 101-65 on the road Wednesday, covering as 24.5-point favorites as the Over (140.5) cashed. The Huskies are on 13-game winning streak, which dates back to Dec. 20 at Seton Hall. UConn is a respectable 8-4 ATS in the past 12 games, while the Over has outpaced the Under 8-4 in the 12-game span.
Marquette is No. 4 and UConn is No. 1 in the Paste BN Sports Coaches Poll.
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Marquette at UConn odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 9:25 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Marquette +225 (bet $100 to win $225) | UConn -280 (bet $280 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Marquette +6.5 (-106) | UConn -6.5 (-114)
- Over/Under (O/U): 147.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Marquette at UConn picks and predictions
Prediction
UConn 79, Marquette 71
Moneyline
UConn (-280) is quite risky, costing you nearly 3 times your potential return on the moneyline. While the home team has won and covered the past 4 meetings in this series, that's still quite a bit of risk against a top-5 team.
While UConn hasn't lost to Marquette (+225) in a home game dating back to Feb. 18, 2012, take a PASS.
Against the spread
UCONN -6.5 (-114) is worth a look in this titanic clash in the Big East.
The Huskies have posted an impressive 5-2 ATS mark in the past 7 meetings in this series, including covers in the past 3 at encounters with Marquette +6.5 (-106) at home. In addition, the Huskies have cashed in 4 of the past 5 games as a single-digit favorite.
Marquette has won 5 in a row on the road, but it is just 4-4 ATS in the past 8 true road games dating back to Dec. 2.
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Over/Under
OVER 147.5 (-110) is the lean, but go with a half-unit play at most.
The Over has cashed in 4 of the past 6 games for UConn, while going 8-4 in the previous 12 outings. And in this series, the Over is on a 5-1 run in the past 6 battles dating back to Feb. 27, 2021.
The Golden Eagles are a very good shooting team, hitting 47.9% from the field to rank 32nd in the nation, with Marquette putting up 78.8 PPG. Defensively, the Golden Eagles are just so-so, and can be had from behind the arc. Marquette allows a very unseemly 33.6% on 3-pointers, and that ranks in the bottom half of all teams nationally.
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