UCONN Huskies at Temple Owls Free Pick - Odds - Point Spread Prediction

UCONN Huskies at Temple Owls Free Pick - Odds - Point Spread Prediction

Cliff Knox
Date: February 19, 4:00 pm
Location: Liacouras Center
TV: ESPN

Betting Odds

Point Spread: Temple -2.5
Total: 135

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The Temple Owls host the UCONN Huskies in an AAC game that will take place at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 4 PM ET. Temple is on the college basketball board as a -2 point spread favorite down a noth from it's opener. The total line is offered at 136 up one point from its original offering.
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UCONN is coming off a 65-62 win over Memphis in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 3.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 127, which was under the closing line of 132. Previous to the Memphis game the Huskies had covered the spread in two straight games and the total had gone over in six straight games. UCONN has won three in a row and six of their last seven games.
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Temple is coming off a 78-64 loss to East Carolina in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 6-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 142, which was over the closing line of 132. The Owls have failed to cover the spread in three of their last four games and previous to the East Carolina game the total had gone under in two straight games. Overall, Temple has lost two of their last three games.
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Offensively, UCONN is putting up 67.8 points per game on a 43% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Huskies are allowing 65.5 points per game on a 38.9% FG average, which ranks 10th in the nation.
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Temple is putting up 70.7 points per game on a 42.2% FG average. On defense the Owls are allowing 71.3 points per game on a 43.2% FG average.
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These teams met on January 11th at UCONN where the Huskies beat the Owls 73-59.
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UCONN Huskies at Temple Owls Betting Trends<br />
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UConn is 6-1 straight up in their last 7 games overall.
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The Huskies are 2-4 against the spread in their last 6 games against the Owls.
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The game total has gone over in 5 of UCONN’s last 6 road games.
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Temple is 1-4-1 against the spread in their last 6 games.
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The Owls are 2-3-1 against the spread in their last 6 home games.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB matchup between UCONN and Temple have the public leaning slightly to the visiting Huskies getting the 2.5 points with almost 60%. The over/under consensus was not available at time of publish.
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UCONN Huskies at Temple Owls Prediction

UConn easily dispatched Temple by 14 points back in January at home and can repeat that feat today. The Owls are a medicore 8-5 this season as a host and a poor 3-3 in conference games in that role. The Huskies are 2-4 as a visitor in the AAC, but have won two of their last three beating a decent UCF by three in their last conference road game. They come into this game on a 6-1 run losinmg only to the Bearcats on the road.

Free Pick: Take the Uconn Huskies +2
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