The UCONN Huskies face the 22nd ranked Syracuse Orange in a non-conference game that will be held at the neutral site of Madison Square Garden in New York, New York at 7 PM ET. This line opened with the Orange a 7-point favorite, but has been bet up to -9. The Over/Under line on this game is on the odds board at 128 points.
UCONN is coming off a 51-49 win over Boston University in their last game, which did not have a posted line. After losing three of their first four games on the season the Huskies have won two of their last three. UCONN has not covered in one game this season and in the last two games that have had a posted line the total has gone over both times.
UCONN has lost four of their first seven games this season and they have failed to cover the spread in any of the five games that have had a posted line.
Syracuse is coming off a 77-71 win over North Florida in their last game, which did not have a posted line. Previous to that game the Orange had failed to cover in two straight games. In two of the three games this season for Syracuse the total has gone under twice. With their win over North Florida the Orange snapped their two-game losing streak.
Syracuse has won five of their seven games this season and they have failed to cover the spread in two of the three games that have had a posted line.
Offensively, UCONN is putting up 69.6 points per game on a 44% FG average. On defense they are allowing 71.6 points per game on 41.4% shooting.
Syracuse is putting up 76 points per game on a 47.6% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Orange are allowing 60.3 points per game on a 34.7% FG average, which ranks 6th in the nation.
These teams met last season where Syracuse beat UCONN 79-76.
UConn vs. Syracuse Betting Trends
- UConn is 4-2 against the spread in their last 6 games against Syracuse.
- The Huskies are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games against the Orange
- Syracuse is 2-4 against the spread in their last 6 games against Connecticut.
- The game total has gone over the posted total in 4 of UConns last 6 games against the Orange.
- The Orange are 9-3 straight up in their last 12 games.
Public Money Consensus
In this college basketball game between UConn and Syracuse the public is all over Syracuse covering the 9 points. The over/under bettors are definitively betting the over the 130.5 total.
