Last Updated on March 11, 2009 2:56 pm by Anthony Rome
UMASS hits the road Wednesday night to take on Duquesne. Let’s take a look at the odds, trends, injuries and hand out a College Basketball Free Pick for this matchup.
Bet on Massachusetts at Duquesne
Tip off: 6:30PM ET
Odds: Oddsmakers from online sports book Sportsbetting have made Duquesne 2.5-point favorite.
Over/Under Total: 153.5
Top Public Betting Trends:
All games in this series since 1997
DUQUESNE is 9-6 against the spread versus MASSACHUSETTS since 1997
MASSACHUSETTS is 11-4 straight up against DUQUESNE since 1997
5 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1997
Games over the last 3 seasons
DUQUESNE is 2-1 against the spread versus MASSACHUSETTS over the last 3 seasons
MASSACHUSETTS is 2-1 straight up against DUQUESNE over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Key Injuries:
MASSACHUSETTS
[F] 01/12/2009 – Travon Wilcher has left the team. (Personal)
[F] 11/28/2008 – Matt Hill expected to miss entire season (Achilles)
[G] 11/25/2008 – Doug Wiggins will redshirt (None)
DUQUESNE
[F] 12/16/2008 – Rodrigo Peggau is out for the season. (Knee)
[G] 11/27/2008 – Phillip Fayne is expected to miss the entire season (Illness)
Free Pick: Our free pick for this game is Penn State +4.
Bet on Massachusetts at Duquesne
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Posted: 3/11/09 2:56PM ET