Providence at Cincinnati

The Big East is the best conference in college basketball hands down in my opinion. Both Providence and Cincinnati are top 70 teams and their records don’t show how competitive they are considering they are on a conference where at one point 7 teams were ranked in the top 25. Providence comes off a big win on the road at under-achieving DePaul and are placed as nearly double digit dogs in Cincinnati. Consider that this team went on the road to beat Rutgers as well. Frankly, even though Cincy beat Louisville at home, Cincinnati is not an elite team I believe and I think that Providence keeps it close throughout this game. Another personal note is that I think the line is inflated considering that Cincy comes of the Louisville win. I believe Providence is a live dog and keeps it close as Cincy as they did at Georgetown during the mid portion of the season and Cincy is no Georgetown as evidenced by their near 20 point loss there. Two stars on the dog here on which you can probably get double digits by game time.