Providence at Marquette

Marquette wants this one as they lost to Providence by an embarrassing 15 points in their Big East opener last year. This year they get their revenge. They are dominating nearly everyone as their lone loss was to Duke. Outside of that game they are crushing the competition. Their closest victory was a five-point win over Wisconsin - a game in which they were supposed to lose. Since then they have won four straight by an average score of 82 to 46! Yes, you read that right. Their offense is amazingly consistent as they have scored no fewer than 73 points in any game this season. Six of their last seven wins have seen them get to 80 or more. Providence is playing well but they are going to run into a buzz saw here. Providence is just 12-22 coming off three-straight wins. Marquette is 16-5 at home the past three seasons in lined games and 7-1 in their last eight coming off a great defensive effort (allowed less than 50 points). With this team allowing just 53.4 ppg at home, we also like the UNDER. They are 16-6 UNDER in their last 22 at home vs. teams at 60%+ SU. They are also 14-4 UNDER at home off a double digit win and 10-1 UNDER at home off 5+ straight home games. Under HC Tim Welshe, Providence is 20-10 UNDER coming off a game in which they scored 80+ points. They are also 13-5 UNDER on the road vs. teams that score 77+ ppg under Welsh.