RARE 5.5* NCAAB POD Goes at 9pm on ESPN! 8-4 ON 5.5* MAX NCA

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Don't miss out on my 5.5** NCAAB POD going Saturday night in the match up we all want to see between Syracuse and Connecticut. I'm 8-4 this season in college basketball MAX POD's. This play of course is backed by a full in depth analysis and guaranteed or 3 days of picks are FREE!

Connecticut +5 (5.5* NCAAB POD)
Syracuse recently beat Uconn 85-67 at home, but the game was much closer as it was 63-61 with about 6 minutes remaining before Syracuse closed out the game on a 22-6 run. Syracuse uncharacteristically shot 62.5% from three and 59.3% overall. That will not happen again. The Huskies allow just 35% from the field in home games this season and this game will be at Gampbel Pavilion on campus where they rarely play big games like this. Syracuse has never won. Normally Uconn plays off campus at a bigger arena in Hartford. However, it's more of an advantage and more excitement when this team plays on campus. I expect them to be pumped up in this game and defense will be the key to their success.

Uconn is actually 4th in the nation in 2 point defense which is the key since a huge % of Syracuses points come from inside the arch. They are even better at home allowing 37.3% from inside the arch which is actually #1 even better than Louisville who are ranked #3 overall in 2point defense. I bring up Louisville because Syracuse went on the road to Louisville and they won by 1 point 52-51 and the only reason they won was because Louisville went 12 from 21 from the FT line. Uconn much like Louisville will have a rebound advantage because of the style Syracuse plays. Uconn is a better rebounding team statistically overall and on their own court with a +8.2 rebound margin.

Lastly in that game Jeremy Lamb shot just 2-10 from three point range. I expect him to have a better game as he built a ton of momentum on the road vs. Nova with his career high. The entire team has momentum right now and this is the exact type of match up Syracuse does not want to see. Between Andre Drummond who is a top 5 pick when he decides to go to the NBA and the other bigs including Alex Oriakhi and Tyler Olander, and Roscoe Smith, Uconn has just as much length as Syracuse.