(10) Marquette Golden Eagles vs. (6) Louisville Cardinals

The sixth ranked Louisville Cardinals host the tenth ranked Marquette Golden Eagles on Sunday in a huge Big East showdown. The Cardinals are easily one of the better teams in the nation. They have shown the ability to stick with the top two teams in the Big East, the Connecticut Huskies and the Pittsburgh Panthers, and no doubt should give the Golden Eagles all that they can handle. Louisville is 22 and 5 straight-up. Their record against the spread is 17 and 10. Their ATS record at home is 10 and 6.

Marquette is a very good team. Like Louisville they have a straight-up record of 22 and 5. Marquette’s overall record against the spread is 11-11-1. Their record in away games ATS is 5 and 4.

Here is my personal NCAAB betting line for this game.

Marquette Golden Eagles +5 ½ -110

Louisville Cardinals -5 ½ -110

Here are a few online wagering trends for this game.

The Marquette Golden Eagles are 1 and 4 against the spread in their last 5 games overall.

The Marquette Golden Eagles are 4 and 6 ATS in their last 10 games overall.

The Louisville Cardinals are 4 and 1 ATS in their last 5 games overall.

The Louisville Cardinals are 7 and 3 against the spread in their last 10 games overall.

The last time these two teams met, at Marquette, Louisville won 71 to 57. Not much has changed since that meeting. In fact the Cardinals are actually a better team than they were when they beat Marquette in that game.

This is the time of the year when Louisville coach Rick Pitino begins to gear up his team for the NCAA Tournament. Louisville has the talent to make it to the Final Four this year. That means that Pitino no doubt is going to have his team ready to play Marquette on Sunday.

Marquette is easily the fourth best team in the Big East which means they are one of the best teams in college basketball but they shouldn’t be able to beat Louisville on the road. As good as the Golden Eagles have been this season, Louisville is just too good for them.

My hope is that the BetOnline online sportsbook releases odds of Louisville -6 ½ or lower in this game. If that’s the case, then I will make a wager on Louisville to cover against the spread.