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BetUS NCAA college basketball betting odds: MARQUETTE -10.5, Total 149.5

The Marquette Golden Eagles (22-8 SU, 13-11 ATS) in first-round action that tips off at 9:20 PM at Madison Square Garden in New York.

In the BetUS NCAA college basketball betting odds, Marquette is listed as a 10.5-point favorite, with a total of 149.5 points.

Here are some of the NCAA basketball betting trends as they relate to this matchup:

* SH has lost eight of its last ten games SU

* SH has covered one of its last seven games

* SH has played four of its last five games UNDER the total

* MARQ has won and covered six of its last eight games SU

* MARQ has played six of its last eight games OVER the total

* MARQ has won the last four meetings SU

* MARQ has had the shooting edge in three of its last four meetings

* MARQ made more three-pointers in three of the last four meetings

Seton Hall is limping right now. The Pirates have lost three straight, and two of those were to Cincinnati. it would have been nice to have floor leader Paul Gause in the lineup, especially since Gause is such a good defensive player, but that wasn't the case. And even though Brian Laing, the team's best scorer (19 ppg) has usually been consistent, he is just 32% from the field in his last two games.

We might usually suggest that with the tournament at nearby Madison Square Garden, the New Jersey-based Pirates would have some home support. But that didn't seem to mean very much when Marquette came to the Prudential Center in Newark and blew them out by 25 points on February 12. Or when Seton Hall blew a big first-half lead against lowly Rutgers to roll over in the second half.

We'd love to fashion a way for NCAA basketball betting odds.

JAY'S PLAY: MARQUETTE

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(Charles Jay of http://www.eBookies.com gives it the old college try as a regular contributor to the BetUS Locker Room)