UConn Eyes Extending Win Streak vs. Providence in Big East Clash

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00:00 Connecticut is that number one team in all the land. They lost

00:06 their first Big East game of this season, suffering a

00:10 defeat to Seton Hall. Since that point, Donnie, UConn is

00:13 not lost. They've won eight straight games. They have

00:16 covered in five of the eight and tonight at home in stores,

00:19 they're a thirteen and a half point favorite against

00:22 Providence. Will the win streak continue to nine for Dan

00:26 Hurley's Huskies? Uh it should continue tonight but uh by the

00:29 way, take a look at Providence, the way they've gone through

00:31 their Big East schedule here, right? Losing to Seton Hall,

00:34 Creighton, Saint Johns, and Xavier all in a row. That was

00:36 January 3rd up to January 13th. So, a terrible two-week stretch

00:39 but much better here coming out of that four losses here.

00:43 You've beaten DePaul which is a bad basketball team but you

00:45 didn't beat them Ben 7170. You beat them 100 to 62. Laying

00:49 weights to them. Seton Hall is a decent basketball club here.

00:52 Going through a little bit of you know, challenges there with

00:54 their starting lineup. You beat them by four points in

00:56 Georgetown as well. Not a great team. Eighty-four to sixty-seven

00:59 should be eighty-four to seventy-six but now you're

01:01 going all over the take on Connecticut who clearly is the

01:04 best team overall here in the Big East. If we're lining this

01:07 game up, what does Connecticut do well? Just about everything.

01:10 Forget about the defensive side of the basketball. You look at

01:12 the offense. Number one in Big East play in efficiency. Number

01:16 one in effective field goal percentage which also includes

01:18 a team that does have a couple bigs down low that shoots a

01:21 best league best. I should say 40% from three-point range in

01:26 conference play. Connecticut's gonna win this basketball game

01:29 but you know what? I'd probably lean on Providence taking the

01:31 points here. You don't need style points for UConn. You're

01:34 number one in the country. You win in the advance and I do

01:36 like the fact that you did have those four straight losses from

01:38 Providence. Now, you have three straight wins. Come in with a

01:41 little bit of you know what? Let's see if we can take on the

01:43 UConn Huskies in this game.

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