Basketball Betting: Louisville vs. Notre Dame Odds & Picks: February 12th 2009

The Louisville Cardinals will match up tonight against Notre Dame in a highly anticipated Big East conference showdown. The Cardinals were victorious in their first eight conference games before losing their first game, a 68-51 loss against UConn last week. The team came right back with a 60-47 win at St. John’s last weekend. The “W” Moved Louisville to 9-1 in the Big East Conference, only two games behind UConn who currently has an 11-1 record. Notre Dame looked like the team to beat early this season, which was before conference games began. Since then, ND hasn’t performed well and is currently in the midst of a seven-game losing streak. This is the 24th game ever between these two teams, with Louisville having a 15-8 series lead. The Cardinals have won 10 of the 11 games at home, but are just 4-4 on Notre Dame’s homecourt.

5dimes.com oddsmakers currently have the Louisville Cardinals set as three-point betting odds favorites against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish with the games over/under posted at 145 total points.

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Here are some basketball betting trends to consider for this game:
Cardinals are 4-0 ATS in their last four games after allowing less than 50 points in their previous game.
Cardinals are 6-1 ATS in their last seven games following a ATS win.
Cardinals are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games overall.
Fighting Irish are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 Thursday games.
Fighting Irish are 1-4 ATS in their last five home games.
Fighting Irish are 0-8 ATS in their last eight games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record.

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