I'm taking Providence at home being that they play their best basketball at home, handling every opponent and only losing to Oklahoma as an Underdog this season (in Oklahoma). I will say that this will be the toughest test for the hosts besides Wisconsin earlier in the season (beat Wisconsin 72-59). Marquette lost to Wisconsin at Wisconsin as 3.5 point favorites 64-75 but beat Illinois by 7 as road underdogs so while it's hard to analyze how good either of these teams really are, it's safest to take the Providence being they are the home team (Marquette making the long distance travel), Providence should out-rebound the smaller Marquette team as well as win the three point defensive battle. Glaring problems we could have here: 1. If Devin Carter is not active for this game (he's the Friars bread and butter) and 2. If Providence can't limit the turnovers (14 turnovers per game average). Look to see if Devin is active before betting this game.

Official Bet: +4.5

Side Bet: Under 145.50