Sweet Sixteen Betting: Marquette vs. North Carolina Odds

Marquette and North Carolina East will battle this Friday March 25th, 2011 in the Sweet Sixteen betting at Prudential Center – Newark and the betting game is set at 7:20pm EST and will be televised at CBS.

If our call on the UConn/San Diego State game is correct, then Marquette will be the Big East’s unlikely last team standing. And it won’t be for long. While the conference’s 6-1 ATS log as a dog in this round is one saving grace, it’s hardly ‘INCREDIBLE’ enough for our liking.

Carolina HC Roy Williams is a no-nonsense 25-0 SU and 16-8-1 ATS in this event versus sub .700 opposition, including 6-0 ATS as a favorite of less than nine points.

And to make matters worse for Big East commissioner John Marinetto, Williams is a perfect 3-0 SU and ATS versus Marquette with every win coming by 24 or more points. His Heels are also 12-1 SU in their last 13 games versus his conference and 6-0 SU and 5-1 ATS their last six games in this round.

As if that’s not enough, the Golden Eagles are 0-3 SU and ATS off a SU dog win versus the ACC while No. 5 or lower Big East seeds are an overmatched 3-19 SU and 6-14-2 ATS from the Sweet 16 out. With Kendall Marshall running the point (16-2 SU since he took over) and the Tar Heels controlling the boards (+6.7 rebounding margin), nothing could be finer than to be backing Carolina this evening in Newark.

North Carolina East is 4.5 favorites at betED sportsbook and the total is sitting at 149.5

The Elite 8 Dance card is full and it doesn’t include the Big East Eleven. UNC clicks its Heels in double-step fashion on Friday.