Providence Friars vs DePaul Blue Demons: Don Best Big East Tournament Odds & Insights for 3/10/2021

The No. 6 seed Providence Friars (13-12) are favored by 7 points in their Big East Tournament matchup against the No. 11 seed DePaul Blue Demons (4-13) on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden, starting at 9:00 PM ET on FS1. The winner will move one step closer to earning an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament bracket.

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ATS Records for Providence and DePaul

Providence Leaders

• David Duke leads the Friars in scoring (17.2 points per game) and assisting (4.8 assists per game).
• Nate Watson paces Providence with 6.6 rebounds per game.
• The Friars are led by Duke from beyond the arc. He connects on 2.0 shots from deep per game.
• Providence's blocks leader is Watson, who records 1.0 per game. Duke leads the team averaging 1.2 steals a game.

DePaul Leaders

• The Blue Demons go-to guy, Charlie Moore, leads the team in both scoring (14.4 points per game) and assists (4.4 assists per game).
• The Blue Demons leading rebounder is Pauly Paulicap with 6.1 per game. He also scores 7.7 points per game.
• Moore averages 1.8 made threes per game to lead the Blue Demons.
• DePaul's Javon Freeman-Liberty has the top spot on the team's steals leaderboard with 1.7 per game and Nick Ongenda is first in blocks with 1.6 per game.

Providence vs DePaul: Last 6 Meetings

Providence leads the past six matchups 5-1 over DePaul. The Friars have covered the spread more often than not against the Blue Demons, holding a 3-1 record ATS in those head-to-head meetings.

Points Insights

• The Friars average 70.2 points per contest, only one fewer point than the 71.2 the Blue Demons allow their opponents.
• When Providence puts up more than 71.2 points, it is 9-0 against the spread and 8-3 overall.
• DePaul has a 2-6 record against the spread and a 2-6 record overall when giving up more than 70.2 points.
• The Blue Demons score an average of 65.9 points per game, just 3.8 fewer points than the 69.7 the Friars give up.
• DePaul is 3-2 overall and 3-0 against the spread in games it scores more than 69.7 points.
• Providence is 7-10 against the spread and 6-11 overall when it allows its opponents to put up more than 65.9 points.
• The Friars have put up only 11 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 0.5 per game), while the Blue Demons have been out-scored by opponents on average this year (by 91 total points, -5.3 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Friars and the Blue Demons rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 34.3 and 35.2 boards per game, respectively.
• The Blue Demons are 5-4 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Friars are 3-8 when they lose the battle on the glass
• The Friars average 9.8 offensive boards per game, -1.3 rebounds fewer than the Blue Demons.
• The Blue Demons are 2-7 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Friars are 5-8 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• Rebounding margin is a weakness for Providence with a mark of -0.2 rebounds per game. DePaul routinely has an advantage on the boards, averaging a margin of +0.4.