Purdue at Connecticut

The Huskies seem to be peaking at just the right time. A.J. Price is playing like an All-American. He averaged 14.6 ppg on the season, but has taken that up to 24.5 ppg over his last six games. Perhaps an even bigger lift for the Huskies has been the emergence of Stanley Robinson who missed the first part of the season, and appeared lost upon his return. Robinson over his last eight games is averaging 14 ppg and 9 rpg. That gives the Huskies a lot of options, as they already have Adrien and Thabeet inside as the only duo in the country each averaging a double-double. And with Robinson's play over the last month, they are close to having three! The Huskies have won their first two tournament games by an average of 41 ppg and are playing as good as anyone in the tournament. Purdue has gotten here in much less spectacular form, as they escaped Northern Iowa by 5 and Washington by just 2. Purdue plays tough defense, but they haven't had to defend a team like the Huskies all season, and the Huskies are right there with them on defense. Purdue doesn't have the answers UConn has offensively, or off the glass, which is where the difference lies in this game. The Boilermakers reached 80 points just once in their last 27 games, and that was against a really struggling Indiana team. The Huskies look like a team that is serious about cutting down the nets for the 3rd time in 10 years, and have too many answers for Purdue in this one. I like UConn to win this one big. This game also features two teams that are ranked very high in FG percentage defense with UConn at #3 and Purdue at #11. I'm also on the UNDER here.