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00:00 Top 20 tilt in stores. The number one team in the country now, the UConn Huskies. Here's my
00:06 favorite thing about UConn being ranked number one again for the first time since 2009, 15 years ago.
00:14 In that 15 year span between number one rankings in the AP poll, Donnie, the Huskies have won three
00:21 national championships. But unlike college football, there is no end of the year AP top 25
00:29 in men's college basketball after the NCAA tournament. But a showdown in stores. Number
00:35 one UConn, 18th ranked Creighton and a six and a half point spread in favor of Dan Hurley's Huskies
00:42 over under 143 and a half. What's the approach tonight out in Connecticut? I'm going under in
00:48 this game. And by the way, the Big East here, one of those conferences that's really into conference
00:52 play already. Now, granted, everybody's played games, but in the Big East, you're looking at
00:55 six games already banked for most of these teams, the seventh Big East game. So there's some numbers
00:59 that we can use and take out that silly season, right? We're playing a lot of underperforming
01:04 teams here, hammering, which really slant your statistics here. But now if we just take a look
01:08 at conference play, the number one offense in Big East play, it's Connecticut. We know the number
01:12 one defense in Big East play is it's actually Creighton. And also, Stiles make fights here,
01:16 Ben. Average length of possession on offense for Connecticut in Big East play, that's ninth out
01:21 of 11 teams, Creighton ninth out of 11 teams on defense there at possession length, which means
01:26 they're going to run their offensive sets. And I just told you, Donny, UConn's fantastic on offense.
01:31 But again, Creighton should be able to match it. You take a look at the effective field goal
01:34 percentage, which is going to take a look at turnover percentage and offensive rebounds and
01:38 getting to the line, both of them number one. So they're going to offset each other. Also,
01:42 you take a look at easy buckets down low, which UConn usually gets with their big men. You know,
01:46 it's number one in conference play defending inside the arc. That is the Creighton defense
01:50 here. So I'm going to take a look at this game and say to myself, I'm going under, forget about
01:54 the side. I think the pace of play makes some sense. A little bit slower pace, great defense
01:59 and Creighton here. I like the under this game, Ben, I do.