Opening Line: Providence -2.5 vs St. John’s 1/14/15

Providence and St. John’s are two teams moving in opposite directions at the moment with the Friars starting league play at 3-1 in a tie for 1st place while St. John’s is 0-3 for the second consecutive season to open Big East play and in a tie for last place. The Friars opened as a slight favorite at -2.5. Within 15 minutes of the line opening it was bet up all the way to -4.

Stay tuned for updates as they happen and the total amount once that’s available.

UPDATE: The line is back down to -2.5 as of Tuesday night. The total opened Wednesday morning at 130.2 and was quickly bet up to 132.5 as of 9:30am.

Recent Trends (via Vegas Insider)

• Providence is 8-4-2 ATS this season
• St. John’s is 7-5 ATS this season
• Providence is 5-2 ATS at home this season
• St. John’s is 1-1 ATS on the road this season
• Providence is 5-0 ATS their last five times playing at home
• Last season the favorite failed to cover 2 out of 3 times they played with the 3rd being a push in the Big East Tournament Quarterfinals

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