Bodog Beat

There are four teams huddled together at the top of the Big East standings with two losses in conference action. (AP Images)

Two of those teams collide on Wednesday night at Milwaukee’s Bradley Center when the No. 8 Marquette Golden Eagles (23-4 SU, 11-10-1 ATS) host the No. 2 Connecticut Huskies (25-2 SU, 10-11 ATS).

Neither club has done well against the spread recently, each going 1-4 ATS over the past five games. But handicappers have loaded up their wallets by betting the under. UConn, led by 7-foot-3 behemoth Hasheem Thabeet, has the under on a 5-1 run and 14-7 on the season. Marquette’s defense is a bit more suspect, but the under is still 4-2 during the past six games.

ESPN has the television coverage of this titanic battle starting at 7:00 p.m. Eastern, so we’ll be there with live betting from the opening tip to the final buzzer.