Rutgers Scarlet Knight heading into this contest, with guard Eli Carter leading the team in averaging 13.6 points per game. Rutgers is 1-7 in true road games during the 2011-12 campaign, while also failing to win its last 16 games against ranked opponents when playing away from home. The Scarlet Knights were handed a 74-64 loss by the Syracuse Orange as 11-point home underdogs last time out. Marquette Golden Eagles is one of the hottest teams in the nation and cover its fourth-straight games tonight. Marquette is 9-10 ATS as a favorite and the “over” is 13-7 in that situation. Golden Eagles have just four games remaining in the regular season and own a share of second place with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for second place in the Big East. The program has also managed to win 20-plus games in each of the last seven seasons.

Canuck’s win on the road at the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday was a great start to a long six-game road trip. Canucks are running away with the Northwest Division, where they are 17 points up with 23 games to play, but more importantly, they are just two points behind the aforementioned Red Wings for the top record in the Western Conference. Vancouver ranks third in the league in total offense at 3.2 goals per game.Henrik Sedin has assisted on 51 of those goals, and he is the team’s leader with 64 points. Nashville are more or less that team that everyone is forgetting about in the Western Conference. Nashville Predators stuck in the middle of it all with 74 points.They have the fourth best record in the West, though they would be in the No. 5 hole if the playoffs were to start today, and they have one of the most unheralded net minders in the game in Pekka Rinne. Rinne have 32 of the team’s 34 wins this year. The Predators are legit, and we look for Rinne to come up with a great effort on Tuesday night to lead his team to victory.