UConn won 14 consecutive to start the season but has come crashing back to earth, losing four of its past five straight-up and against the spread. The Huskies won't continue to slide, though, and will be the decidedly better team on Wednesday at Seton Hall.

Connecticut has national title aspirations and will expose the Pirates as pretenders in the Big East race with superior play on both ends of the court. 14th in schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency and 11th in adjusted defensive efficiency, the Huskies will score enough against SHU's great defense (17th in adjusted defensive efficiency) to force the Pirates into an offensive battle they can't win (117th in adjusted offensive efficiency).

UConn is top-five in three-point defense, limiting its opponents to 27.2 percent from behind the arc. They also control the glass with a +8 rebounding margin, per Covers.com.

Give me the Huskies at -5.