UConn at Creighton odds, picks and predictions
UConn at Creighton odds, picks and predictions
The UConn Huskies (16-7, 8-4 Big East) and Creighton Bluejays (18-6, 11-2) clash in a Tuesday showdown in Omaha. Tip time at the CHI Health Center will be at 9 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's college basketball odds around the UConn vs. Creighton odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.
UConn -- No. 24 in the USA TODAY Sports Men's Basketball Coaches Poll -- has lost 4 times since Jan. 8, and that includes the Huskies most recent game. On Friday, favored-by-4 Connecticut lost to the St. John's Red Storm 68-62. Against the spread, UConn is just 2-7 over its last nine games.
Creighton's last game was Saturday when the surging Bluejays covered a -3.5 in a 77-67 triumph over then-No. 11 Marquette Golden Eagles. CU has won 9 consecutive games; that includes 4 in Omaha where this season the Bluejays are 12-1 with an NCAA-I-best 60.8% effective field-goal mark (BartTorvik).
UConn and Creighton met in Storrs, Conn., Jan. 18: the +7.5 Bluejays won 68-63.
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UConn at Creighton odds
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Moneyline: UConn +135 (bet $100 to win $135) | Creighton -160 (bet $160 to win $100)
UConn +135 (bet $100 to win $135) | Creighton -160 (bet $160 to win $100) Against the spread (ATS): UConn +2.5 (-102) | Creighton -2.5 (-118)
UConn +2.5 (-102) | Creighton -2.5 (-118) Over/Under (O/U): 143.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
UConn at Creighton picks and predictions
Prediction
Creighton 76, UConn 72
No interest. PASS.
Creighton has won the last 2 series meetings straight up and ATS. Since 2021, Creighton is 4-1 ATS in series games in Omaha.
In quality of defenses faced, KenPom rates the Bluejays slate 20th. Connecticut checks in at No. 52. Mix that in with the Huskies offense being on a decline in recent weeks. Now pepper in some shot-quality analytics: the Bluejays are solid in forcing teams into inefficient mid-range looks.
The Huskies play a grind-it-slow style. Along with the Seton Hall Pirates and Villanova Wildcats, Connecticut is one of the slowest teams in the league when it comes to possession numbers. Creighton is a combined 4-0 ATS against that trio.
Youthful UConn likely finds tough sledding in this contest against a veteran Bluejays team at home. TAKE CREIGHTON -2.5 (-118).
Meeting No. 1 cashed on the Under, and this series leans heavily Under across recent games. But Tuesday's contest figures to be a bit more up tempo with some turnovers and a lot of 3s. And with UConn being sped up late.
TAKE THE OVER 143.5 (-115).
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