{"id":20003,"date":"2011-12-04T11:09:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20003"},"modified":"2011-12-04T11:10:47","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T16:10:47","slug":"college-basketball-odds-nebraska-cornhuskers-vs-creighton-blue-jays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-odds-nebraska-cornhuskers-vs-creighton-blue-jays-20003\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Odds: Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Creighton Blue Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nebraska Cornhuskers at No. 22 Creighton Blue Jays
\nSunday, 12\/4\/11, 5:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Creighton -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Creighton -8.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 135
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 136.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Creighton Blue Jays are 20-14 ATS at home the past two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nebraska hits the road for the second time this season and will look to bounce back from a tough 55-53 loss to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.\u00a0 The Cornhuskers picked up a 64-61 overtime win over the USC Trojans as two-point road underdogs in their first trip outside of the state on Nov. 14.\u00a0 The two teams have alternated wins and losses over the last six meetings, with Nebraska registering a 59-54 win as 7.5-point home favorites last year.\u00a0 Over the last two-plus years, the team is 0-2 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers offense scored a season-low 53 points last time out, which was a bit surprising due to scoring 64 or more points in the first five games.\u00a0 On the defensive end, Nebraska has held five of its six opponents to under 65 points on the season, but that will be a tough chore Sunday afternoon in playing a team that\u2019s averaging 88.8 points a game.\u00a0 Nebraska owns a 25-19 advantage over Creighton in the series, but the home team has won each of the last six meetings in the series.\u00a0 Senior point guard Bo Spencer is averaging a team-high 15.5 points and ranks ninth in the Big Ten Conference in scoring.<\/p>\n

Creighton returns home off an 85-83 win over the San Diego State Aztecs as 2.5-point road underdogs, pushing the team\u2019s record to a perfect 6-0 on the season.\u00a0 The Blue Jays were picked to win the Missouri Valley Conference due to returning 10 lettermen and three starters from a squad that finished 23-16 a year ago.\u00a0 The program has won nine of the past 12 meetings, while also owning a 14-9 edge in games played in Omaha.\u00a0 Creighton is 20-14 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays own four wins in 13 games against Big Ten competition, including an 82-59 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes as 2.5-point neutral-site underdogs.\u00a0 Creighton is known for moving the ball around offensively, ranking second nationally in averaging 22.3 assists per game, while also checking in fourth nationally in scoring 88.8 points per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Blue Jays due to their 11-1 ATS mark as a home favorites, while the Cornhuskers have dropped five consecutive games versus the number against MVC competition.<\/p>\n

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Nebraska Cornhuskers at No. 22 Creighton Blue Jays Sunday, 12\/4\/11, 5:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Creighton -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Creighton -8.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 135 Current Total:\u00a0 136.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Nebraska hits the road for the second time this season and will look to bounce back from a tough 55-53 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,6015,4575,4516,1143],"class_list":["post-20003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-bo-spencer","tag-creighton-blue-jays","tag-missouri-valley-conference","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20003"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20006,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20003\/revisions\/20006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}