{"id":26318,"date":"2012-11-23T10:17:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26318"},"modified":"2012-11-23T10:17:50","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T15:17:50","slug":"college-basketball-picks-creighton-blue-jays-vs-wisconsin-badgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-creighton-blue-jays-vs-wisconsin-badgers-26318\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Creighton Blue Jays vs. Wisconsin Badgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 14 Creighton Bluejays vs. Wisconsin Badgers
\nFriday, 11\/23\/12, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin PK
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 129
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 129
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Creighton Blue Jays will hit the road for the first time this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Creighton leaves home for the first time this season when it heads to the desert for the final two rounds of the 12th Annual Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational.\u00a0 The Bluejays are averaging 85.0 points and their closest margin of victory has been 17.\u00a0 \u201cWe accomplished what we wanted to accomplish with this four-game homestand,\u201d commented Bluejays coach Greg McDermott.\u00a0 The program owns six wins in 15 games against the Big Ten Conference since 1973, including a 3-0 mark a season ago.\u00a0 Creighton is 4-4 in neutral site games the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 5-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bluejays are led by Doug McDermott on the offensive end, as he began this season as the nation\u2019s leading returning scorer.\u00a0 He is averaging 16.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game through four contests, while he knocked down 29 of 44 shots in scoring 25.3 points per game in three games versus Big Ten foes last year.\u00a0 In the last 14 years, Creighton has compiled a 9-5 record in its first non-home game of the season.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin has won its last two games after suffering a 74-56 setback to the Florida Gators, as it looks to improve upon its 113-28 mark in non-conference games under Bo Ryan.\u00a0 The Badgers have compiled a solid 11-6 record in neutral site Thanksgiving tournament games since he arrived on campus.\u00a0 All eyes will be on senior Jared Berggren on the offensive end, as he\u2019s averaging 13.5 points and 6.8 rebounds, while pacing the conference in blocked shots.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 19-7 ATS versus non-conference foes over the last two-plus seasons, which is something to consider when making your college basketball predictions on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Badgers are allowing just 51.0 points per game, while leading all Big Ten squads with a plus-5.8 turnover margin.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 11-10 all-time against members of the Missouri Valley Conference, while Ryan earned a win over McDermott\u2019s Northern Iowa squad in the 2005 NCAA Tournament.\u00a0 Over the last four seasons, the program is 15-14 versus ranked opponents, including a 4-2 mark when playing on neutral court.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bluejays due to their 13-2 ATS mark when the total is between 120 to 129.5, while the Badgers are 4-7 ATS as a neutral court favorite of three or fewer points.<\/p>\n

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No. 14 Creighton Bluejays vs. Wisconsin Badgers Friday, 11\/23\/12, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin PK Opening Total:\u00a0 129 Current Total:\u00a0 129 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Creighton leaves home for the first time this season when it heads to the desert for the final two rounds of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,5886,4575,5798,7186,5914,4516,437],"class_list":["post-26318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-bo-ryan","tag-creighton-blue-jays","tag-doug-mcdermott","tag-jared-berggren","tag-las-vegas-invitational","tag-missouri-valley-conference","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26318","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=26318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26321,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26318\/revisions\/26321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}