{"id":26530,"date":"2012-12-06T11:31:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T16:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26530"},"modified":"2012-12-06T11:31:36","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T16:31:36","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-creighton-blue-jays-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-creighton-blue-jays-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers-26530\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Creighton Blue Jays vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 16 Creighton Bluejays at Nebraska Cornhuskers
\nThursday, 12\/6\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Creighton -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Creighton -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Creighton Blue Jays are 4-0 ATS in their last four games versus Big Ten Conference opponents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Creighton plays its first true road game of the year when it heads an hour west to take on Nebraska at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, as it comes off an impressive 80-51 victory over Saint Joseph\u2019s as six-point home favorites.\u00a0 \u201cIt showed a lot of maturity from our team,\u201d stated Bluejays star Doug McDermott.\u00a0 \u201cWe didn\u2019t get too down on ourselves.\u201d\u00a0 He was referencing the team\u2019s first loss of the season to Boise State before that contest.\u00a0 Creighton is 4-0 ATS in its last four games versus Big Ten Conference foes, which is important to consider when making your NCAA basketball picks on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays are led by McDermott averaging 21.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, as he was the nation\u2019s leading returning scorer from a year ago.\u00a0 Creighton has won 10 of the past 13 regular-season matchups with Nebraska, but the teams have alternated wins and losses in the last seven meetings.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that this program walked away with a 76-66 victory as 7.5-point home favorites in last year\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

Nebraska has won back-to-back games over the USC Trojans and Wake Forest Demon Deacons, as its 6-1 mark matches the program\u2019s best start in 20 years.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ll raise any eyebrows unless we win on Thursday,\u201d stated Cornhuskers coach Tim Miles.\u00a0 \u201cWe know they\u2019re nationally ranked, they\u2019ve got a great team.\u201d\u00a0 The Cornhuskers have been led by Ray Gallegos offensively, who has scored 20 points in each of his last two contests.\u00a0 Nebraska is 4-5 ATS in December the last two-plus years, with the UNDER going 7-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers have been solid defensively through seven games, allowing just 58.6 points per game, which may prove important with the home team winning the last seven meetings in this series dating back to the 2005-06 campaign.\u00a0 Nebraska will need to monitor McDermott closely, as he scored 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in last year\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cornhuskers due to the home team going 5-2 ATS in the last seven meetings in this series, while the Blue Jays are 0-4 ATS on the road versus a team with a winning home record.<\/p>\n

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No. 16 Creighton Bluejays at Nebraska Cornhuskers Thursday, 12\/6\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Creighton -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Creighton -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Creighton plays its first true road game of the year when it heads an hour west to take on Nebraska at […]<\/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":[3442,7226,4575,5798,1143,7218],"class_list":["post-26530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-bob-devaney-sports-center","tag-creighton-blue-jays","tag-doug-mcdermott","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-ray-gallegos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26530","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=26530"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26532,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26530\/revisions\/26532"}],"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=26530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}