{"id":27287,"date":"2013-01-15T12:49:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T17:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27287"},"modified":"2013-01-15T12:49:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T17:49:32","slug":"college-basketball-picks-northern-iowa-panthers-vs-creighton-bluejays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-northern-iowa-panthers-vs-creighton-bluejays-27287\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Northern Iowa Panthers vs. Creighton Bluejays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Iowa Panthers at No. 12 Creighton Bluejays
\nTuesday, 1\/15\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Creighton -13.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Creighton -11
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 132
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 132
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Creighton Blue Jays are torching the nets early in Missouri Valley Conference play<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northern Iowa has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off an 84-53 victory over the Bradley Braves as 7.5-point home favorites Saturday, while going OVER the posted total of 126.5.\u00a0 The Panthers were one of three Missouri Valley Conference teams to limit Creighton\u2019s Doug McDermott to fewer than 20 points each time he faced them last season.\u00a0 The program is 16-19 all-time against Tuesday night\u2019s foe, including a 2-2 mark in its last four trips to Omaha.\u00a0 Northern Iowa is 4-5 ATS as an underdog this year, which is important to consider when making your college basketball picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Panthers haven\u2019t defeated a ranked conference opponent on the road since Dec. 30, 2006, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 Northern Iowa did tie a school record with 15 made 3-pointers versus the Braves, with senior guard Marc Sonnen burying seven of them.\u00a0 Sophomore point guard Deon Mitchell also returned to the starting lineup, dishing out seven assists and scoring 15 points.<\/p>\n

Creighton has won 10 consecutive games after capturing an impressive 74-52 victory over the Missouri State Bears as 14-point road favorites Friday, while going UNDER the posted total of 127.\u00a0 The Bluejays were led by McDermott offensively in that affair, as he knocked down 15 of 19 shots to finish with a season-high 39 points.\u00a0 \u201cI was just in a zone,\u201d he commented after the game.\u00a0 These two teams split three-point decisions last year, with the home team winning each time.\u00a0 Creighton is 5-0 ATS after allowing 60 points or less this season.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays deserve to be double-digit favorites in this contest, but it\u2019s important to consider that 13 of the last 17 meetings have been decided by nine points or less in this series.\u00a0 Creighton has made 55.5 percent of its shots in five conference games this year, while it has won 10 or more home games in 17 straight seasons.\u00a0 The team has played 17 games this year, but has yet to have a single lead change in the final five minutes in any of them.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, with the OVER going 5-2 in the Bluejays\u2019 last seven conference games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northern Iowa Panthers at No. 12 Creighton Bluejays Tuesday, 1\/15\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Creighton -13.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Creighton -11 Opening Total:\u00a0 132 Current Total:\u00a0 132 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Northern Iowa has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off an 84-53 victory over […]<\/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":[4797,7181,5798,7313,4516,4231],"class_list":["post-27287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-creighton-bluejays","tag-deon-mitchell","tag-doug-mcdermott","tag-marc-sonnen","tag-missouri-valley-conference","tag-northern-iowa-panthers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27287","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=27287"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27289,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27287\/revisions\/27289"}],"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=27287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}