The No. 5 seed from the West Region bracket, the Creighton Bluejays (20-8), face the No. 13 seed Ohio Bobcats (16-7) on Monday with a spot in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament on the line. Creighton has been installed as a 5.5-point favorite to win this second round matchup, which starts at 7:10 PM ET on TNT.
The Bluejays were led by 17 points from Marcus Zegarowski in a 63-62 win against UCSB on Saturday. They failed to cover the spread in the contest and the teams combined to go under the 138-point over/under.
Ben Vander Plas led the way for the Bobcats with a team-high 17 points last time out as they picked up a 62-58 win over Virginia and covered the 7-point spread as underdogs. The teams combined to hit the under on the 130 point total set for the matchup.
Ohio at Creighton: Betting odds, spread and lines
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Lines last updated at 1:55 PM ET on March 21, 2021.
- Money line: Ohio +195 (bet $100 to win $195) | Creighton -250 (bet $250 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Ohio +5.5 (-110) | Creighton -5.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 149 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Creighton: Three things to know
- Zegarowski leads the Bluejays in points and assists. He puts up 15.5 points per game while tacking on 4.3 assists. Zegarowski averages 2.7 made threes per game to lead the team.
- The Bluejays record just 3.9 more points per game (76.5) than the Bobcats give up (72.6).
- When Creighton puts up more than 72.6 points, it is 13-2 overall and 11-0 against the spread.
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Ohio: Three things to know
- The Bobcats points and assists leader is Jason Preston. He scores 16.3 points per game and contributes 7.3 assists. Ben Roderick averages 2.4 made threes per game to pace the team.
- The Bobcats put up an average of 80.1 points per game, 12 more points than the 68.1 the Bluejays give up to opponents.
- Ohio has gone 16-5 overall and 14-0 against the spread in games where it scores more than 68.1 points.
Ohio at Creighton: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Creighton 80, Ohio 68
Money line
The model and MGM agree that the Creighton Bluejays are favored.
Against the spread (ATS)
The MGM line for this game has the Bluejays favored by 5.5, while the model predicts they’ll win by considerably more (11.4 points). Put your money on the Bluejays.
Over/Under (O/U)
MGM and the model are extremely close in their point total projections for this contest, within 0.6 points of each other.
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