The Georgetown Hoyas (7-23, 2-17 Big East) and No. 23 Creighton Bluejays (18-11, 12-6) meet Wednesday at CHI Health Center in Omaha, Neb. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET (FS1). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Georgetown vs. Creighton game odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
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The Hoyas surprised Butler on the road on Feb. 19, picking up a rare Big East road win, but it was the team’s only victory in the last 9 games. Georgetown had been hot against the number for a minute, covering 7 in a row from Jan. 16-Feb. 8, but it is just 2-3 against the spread across its last 5 outings.
The Bluejays took care of the Hoyas 63-53 in the first meeting at Capital One Arena as the Under (151) easily cashed. Georgetown covered the spread as a 13-point favorite in that one. Creighton is just 1-5 ATS in the past 6 games when favored by 9.5 or more points.
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Georgetown at Creighton odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:05 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Georgetown +850 (bet $100 to win $850) | Creighton -2000 (bet $2,000 to win $100)
- Against the spread: Georgetown +18.5 (-115) | Creighton -18.5 (-105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 145.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
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Georgetown at Creighton picks and predictions
Prediction
Creighton 78, Georgetown 69
Moneyline
Creighton (-2000) will cost you 20 times your potential return, or, in other words, you must risk $100 for every $5 spent. No one needs a Lincoln that badly.
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Against the spread
GEORGETOWN +18.5 (-115) has been surprisingly effective against the spread lately, going 6-0 ATS in the past 6 road games and 9-3 ATS in the last 12 games overall. It is also 8-2 ATS in the past 10 games after a straight-up loss.
Creighton has struggled to cover big numbers, as mentioned above and the Bluejays have had trouble covering anything at all lately, going 1-4 ATS in the past 5 games overall and cashing in just 2 of the last 9 games against losing teams.
Make no mistake, Creighton will win this one outright, but a spread of nearly 20 is a little much.
Over/Under
OVER 145.5 (-115) is worth playing lightly, but go a half-unit at most.
The Over has connected in 8 of the past 11 games on the road for Georgetown.
While Creighton has hit the Under in 4 in a row, the Bluejays will face zero resistance against a Hoyas team allowing 77.4 points per game (335th), while ranking among the worst teams in defensive 3-pointer percentage at 38.0% (343rd).
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