The No. 6 LSU Tigers (22-11) and the No. 11 Iowa State Cyclones (20-12) are ready to tip off their opening-round matchup in the NCAA Tournament on Friday, beginning at 7:20 PM. LSU is a 4-point favorite in this contest. Here’s everything you need to know about this Midwest Regional Region matchup as you fill out your brackets.
LSU has a 19-15-0 record against the spread so far this season compared to Iowa State, who is 16-15-0 ATS. The Tigers have hit the over in 15 games, while Cyclones games have gone over 14 times. The two teams combine to score 139.6 points per game, 13.6 more points than this matchup’s total. LSU is 4-6-0 against the spread and 6-4 overall in its past 10 games, while Iowa State has gone 4-6-0 against the spread and 5-5 overall.
Prepare for this matchup with what you need to know before Friday’s college basketball action.
Iowa State at LSU odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: LSU -4
- Total: 126
- Moneyline: LSU -187, Iowa State +156
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Iowa State at LSU odds, spread, & more
Prediction
LSU 68, Iowa State 65
Moneyline
- The Tigers have been favored on the moneyline 27 total times this season. They’ve finished 22-5 in those games.
- LSU has an 18-3 record (winning 85.7% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline favorite of -187 or shorter.
- The Tigers have a 65.2% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- This season, the Cyclones have been the underdog 16 times and won seven, or 43.8%, of those games.
- Iowa State has a record of 3-7, a 30% win rate, when set as an underdog of +156 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Cyclones have a 39.1% chance to win.
Against the spread
- The 73.1 points per game the Tigers put up are 10.1 more points than the Cyclones allow (63.0).
- LSU has a 19-9 record against the spread and a 21-7 record overall when putting up more than 63.0 points.
- When Iowa State gives up fewer than 73.1 points, it is 13-10 against the spread and 18-6 overall.
- The Cyclones’ 66.5 points per game are just 3.0 more points than the 63.5 the Tigers give up to opponents.
- Iowa State is 13-6 against the spread and 16-4 overall when it scores more than 63.5 points.
- LSU has an ATS record of 14-6 and an 18-2 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 66.5 points.
- The Tigers have totaled a total of 316 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 9.6 per game), and the Cyclones have out-scored opponents by 111 points on the season (3.5 more per game).
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Over/Under
- The Tigers’ average implied point total this season is 10.3 more points than their implied total in Friday’s game (75.3 implied points on average compared to 65 implied points in this game).
- So far this season, LSU has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (65) 30 times.
- The average implied point total on the season for the Cyclones (71.0) is 10.0 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (61).
- This season, Iowa State has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (61) 22 times.
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How to watch LSU vs. Iowa State
- Game Day: Friday, March 18, 2022
- Game Time: 7:20 PM ET
- Live Stream: Hulu
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