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The Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-1) and the No. 13 Creighton Bluejays (4-0) meet Friday at CHI Health Center Omaha. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET (FS1). Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Nebraska vs. Creighton odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.
The Cornhuskers opened the season with 3 consecutive victories, but all of those wins were non-covers. Nebraska lost 77-74 against the Saint Mary’s Gaels Sunday on a neutral floor at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., to cover as a 4-point underdog as the Over (139.5) connected.
The Bluejays also failed to cover the first 3 games, all as a favorite by 29 or more points. Creighton roughed up the Kansas City Roos 79-56 as a 21-point favorite last time out Saturday as the Under (147) cashed for the third straight contest.
These teams try to meet annually, and Creighton has dominated with 8 wins in the past 10 victories since 2014 as the Bluejays are 7-3 against the spread (ATS) in that span. That includes an 89-60 win in Lincoln as a 4-point favorite Dec. 3, 2023, as the Under (150) hit. The road team has won and covered the past 3 in the series.
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Nebraska at Creighton odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list of college basketball odds. Lines last updated at 6:11 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Nebraska +470 (bet $100 to win $470) | Creighton -670 (bet $670 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Nebraska +10.5 (-102) | Creighton -10.5 (-120)
- Over/Under (O/U): 151.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Nebraska at Creighton picks and predictions
Prediction
Creighton 79, Nebraska 69
Moneyline
Creighton (-670) will cost you nearly 7 times your potential return, and that’s risky business in a rivalry game. And, as mentioned above, the road game has won each of the previous 3 meetings in this series. Be careful, and look to the spread instead.
PASS.
Against the spread
Back NEBRASKA +10.5 (-102) catching double digits in this rivalry game in Omaha.
Creighton -10.5 (-120) covered last time out against UMKC, while failing to cover its first 3 games. The offense has managed just 78.5 PPG in the previous 2 outings after rolling up 97.5 PPG in 2 blowouts against the Texas-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros and the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights.
The Cornhuskers lost last time out, but they’re coming off their best game of the season in a close game with Saint Mary’s. Back Nebrasketball with the points.
Over/Under
UNDER 151.5 (-110) is worth a play in this Cornhusker State battle.
The total has gone low in 2 of the past 3 games for the Huskers, while cashing in each of the previous 3 contests for the Bluejays. The total has connected in each of the past 2 meetings in this series, too.
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