The No. 1 seed Providence Friars (25-4, 14-3 Big East) are favored by 3 points in their Big East Tournament matchup against the No. 4 seed Creighton Bluejays (22-10, 12-7 Big East) on Friday at Madison Square Garden, beginning at 6:30 PM. The winner will move one step closer to earning an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Providence’s record against the spread this season is 15-13-0, and Creighton’s is 15-13-2. The Friars have a 15-14-0 record hitting the over, while games involving the Bluejays have a record of 11-19-1 when it comes to hitting the over. The two teams average 139.4 points per game, 8.4 more points than this matchup’s total. Providence has a 5-5-0 record against the spread while going 8-2 overall in the last 10 games. Creighton has gone 5-3-2 against the spread and 8-2 overall in its last 10 games.
Here’s everything you need to get ready for Friday’s college hoops action in Big East play.
Creighton at Providence odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Providence -3
- Total: 131
- Moneyline: Providence -156, Creighton +132
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Creighton at Providence odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Providence 69, Creighton 66
Moneyline
- The Friars have won 17 of the 19 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (89.5%).
- Providence has played 15 times as a moneyline favorite with odds of -156 or shorter, and won each game.
- The Friars have a 60.9% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- The Bluejays have been underdogs in 15 games this season and won nine (60%) of those contests.
- Creighton has entered 13 games this season as the underdog by +132 or more and is 7-5 in those contests.
- The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 43.1% chance of a victory for the Bluejays.
Against the spread
- The Friars score 72.3 points per game, 7.8 more points than the 64.5 the Bluejays allow.
- Providence is 13-9 against the spread and 22-2 overall when scoring more than 64.5 points.
- Creighton has a 12-8 record against the spread and a 17-5 record overall when allowing fewer than 72.3 points.
- The Bluejays put up an average of 67.1 points per game, only 0.7 more points than the 66.4 the Friars give up to opponents.
- When it scores more than 66.4 points, Creighton is 11-3-2 against the spread and 14-2 overall.
- Providence’s record is 9-5 against the spread and 14-1 overall when it gives up fewer than 67.1 points.
- The Friars have out-scored their opponents by a total of 171 points this season (5.9 points per game on average), and the Bluejays have put up 83 more points than their opponents on the year (2.6 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Friars’ average implied point total this season is the same as their implied total in Friday’s game (70.8 points).
- So far this season, Providence has scored more than 67 points in 20 games.
- The 73.6-point average implied total on the season for the Bluejays is 9.6 more points than the team’s 64-point implied total in this matchup.
- On the season, Creighton has scored more than 64 points 21 times.
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