The No. 8 seed San Diego State Aztecs (23-8) and the No. 9 seed Creighton Bluejays (23-11) will meet on Thursday at 7:27 PM in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. San Diego State is a 2.5-point favorite in the contest. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of this 8-9 matchup in the Midwest Regional Region bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
San Diego State has compiled an 18-14-0 record against the spread this season, while Creighton is 17-13-2. The Aztecs have gone over the point total in 12 games, while Bluejays games have gone over 12 times. The two teams average 132.4 points per game, 12.4 more points than this matchup’s total. Over the last 10 games, San Diego State is 5-3-0 against the spread and 7-3 overall while Creighton has gone 6-1-2 against the spread and 7-3 overall.
Here is everything you need to prepare for Thursday’s college hoops game.
Creighton at San Diego State odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: San Diego State -2.5
- Total: 120
- Moneyline: San Diego State -137, Creighton +115
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Creighton at San Diego State odds, spread, & more
Prediction
San Diego State 65, Creighton 62
Moneyline
- The Aztecs have a 23-4 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 85.2% of those games).
- San Diego State is 22-2 (winning 91.7% of its games) when playing as a moneyline favorite of -137 or shorter.
- The Aztecs have an implied moneyline win probability of 57.8% in this contest.
- This season, the Bluejays have won 10 out of the 17 games, or 58.8%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
- Creighton is 8-6 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +115 or more on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by the Bluejays based on the moneyline is 46.5%.
Against the spread
- The Aztecs put up just 1.3 more points per game (65.3) than the Bluejays give up (64).
- San Diego State is 10-8 against the spread and 18-0 overall when scoring more than 64 points.
- Creighton has an 8-6 record against the spread and a 13-3 record overall when giving up fewer than 65.3 points.
- The Bluejays score an average of 67.1 points per game, 9.4 more points than the 57.7 the Aztecs give up.
- Creighton is 14-6-2 against the spread and 18-5 overall when it scores more than 57.7 points.
- San Diego State’s record is 15-10 against the spread and 20-5 overall when it allows fewer than 67.1 points.
- The Aztecs have totaled 236 more points than their opponents this season (7.6 per game on average), and the Bluejays have scored 104 more points than their opponents (3.1 per game).
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Over/Under
- The average implied total for the Aztecs this season is 67.7 points, 6.7 more points than their implied total of 61 points in Thursday’s game.
- So far this season, San Diego State has totaled more than 61 points in a game 22 times.
- The average implied point total on the season for the Bluejays (73.3) is the same as the team’s implied total in this matchup.
- On the season, Creighton has put up more than 59 points in 24 games.
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