Big Ten Tournament: Iowa vs. Rutgers odds, picks and predictions
The No. 5-seed Iowa Hawkeyes (23-9) meet the No. 4 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (18-12) in a Friday afternoon Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal. The contest at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis is slated to tip off at 2 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the Iowa vs. Rutgers odds and lines, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Iowa clobbered Northwestern, 112-76, in Thursday second-round action at the Big Ten's title event. The Hawkeyes broke Big Ten Tournament records for scoring, field goals (43) and 3-pointers (19) in their bracket advance. With the win, Iowa is 6-1 over its last seven games. The Hawkeyes - now ranked 23rd nationally - went 12-8 in the Big Ten standings.
Rutgers squeaked by Indiana and Penn State in its final two regular-season games, snapping a three-game skid and closing out its league slate with a mark of 12-8. The dozen wins mark the Scarlet Knights' most since RU joined the Big Ten in 2014-15. Many of Rutgers' circuit wins were by close margins. One such game was the lone regular-season meeting between the Knights and Hawkeyes: RU defeated Iowa 48-46 Jan. 19.
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Iowa vs. Rutgers odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Iowa -300 (bet $300 to win $100) | Rutgers +230 (bet $100 to win $230)
- Against the spread (ATS): Iowa -6.5 (-110) | Rutgers +6.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 144.5 (O: -107 | U: -115)