Creighton at DePaul odds, picks and predictions
The Creighton Bluejays (11-4, 2-2 Big East) visit the DePaul Blue Demons (3-11, 0-3) Tuesday night in Chicago. The opening tipoff at Wintrust Arena will be at 9 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook's lines around the Creighton vs. DePaul odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.
Creighton opened conference play with back-to-back losses but has rebounded with 2 straight wins since. The Bluejays' most recent game was a 69-60 triumph over Providence on Saturday. CU failed to cover as an 11-point favorite in that contest and is just 1-5 against the spread since Dec. 13.
DePaul has not defeated Creighton since 2015, a stretch 18 straight games. On Saturday, the Blue Demons were out-rebounded 34-26 in a 68-65 loss to Georgetown (ATS win as a +7). The boards have been a problem for DePaul; the Demons have been out-rebounded in 11 of their last 13 games.
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Creighton at DePaul odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 6:45 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Off the board
- Against the spread (ATS): Creighton -15.5 (-110) | DePaul +15.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 141.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Creighton at DePaul picks and predictions
Prediction
Creighton 84, DePaul 66
Moneyline
Creighton would be the lean on value here, but that value is still a few hundred cents south of any moneyline tag you can find. PASS.
Against the spread
Creighton is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road. DePaul is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games as an underdog.
The Bluejays have played a top-40 schedule and have not played a lot of foes in the KenPom No. 245 neighborhood where DePaul lives. Against teams outside the top-150, CU has gone 6-0, averaging 91.7 points per game while allowing 58.8.
DePaul has similar losing margins when playing up.
Peg CREIGHTON -15.5 (-110) as the value side here. But consider a partial-unit play on any spread higher than 13 points.
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Over/Under
Creighton plays at a slow tempo and plays good defense. But recency bias has often opened up some leverage when the Bluejays clamp down and hold a team to a low point total (like holding Providence to 60, for instance). After the last 21 times the Bluejays have held a foe to 60 points or less, the following game has seen the Over go 14-21.
When DePaul faces good offensive teams -- ones averaging 77-plus points -- the Over has gone 15-9 the last 3 years.
In those 6 Creighton games references above, the games averaged 150.5 points. The pace in this game figures to be slow, and the point-spiral factors are negligible. But the talent gap is enough such that the Bluejays will get their points.
BET THE OVER 141.5 (-110).
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