Marquette at DePaul odds, picks and predictions
The Marquette Golden Eagles (13-5, 4-3 Big East) and DePaul Blue Demons (3-15, 0-7) meet Wednesday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Tip-off is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET (CBSSN). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook's lines around the Marquette vs. DePaul odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.
Marquette picked up a 73-72 win as a 2-point underdog at St. John's last time out on Saturday. The Golden Eagles have earned back-to-back wins and covered after a pair of upset losses and non-covers at Seton Hall and home to Butler. The Golden Eagles have won just once in the past 4 road games, also going 1-3 against the spread (ATS) in those outings. The Under is 3-1 in those contests.
DePaul fired coach Tony Stubblefield following the team's most recent loss at Butler. The Blue Demons have dropped 6 in a row since their last win Dec. 30 against Chicago State. Stubblefield ended up going just 28-54 in his 2-plus seasons for the Blue Demons. Assistant Matt Brady was tabbed as the interim head coach.
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Marquette 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 10:18 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Marquette -3500 (bet $3,500 to win $100) | DePaul +1200 (bet $100 to win $1,200)
- Against the spread (ATS): Marquette -17.5 (-110) | DePaul +17.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 147.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Marquette at DePaul picks and predictions
Prediction
Marquette 84, DePaul 62
Moneyline
Marquette (-3500) will cost you 35 times your potential return, and that's obviously way too much risk for not enough reward. While there is such a small chance the Golden Eagles fall to the lowly Blue Demons, perhaps DePaul (+1200) comes out with a little extra fire after its coach was dismissed. However, there have been very few signs that the Blue Demons are going to be competitive in this game.
PASS.
Against the spread
MARQUETTE -17.5 (-110) is laying a lot of points on the road, but against a bad DePaul +17.5 (-110) team, the risk isn't as great as you might think.
Marquette is 4-2 ATS in the past 6 games, while going 3-3 ATS in the past 6 outings as a double-digit favorite. The Golden Eagles have covered 2 of the past 3 trips to Wintrust Arena, too.
DePaul has dropped 6 in a row, with 4 straight game decided by 14 or more points. As an underdog or 8 or more points, the Blue Demons are 1-8-1 ATS in the past 10 tries.
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Over/Under
UNDER 147.5 (-110) is the lean, but be very careful.
Marquette is likely to get loose for its fair share of points. However, DePaul has struggled to score, going for 65 or fewer points in 5 of the past 6 outings, and 7 of the previous 9 contests. The Under is 7-3 in the previous 10 games for the Blue Demons, too.
The Golden Eagles have cashed the Under at a 5-2 clip, while the total has gone low at a 12-4 clip in the past 16 games overall. However, be careful, as the total has gone high in each of the past 5 meetings in this series, with the winning team notching at least 87 points in each of the past 4 battles.
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