The Nebraska Cornhuskers and Minnesota Golden Gophers face off on Wednesday in a college basketball showdown at Williams Arena. Let’s look at the betting matchup and give a free Nebraska vs Minnesota prediction.

Nebraska Looks to Bounce Back From First Loss

Nebraska has played pretty well to start the season but they are coming off a disappointing loss in the last game. Nebraska faced off against Creighton and they never gave up much of a fight and they ended up losing by 29 points. Keisei Tominaga put up 20 points and three rebounds. Nebraska is averaging 78.9 points while their defense is giving up 65.3 points per game. The defense is ranked 63rd and they need to get the offense going early and put the pressure on the Minnesota defense. 

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Minnesota Needs to Stop Falling Behind Big

Minnesota in its losses have fallen behind early and have had issues digging out of large holes. At halftime against Ohio State in the last game they were down 42-28 and in the second half they made a comeback but it wasn’t enough as they ended up losing by 10 points. Overall this season the Gophers are averaging 79 points while their defense is giving up 68.8 points per game. The offense is ranked 96th but this game is going to come down to if the defense can make enough stops. 

Nebraska vs Minnesota Betting Prediction

There is going to be no shortage of scoring in this game. Nebraska is averaging 78.9 points and Minnesota is giving 79 points per game. Both of these offenses are going to have no issue running up the score, and that is going to be the difference here. Minnesota’s defense is going to really struggle here and it wouldn’t be shocking if both teams went over 80 points here. Back the over to cash. This is a very strong play.