Creighton vs Connecticut 3/2/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The UConn Huskies and the Creighton Bluejays meet in college basketball action from the CHI Health Center Omaha on Wednesday night.

The UConn Huskies will look to build on their 86-77 win over Georgetown last time out. R.J. Cole leads UConn in scoring with 16.1 PPG as well as in assists with 4.2 APG while Adama Sanogo has 14.9 PPG with a team-high 8.2 RPG. Tyrese Martin has 13.3 PPG and 7.4 RPG to make up the scoring in double figures for UConn so far this season while Isaiah Whaley and Tyler Polley have 7.9 and 7.8 PPG respectively. As a team, UConn is averaging 76.7 PPG on 44% shooting from the field, 36% from three and 75.1% from the foul line while allowing 65.6 PPG on 39.9% shooting from the field and 34.3% from three this season.

The Creighton Bluejays will try to bounce back from a 72-51 loss to Providence last time out. Ryan Hawkins leads the Bluejays in scoring and rebounding with 14.3 PPG and 7.8 RPG while Ryan Kalkbrenner has 12.2 PPG, 7.4 RPG and 2.8 BPG and Alex O’Connell has 12 PPG with 5.2 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Creighton this season. As a team, Creighton is averaging 69.5 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field, 30.8% from three and 72.4% from the foul line while allowing 66.9 PPG on 39.9% shooting from the field and 32.7% from three this season.

UConn is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 road games and 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall while the over is 7-3 in their last 10 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. Creighton is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a loss.

I get why UConn’s favored here, but the Huskies have struggled ATS on the road as of late. Now Creighton’s not the easiest team to back without Ryan Nembhard in the lineup, but Creighton needs this game a lot more and I think they put their best foot forward here to bag a cover if not an outright win here.