The Northwestern Wildcats and the Nebraska Cornhuskers meet in college basketball action from the Pinnacle Bank Arena on Wednesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Northwestern is listed as a 2-point road favorite with a -130 ML price tag. The total for this game is set at 130.5 points.
Injuries
Ty Berry and Julian Roper II are both questionable for Northwestern for this game with respective ankle injuries while Blaise Keita is out until mid February for Nebraska with an ankle injury.
Matchup History
Northwestern’s 71-69 win over Nebraska back on March 9th, 2022, made it six straight wins for the Wildcats in this matchup.
Trends
Northwestern is 16-39-3 ATS in their last 58 games following an ATS win while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall. Nebraska is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall while the under is 9-1-1 in their last 11 home games.
Pick
I’m sticking with Northwestern here. I just want no part of Nebraska even if they’ve played their best at home this season. This is a tough schedule spot for Northwestern having played Monday, but the Cornhuskers have only been able to beat teams they can keep under their thumb and I don’t think Northwestern falls into that category. I’ll side with Northwestern for the win here.