Creighton Bluejays vs Villanova Wildcats Prediction, 3/12/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Creighton Bluejays vs Villanova Wildcats

Date: Saturday, March 12, 2022

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: FOX

Odds/Point Spread: Creighton (+8)

Madison Square Garden is the location where the Villanova Wildcats (25-7) will take on the Creighton Bluejays (22-10) on Saturday. Creighton opens this game as 8-point dogs. The over/under is set at 131.

The Creighton Bluejays faced Providence and earned the victory with a final of 85-58 in their last game. Creighton walked away from the contest with a 52.6% field goal percentage (30 out of 57) and converted 9 out of their 23 shots from downtown. From the charity stripe, the Bluejays converted 16 of 20 attempts for a percentage of 80.0%. When talking about getting rebounds, they collected 41 with 8 of them being offensive. They also doled out 13 assists in this contest as well as forcing the opposition into 7 turnovers and getting 6 steals. When it comes to defense, Creighton allowed the other team to go 30.8% from the field on 20 of 65 shooting. Providence earned 6 dimes and had 6 steals in the game. In addition, Providence collected 35 boards (12 offensive, 23 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Providence finished shooting 68.2% from the charity stripe by burying 15 of their 22 shots. They also buried 3 of 24 attempts from 3-point range. With respect to fouls, the Bluejays ended up with 18 and Providence finished the game with 17 fouls.

Ryan Kalkbrenner is a player who was important for the game. He ended up going 75.0% from the floor and also distributed 1 assist. He played 25 minutes and also pulled down 9 rebounds. He accounted for 15 points on 6 out of 8 shooting.

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Creighton will play this game with a record of 22-10 so far this season. They average 69.7 pts per game (216th in the country) on 45.4% from the field. The Bluejays are shooting 31.5% on three-point shots (218 of 692) and 72.9% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Creighton is snagging 38.2 boards per contest and has accounted for 425 dimes on the season, which ranks 139th in the country in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 14.2 times per contest and as a basketball team they are committing 13.4 fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Bluejays are forcing 10.7 turnovers per game and they draw 15.5 personal fouls. They concede 32.0% from beyond the arc and they are 92nd in the nation in points per game allowed (66.3). The Bluejays defense is allowing an opponent FG percentage of 39.7% (805 of 2,028) and they relinquish 35.3 rebounds per game as a squad. They are currently ranked 104th in D-1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 360 conceded this year.

For their last game, the Villanova Wildcats walked away with a victory by a final of 63-60 against Connecticut. The Wildcats collected 22 defensive boards and 3 offensive boards for a total of 25 in this game. They gave up possession of the ball 6 times, while recording 4 steals in the game. Connecticut committed 12 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Wildcats to the free throw line for a total of 8 tries. They were able to knock down 7 of the free throw tries for a rate of 87.5%. In regard to shooting from 3-point land, Villanova knocked down 10 out of their 30 attempts (33.3%). Overall, the Wildcats shot 23 for 54 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.6%. The Wildcats allowed Connecticut to make 22 out of 58 tries from the floor which had them sitting at 37.9% in the game. They wrapped up this game 36.4% from distance by going 8 of 22 and ended up going 8 out of 13 from the free throw line (61.5%). Concerning rebounding, Villanova permitted Connecticut to get 38 in all (13 offensive).

Jermaine Samuels ended up being important for the Wildcats in this game. He knocked down 7 out of 17 in the matchup for a rate of 41.2%, and accumulated 12 rebounds. He totaled 21 points in his 30 mins on the court and added 1 assist for the game.

Villanova has a mark of 25-7 on the season. As an offense, the Wildcats are connecting on 44.0% from the floor, which ranks them 185th in the nation. Villanova has scored 2,343 pts on the season (73.2 per game) and they snag 34.8 rebounds per game. They are assisting teammates 12.2 times per contest (241st in college basketball) and they are turning it over 10.0 times per contest. The Wildcats are committing 15.4 fouls per game and they connect on 82.7% from the free throw line.

The Villanova defense allows 31.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter (241 of 758) and their opponents are converting on 74.6% of their foul shots. They relinquish 11.4 assists and 32.2 rebounds per game, ranking them 84th and 60th in Division 1. The Wildcats are ranked 33rd in the nation in points allowed per game with 63.6. They are able to force 12.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and have allowed teams to shoot 41.1% from the field (58th in college basketball).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Villanova (-8)

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