Creighton Bluejays vs San Diego State Aztecs Prediction, 3/26/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Creighton Bluejays vs San Diego State Aztecs

Date: Sunday, March 26, 2023

Location: KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, KY

TV: CBS

Odds/Point Spread: Creighton (-1)

KFC Yum! Center is the location where the San Diego State Aztecs (30-6) will play the Creighton Bluejays (24-12) on Sunday. Creighton opens this game as 1-point favorites from Vegas oddsmakers. The total comes in at 134.5.

The Creighton Bluejays took the court against Princeton and went home with a win by a final score of 86-75 in their last game. Concerning personal fouls, the Bluejays ended up walking away with 11 and Princeton totaled 17 personal fouls. They buried 9 out of their 21 attempts from distance. Princeton finished the contest at 60.0% at the charity stripe by burying 6 of their 10 tries. In addition, Princeton collected 24 rebounds (4 offensive, 20 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Princeton earned 13 assists and had 3 steals for the matchup. When talking about the defense, Creighton allowed the other team to go 46.2% from the floor on 30 out of 65 shooting. They also doled out 18 dimes in this contest while creating 5 turnovers and earning 2 steals. When talking about getting rebounds, they collected a total of 36 with 5 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Bluejays converted 13 of their 16 tries for a rate of 81.3%. Creighton ended with a 58.2% FG percentage (32 of 55) and converted 9 out of their 24 3-pointers.

Ryan Kalkbrenner is someone who was a factor in this game. He ended up going 75.0% from the floor and earned 2 dimes. He played for 34 mins played and totaled 5 rebounds. He walked away with 22 points on 9 of 12 shooting.

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Creighton will take the court with a record of 24-12 for the year. They are averaging 77.0 points per contest (56th in the nation) while connecting on 47.0% from the field. The Bluejays are hitting 35.8% on 3-point shots (317 of 885) and 78.1% from the charity stripe. As a team, Creighton is pulling down 37.0 boards per game and has accounted for 572 assists this season, which is 15th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. They are giving up possession 11.6 times per contest and as a team they are committing 13.2 fouls per game.

Defensively, the Bluejays have forced 9.8 turnovers per game and they draw 16.1 fouls. They are giving up 33.8% from beyond the arc and they rank 140th in college basketball in points per game allowed (68.7). The Bluejays defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 42.3% (958 of 2,266) and they relinquish 33.1 boards per game as a team. They are currently ranked 226th in Division 1 in giving up assists with 433 surrendered this year.

The last time they took the court, the San Diego State Aztecs took home the win by a final score of 71-64 when they faced Alabama. When talking about how they cleaned up the glass, San Diego State permitted Alabama to grab 50 in total (18 on the offensive side). They finished 11.1% from 3-point land by hitting 3 of 27 and finished the contest at 15 out of 20 at the charity stripe (75.0%). The Aztecs permitted Alabama to make 23 out of their 71 tries from the floor which had them at 32.4% for this game. When this game wrapped up, the Aztecs went 26 out of 69 from the field which gave them a rate of 37.7%. Pertaining to three-point attempts, San Diego State converted 6 out of their 17 attempts (35.3%). They were able to bury 13 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 59.1%. Alabama was called for 22 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Aztecs to the free throw line for a total of 22 attempts. They also gave up possession 11 times, while recording 9 steals for the game. The Aztecs were able to collect 29 defensive boards and 13 offensive boards totaling 42 in this contest.

Darrion Trammell ended up having an impact for the Aztecs for this game. He racked up 21 points in his 30 minutes of playing time, but went home with no dimes. He made 9 of 16 for the game for a field goal rate of 56.3%, and tallied 5 rebounds.

San Diego State has a mark of 30-6 this season. As an offense, the Aztecs are hitting on 44.3% from the field, which is 191st in D-1. San Diego State has earned 2,587 points on the season (71.9 per contest) and they pull in 36.4 rebounds per game. They are earning an assist 13.4 times per game (156th in college basketball) and they are turning it over 11.8 times per contest. The Aztecs commit 16.3 fouls per contest and they connect on 72.6% from the charity stripe.

The Aztecs on the defensive side of the court are 25th in D-1 in points allowed per contest with 63.1. They are able to force 13.1 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 40.8% from the field (38th in D-1). The San Diego State defense concedes 28.2% on shots from beyond the arc (226 of 801) and their opposition knocks down 74.2% of their free throw attempts. They have relinquished 10.7 dimes and 31.8 rebounds per game, which is ranked 34th and 48th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Creighton (-1)

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