Iowa forward Payton Sandfort (20) takes a free throw during the NCAA men’s basketball game against Eastern Illinois, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, at Carver-Hawk Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. 221221 Eastern Illinois Iowa Mbb 020 JPG
Iowa and Nebraska will be looking for their first Big Ten wins Thursday night when they face off in the conference.
The Hawkeyes are hoping to bounce back from an embarrassing 92-83 loss to Eastern Illinois. Iowa State was named a 31.5-point favorite, making it the biggest upset in college basketball history. There’s nowhere for them to go but now and they couldn’t have asked for a much better Big Ten opponent than Nebraska to bounce against.
Let’s take a look at the odds of the match.
Iowa vs. Nebraska odds, spread, and total
Iowa vs. Nebraska prediction and selection
Sometimes crazy things happen in sports, and that’s why games are played. Just because Iowa lost to Eastern Illinois in its final game doesn’t mean it’s a bad team in any way. They played as bad as they will ever play and Eastern Illinois played as good as they will ever play. that happens.
That’s why I remain confident in supporting the Hockey family to cover as Nebraska’s favorite tonight.
Iowa is ahead of Nebraska in nearly every category, including effective field goal percentage and defensive efficiency.
The area that may be the biggest difference maker tonight is the turnovers. Iowa State’s turnovers per possession are the 14th-lowest in the country, while the Cornhuskers are 205th in turnover-per-possession.
If Iowa can hold onto the ball and shoot well, as it has for most of the season, they will bounce back big and get their first Big Ten win of the season.
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The game odds are updated periodically and are subject to change.
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