The Iowa Hawkeyes host the Nebraska Cornhuskers in a Big 10 game that will take place at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa at 2 PM ET. The hometown Hawkeyes opened on the college basketball betting board as high as -6 and moved lower to -4.5 on many boards with sharp action on the visitor. The total opened at 151 and held held that number.
Nebraska is coming off a 72-61 loss to Michigan State in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 2-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 133, which was under the closing line of 136.5. The Cornhuskers have failed to cover the spread in four of their last five games and in their last five games the total has gone under four times. Overall, Nebraska has lost six of their last seven games.
Iowa is coming off an 83-63 win over Rutgers in their last game where they covered the spread as a 1-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 146, which was over the closing line of 139.5. The Hawkeyes have covered the spread in their last two games while failing to do so in their previous three games and in three of their last four games, including their last two, the total has gone over. Iowa has won two straight games after losing three in a row.
Offensively, Nebraska is putting up 71 points per game on a 41.9% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Cornhuskers are allowing 71.5 points per game on a 44.6% FG average.
Iowa is putting up 80.7 points per game on a 45.5% FG average. On defense the Hawkeyes are allowing 77.3 points per game on a 43.4% FG average.
These teams met in the beginning of last month at Nebraska where the Cornhuskers beat the Hawkeyes 93-90 in OT.
Nebraska Cornhuskers at Iowa Hawkeyes Betting Trends
- Nebraska is 1-4 against the spread in their last 5 games overall.
- The Cornhuskers are 5-2 against the spread in their last 7 road games.
- The game total has gone over in 4 of the Cornhuskers last 5 road games against the Hawkeyes.
- Iowa is 4-2 against the spread in their last 6 home games.
- The Hawkeyes are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 home games against the Cornhuskers.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Nebraska and Iowa have the public leaning heavily to the home Hawkeyes minus the 6 points with over 70%. The over/under bettors are leaning slightly to this game going over the posted total line of 152 with just over 55%.
