The top-seed Iowa Hawkeyes host the 4th seed TCU Horned Frogs in a Region Four 2nd round NIT Tournament game that will take place at the at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa Sunday March 19th at 5 PM ET. The betting odds list Iowa as a -2 home favorite with the total on the NCAA board at 152.5 points.
TCU is coming off a 66-59 win over Fresno State in the first round of the NIT where they failed to cover the spread as an 8.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 125, which was under the closing line of 145. TCU has failed to cover the spread in their last two games after doing so in two in a row and previous to the Fresno State game the total had gone over in three in a row. TCU has won three of their last four games.
Iowa is coming off an 87-75 win over South Dakota in the first round of the NIT where they covered the 11-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 162, which was under the closing line of 164. The Hawkeyes have covered the spread in five of their last six games and previous to the South Dakota game the total had gone over in two in a row. Iowa has won five of their last six games.
Offensively, TCU is putting up 73.7 points per game on a 46.1% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Horned Frogs are allowing 70 points per game on a 44.4% FG average.
Iowa is putting up 80.2 points per game on a 45.2% FG average. On defense the Hawkeyes are allowing 77.6 points per game on a 44.3% FG average.
This is the first ever meeting between these two teams.
TCU Horned Frogs at Iowa Hawkeyes Betting Trends
- TCU is 3-9 against the spread in their last 12 games.
- The game total has gone under in 21 of TCU’s last 29 non-conference games.
- The game total has gone over in 7 of Iowa’s last 9 home games.
- The Hawkeyes are 10-4-1 against the spread in their last 15 home games.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB march madness matchup between TCU and Iowa have the public leaning to the home Hawkeyes minus the 2 points with 77%. The over/under consensus has not been posted at time of publish.
