The 7th ranked Virginia Cavaliers will take on the Iowa Hawkeyes at a neutral site game that will take place at The Arena at Northwest FL St. in Niceville, Florida at 7 PM ET. Virginia has won all four of their games on the young season and they have covered the spread in both of the games that had a posted spread. Iowa has won three of their four games on the season and they failed to cover in the only game that had a posted spread.
Virginia is coming off an easy 90-34 win over Grambling State in a game that did not have a posted line. In both of the games for the Cavaliers that have had a spread they have been favoured by double-digits and they have won and covered in both. They have won in blowouts in all four of their games on the season and in the two games that had a spread both went under the closing line.
Iowa is coming off a 95-67 blowout win over UT Rio Grand in a game that did not have a spread. Their game before that was the only one this season that has had a posted spread and they did not cover as a 1.5-point home favorite losing to Seton Hall 91-83 and the total of that game went over the closing line.
Offensively Virginia has put up 75 points per game with a 51.4% FG average. On defense the Cavaliers rank first in the nation only giving up an average of 38.8 points per game on 28.9% shooting.
Iowa ranks 8th in the nation putting up 96.3 points per game on 48.7% shooting. On the defensive side of the ball the Hawkeyes are allowing 79 points per game on a 43% FG average.
These teams last met in the 2013 season where Iowa beat Virginia 75-64.
Virginia at Iowa Betting Trends
- Virginia is 13-3-1 against the spread in their last 17 games.
- The game total has gone under in 14 of Virginia’s last 19 games.
- Iowa is 1-10 against the spread in their last 11 games.
Public Money Consensus
In this matchup between Virginia and Iowa the public is definitively on the Cavaliers to cover the 11.5 point spread with 64% confidence. As of publication there was no indication which way the betting public was leaning on the 137.5 total line.