Louisville (27-7) vs Creighton (24-10)
Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:15 pm
This is a play on the CREIGHTON BLUEJAYS as part of our CBB Thursday Early Three-Game Package. Louisville comes with a No. 24 NET Ranking and a No. 23 KenPom Ranking but was under-seeded at No. 8 but the committee did soften that up by opening in Lexington so the Cardinals will have an edge in the stands and it has been said that Auburn got a horrible draw because of this. These arguments are not warranted quite yet because Louisville has not advanced and we do not think they will. While the aforementioned rankings are solid, for a team that went 18-2 in its conference shows how weak the Atlantic Coast Conference is and while the Cardinals did defeat Clemson twice, they only have only two other Quad 1 wins and they are against teams not even in the NCAA Tournament. Creighton escaped DePaul in the Big East Tournament before taking out Connecticut in the semifinals but ran into a St. John’s team that could not miss in the second half, connecting on 17 of their last 19 shots. The Bluejays are 6-6 in Quad 1 games, five coming against NCAA Tournament teams. 10* (755) Creighton Bluejays
Matt’s Pick Creighton: +2.5 -104
AUTHOR: Matt Fargo
