Creighton Blue Jays vs Oklahoma Sooners Point Spread Picks

Oklahoma is off to a 9-1 start and they have beaten some pretty good teams in Florida, Notre Dame, USC, and Wichita State. The Sooners are not only shooting the ball well but have outrebounded 8 of their 10 opponents. The two games they failed to outrebound their opponent were by one and two boards. Defensively they have held 7 of 10 opponents to under 40% shooting. Creighton has struggled vs. their top three opponents Ohio State, Nebraska, and Gonzaga, losing all three by an average of 13 points per game. Lay the points with Oklahoma.

Creighton won last year's meeting 65-63 with Oklahoma, which is 7-0 and coming off 96-73 win over Oral Roberts. Creighton hasn't played for a week after a 95-65 win over IUPU last Saturday. As usual, the Sooners are tremendous on defense with a .340 defensive field goal percentage compared to the Blue Jays' 43.7. The UNDER is 14-6 in Oklahoma's last 20 games after an ATS win and 7-3 following a straight-up win, and 14-3 after a win of more than 20 points. Creighton has gone UNDER in five of its last seven road games. Play the UNDER.

The post Doug McDermott era has begun at Creighton. The Blue Jays are not expected to do much in the Big East this season, but before you write this team off, know that this is a program that is good every year, and will find some answers. They may already have as Will Artino and Isaiah Zierden have already stepped up with each contributing 17 points per game and both shooting over 60%. Considering the fact that the pair combined for 8 ppg last season, they have some new weapons in the house. Creighton does not have the automatic scorer as they have had the luxury to have over the last four years, so the emphasis will be on defense and controlling the tempo - especially when they take on the better teams such as Oklahoma. The Sooners have TaShawn Thomas, a Houston transfer, that after months of decision making, the NCAA finally declared him eligible, and he does not have to sit out a year. He had big numbers at Houston, but had just 4 points and three boards in 23 minutes for the Sooners, and they will need more from him. Oklahoma likes to run, but suffered against SE Louisiana, scoring just 78 points and shot less than 40%, and were horrible from the free throw line. I think Creighton can slow this team down and force them into more bad shots. They will hang tough, keep the score down and shorten the game. The Sooners are 7-1 to the UNDER in their last eight after a 20+ point win, while Creighton owns a 21-7-1 mark to the UNDER in their last 29 out-of-conference tilts. Play on Creighton and the UNDER in this one.