Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Creighton Blue Jays from the Missouri Valley conference will face the Oregon Ducks from the PAC 10 conference in a deciding game three CBI Championship NCAA college basketball contest on Friday night.
Tip off time from Oregon is scheduled for 10PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by HD Net.
The betting odds came out with the home team Oregon Ducks favored by –4 1/2 points with an over under of 140 points.
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The college basketball betting public early money has not moved off the opener as the Oregon Ducks remain -4 ½ point favorites.
The total has seen movement down to 139 ½ points.
Oregon Ducks money line supporters will lay –200 odds with the road underdog Creighton Blue Jays bringing back +175 odds to earn the upset victory without the aid of getting the points.
The Blue Jays head into the deciding game three against Oregon with a record of 23-15. The team is just 3-10 on the road.
The club averages 68.8 points a game and connects on 45.9% from the field. The Blue Jays sink 37% from three and hit 73.3% of their free throws.
On defense the team allows 65.2 points a game and 43.3% shooting The Creighton opponents hit on 35% from the three point line against them this season.
Creighton opened up play in the CBI Tournament with an 85-74 home victory against the San Jose St Spartans of the WAC conference as a -10 ½ point favorite. The game flew way over the 136 ½ point total.
In a second round CBI game it was the Blue Jays with the 102-92 victory against the Davidson Wildcats from the Southern conference as a -7 ½ point favorite. The game went over 138 ½ points.
The next opponent for Creighton was the Central Florida Knights from Conference USA and it was the Blue Jays with the 82-64 win as a -4 point home favorite. The game went over 135 ½ points.
They then hosted the Oregon Ducks in game 1 of the CBI best of three series and earned the 84-76 home win as a -5 point favorite. The game played over 143 points.
Game two was played in Oregon and the Ducks prevailed 71-58 as a -4 ½ point favorite. The total went under 144 points.
Oregon shot well in the win hitting on 53.4% from the floor and 5 of 16 from the three point line. The Ducks got to the line just seven times and made four of their attempts.
Joevan Catron led the club with 18 points on 8 of 16 shooting and six boards. Malcolm Armsread chipped in with 14 points with six assists.
Creighton shot just 41.9% from the floor and converted on 7 of 18 from beyond the arc. They did a better job of getting to the free throw line with 18 attempts and 15 makes. The Blue Jays pulled down two more rebounds than Oregon.
The Creighton Blue Jays were very sloppy in defeat as they posted a very high 20 turnovers in their loss.
Gregory Echeique had 10 points on just 3 of 5 from the floor and eight rebounds. Jahenns Manigat also posted 10 for the Blue Jays with 3 of 7 from the field in a losing cause.
Oregon hosts game three of the CBI Tournament with a record of 20-18. The club is 15-9 playing on their home court.
The Ducks average 69.4 points a game and connect on 42% from the field. The team hits on 34.3% from three and 74.1% from the free throw line.
The Oregon defense allows 69.4 points a game and 44.7% shooting. The Ducks give up 37.1% shooting from three to their opponents.
They team began play in the CBI Tournament by posting a 68-59 victory as a -9 ½ point favorite to the Weber St Wildcats from the Big Sky conference. The game went under the total of 140 points.
In their second contest in this tourney the team then defeated the Duquesne Dukes from the Atlanta 10 conference 77-75 as a -1 point home favorite. The game played over 151 points.
In the semifinals of the CBI Tournament it was the Oregon Ducks with the 79-71 home win against the Boise St Broncos from the WAC conference as a -4 point favorite. The game went over the total of 144 ½ points.
Trend: Creighton Blue Jays are 7-2 ATS in their past 9 games.
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