Sunday's game between the Nebraska Cornhuskers (20-9, 10-8 Big Ten) and Rutgers Scarlet Knights (15-13, 7-10 Big Ten) squaring off at Pinnacle Bank Arena has a projected final score of 74-65 (according to our computer prediction) in favor of Nebraska, who is listed as the favorite by our model. The game will begin at 6:30 PM ET on March 3. Based on our computer prediction, Nebraska is a good bet to cover the spread, which is currently listed at 7.5. The two teams are projected to exceed the 139.5 total.
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Nebraska vs. Rutgers Odds
Favorite | Spread | Total | Over Total Odds | Under Total Odds | Favorite Moneyline | Underdog Moneyline |
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Nebraska | -7.5 | 139.5 | -114 | -106 | -360 | +280 |
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Nebraska vs. Rutgers Prediction
- Prediction: Nebraska 74, Rutgers 65
Nebraska Betting Info
- The Cornhuskers have 11 wins against the spread in 18 conference games this year.
- The Cornhuskers have seen 13 of their 18 Big Ten games hit the over.
- This season, the Cornhuskers have won 14 out of the 15 games, or 93.3%, in which they've been moneyline favorites.
- Nebraska has been at least a -360 moneyline favorite eight times this season and won all of those games.
- The Cornhuskers and their opponents have gone over 139.5 combined points in 21 of 29 games this season.
- The average total in Nebraska's outings this year is 146.6, 7.1 more points than this game's over/under.
Nebraska's Top Players
Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
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Keisei Tominaga | 27 | 13.9 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0 | 2.2 |
Rienk Mast | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
Brice Williams | 29 | 12.7 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
Juwan Gary | 23 | 11.9 | 6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1 |
C.J. Wilcher | 29 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
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Rutgers Betting Info
- The Scarlet Knights have eight wins against the spread in 17 Big Ten games this year.
- The Scarlet Knights have played 17 Big Ten games this year, and seven of them have hit the over.
- The Scarlet Knights have come away with four wins in the 13 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- This year, Rutgers has won one of six games when listed as at least +280 or better on the moneyline.
- Scarlet Knights games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 139.5 points in seven of 27 outings.
- Rutgers has had an average of 132.6 points scored in its games so far this season, 6.9 points fewer than this game's over/under.
Rutgers' Top Players
Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
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Jeremiah Williams | 8 | 12.9 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
Clifford Omoruyi | 28 | 11 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 0 |
Aundre Hyatt | 28 | 10.9 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
Mawot Mag | 17 | 9.1 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
Derek Simpson | 28 | 8.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
Nebraska vs. Rutgers Scoring Insights
- The 76.8 points the Cornhuskers average are 10.9 more than the Scarlet Knights give up.
- When Nebraska scores more than 65.9, it is 17-7 versus the spread and 18-6 overall.
- Rutgers is 12-10 against the spread and 14-9 overall when allowing fewer than 76.8 points.
- The Scarlet Knights' 66.7 points per game are just 3.1 fewer than the Cornhuskers give up.
- Rutgers has a 8-2 ATS record and 8-3 overall record when posting over 69.8 points.
- Nebraska is 9-1 against the spread and 10-0 overall when it has allowed less than 66.7 points.
- The Cornhuskers have outscored opponents by 205 points this year (seven per game), and the Scarlet Knights have scored 22 more than their opponents (0.8 per game).
Nebraska vs. Rutgers Rankings
Nebraska Rank | Nebraska AVG | Rutgers AVG | Rutgers Rank | |
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84th | 76.8 | Points Scored | 66.7 | 328th |
112th | 69.8 | Points Allowed | 65.9 | 31st |
67th | 37.9 | Rebounds | 37.5 | 81st |
219th | 8.3 | Off. Rebounds | 10.4 | 47th |
26th | 9.4 | 3pt Made | 5.5 | 334th |
51st | 15.4 | Assists | 12.1 | 273rd |
139th | 10.9 | Turnovers | 10.8 | 128th |
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