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The Princeton Tigers still have their glass slippers on, but can they continue their Cinderella run with a win this Friday against the Creighton Bluejays? Or do you think the Bluejays will be the ones to send Princeton home?
Read on for more about this Princeton vs Creighton matchup in the 2022-23 college basketball season, including the latest odds, pick, and prediction to win this showdown, as brought to you by JefeBet. Also, don’t forget to check out the other NCAAB game previews here to help you make the best betting decisions.
Picks and Predictions for the Princeton Tigers vs Creighton Bluejays NCAA Basketball Championship Sweet Sixteen Game on March 24, 2023
- Where: KFC Yum! Center (Louisville, KY)
- When: Friday, March 24, 2023, (TB ET)
- March Madness Betting Odds: View NCAAB Odds
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Betting on the Princeton Tigers
- Regular Season Record: 23-8
How about those Tigers? Not content with the massive takedown they scored in the first round when they knocked out the Arizona Wildcats, 78-63, the Tigers pulled off another upset in the second round by topping the Missouri Tigers last Saturday, 78-63.
Princeton ate up Mizzou on the glass, winning the rebounding battle by a wide margin, 44-30. That includes 16 offensive rebounds to just eight by Missouri. The pair of Tosan Evbuomwan and Ryan Langborg have yet to play great at the same time in the NCAA tournament, yet Princeton is very much alive.
The prospect of those two finally piecing together a solid showing in the same game should excite Princeton backers heading into this matchup against Creighton.
Betting on the Creighton Bluejays
- Regular Season Record: 23-12
Creighton to the job done in the second round and is now rewarded with a Sweet Sixteen matchup against a Cinderella. The Bluejays are coming off an 85-76 win last Sunday against the Baylor Bears and should be confident that they can stop the run of Princeton.
Sure, the Tigers are on a roll, but Creighton just manhandled the Bears – arguably the team with the best offense in the nation. Princeton should find it harder to get extra possessions off offensive rebounds in this game than it did in the Missouri game, as Bluejays were fourth overall in the nation back in the regular season with 27.3 defensive rebounds per outing.
Stopping Creighton’s offense is going to be a tall order for Creighton regardless of the Tigers’ success in the first two rounds. The Bluejays are 24th nationally with 114.8 points per 100 possessions adjusted.
JefeBet Prediction
This is the end of the road for Princeton which gets its due blowout loss on Friday. The Bluejays will have their way on both ends of the floor for a dominant victory.
Prediction: Creighton wins, 77-60.
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