TCU Horned Frogs at Iowa Hawkeyes Free Pick - Betting Odds
Date:
March 19, 5:00 pm
Location:
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
TV:
ESPN2
Betting Odds
Point Spread:
Iowa -2
Total:
152.5
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The top-seed Iowa Hawkeyes host the 4th seed TCU Horned Frogs in a Region Four 2nd round NIT Tournament game that will take place at the at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa Sunday March 19th at 5 PM ET. The betting odds list Iowa as a -2 home favorite with the total on the NCAA board at 152.5 points.
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TCU is coming off a 66-59 win over Fresno State in the first round of the NIT where they failed to cover the spread as an 8.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 125, which was under the closing line of 145. TCU has failed to cover the spread in their last two games after doing so in two in a row and previous to the Fresno State game the total had gone over in three in a row. TCU has won three of their last four games.
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Iowa is coming off an 87-75 win over South Dakota in the first round of the NIT where they covered the 11-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 162, which was under the closing line of 164. The Hawkeyes have covered the spread in five of their last six games and previous to the South Dakota game the total had gone over in two in a row. Iowa has won five of their last six games.
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Offensively, TCU is putting up 73.7 points per game on a 46.1% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Horned Frogs are allowing 70 points per game on a 44.4% FG average.
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Iowa is putting up 80.2 points per game on a 45.2% FG average. On defense the Hawkeyes are allowing 77.6 points per game on a 44.3% FG average.
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This is the first ever meeting between these two teams.
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TCU Horned Frogs at Iowa Hawkeyes Betting Trends<br />
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TCU is 3-9 against the spread in their last 12 games.
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The game total has gone under in 21 of TCU’s last 29 non-conference games.
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The game total has gone over in 7 of Iowa’s last 9 home games.
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The Hawkeyes are 10-4-1 against the spread in their last 15 home games.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB march madness matchup between TCU and Iowa have the public leaning to the home Hawkeyes minus the 2 points with 77%. The over/under consensus has not been posted at time of publish.
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TCU Horned Frogs at Iowa Hawkeyes Prediction
TCU came up with a brilliant 85-82 win over a short handed Kansas team then came back to earth in their match against Iowa State who pummeled them by 21 points. They did come back and win their opener in the NIT over an overmatched Fresno State but couldn’t get the cover winning by just 7 as a large -8.5 betting favorite. Iowa played a horrendous game defensively against Indiana in the Big Ten tournament opener allowing the Hoosiers to shoot 60% from the field and from behind the arc on a 22 point loss. They’ve rebounded nicely nice in their NIT opener extending the lead throughout to win going away by 12 to get the money. The Hawkeyes played hot and cold this season, beating top flight teams like Michigan and Purdue but they had too many game like the Indiana disaster losing by 10 or more in five of their six losses. I don’t think that TCU is in the same quality level of the teams that have defeated Iowa. The Horned Frogs have gone 3-8 in their last 11 and the very same 3-8 on the road this season.
Free Pick:
Take the Iowa Hawkeyes -2
