The Rutgers Scarlet Knights (14-6, 6-3 Huge Ten) meet the Iowa Hawkeyes (12-8, 4-5) in Iowa Metropolis Sunday at 2 p.m. ET (Huge Ten Community). Under, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s strains across the Rutgers vs. Iowa odds, and make our knowledgeable school basketball picks, predictions and bets.
This will likely be a rematch of an Iowa 76-65 victory over Rutgers on Jan. 8. The Hawkeyes weres 5.5-point underdogs, however pulled off the 11-point victory on the highway. With the Iowa offense nonetheless clicking, this recreation might flip into a lot of the identical on the Hawkeyes’ house courtroom.
Because the loss to Iowa, Rutgers has received 3 of 4 video games together with its final recreation, a 65-45 win over Penn State as 7-point favorites.
Because the win over Rutgers, Iowa is 2-4 and is on a 2-game shedding streak, the newest a 2-point loss 63-61 to Michigan State as 2.5-point underdogs.
Iowa’s offense ranked twenty first within the nation at 80.7 factors, however might want to clear up an elite Rutgers protection that ranks 4th at simply 57.0 factors allowed to achieve one other victory. Iowa was capable of clear up this protection in Piscataway and can look to carry out the feat once more Sunday.
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Rutgers at Iowa odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Rutgers +145 (wager $100 to win $145) | Iowa -190 (wager $190 to win $100)
- Towards the unfold (ATS): Rutgers +4.5 (-120) | Iowa -4.5 (+100)
- Over/Beneath (O/U): 141.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Rutgers at Iowa picks and predictions
Prediction
Iowa 71, Rutgers 68
Moneyline
PASS.
The worth is on Rutgers on this recreation however the chance of the Scarlet Knights pulling off the upset is small. Iowa, on its house courtroom, will put up sufficient factors to win the sport and though -190 is just not overly inflated, it’s barely too excessive to make a straight wager on. It might be a pleasant addition to a parlay although.
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Towards the unfold
RUTGERS +4.5 (-120).
Regardless of shedding by 11 factors to Iowa at house, Rutgers has been the higher group since. With 3 wins in 4 video games, the Scarlet Knights are coming in after beating Penn State by 20 of their final recreation whereas Iowa is coming in after shedding 2 straight video games to Ohio State and Michigan State. I give Iowa the ultimate benefit being at house. However Rutgers and its protection will maintain the sport gradual and shut, and 4.5 factors is an excessive amount of on this recreation. The underdog has coated the unfold in 9 of the previous 12 conferences on this sequence. I count on the identical right here.
Over/Beneath
UNDER 141.5 (-110).
Rutgers is 6-1 in its final 7 video games to the Beneath on the highway. It is usually 4-1 to the Beneath in its final 5 video games after a win and when masking the unfold. The Rutgers protection will maintain the Hawkeyes offense down simply sufficient to get this recreation Beneath the overall of 141.5. If this quantity drops under 140 by gametime, I might keep away. So long as it’s above this quantity, I might take the Beneath.
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