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Creighton (2-0) takes its first true road trip of the season tonight, tipping off at 9:00 PM ET against Kansas State (1-1) at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas. Both programs have first-year coaches, but they aren't starting from the same place. Alan Huss inherited three returning starters at Creighton. Casey Alexander's Wildcats brought back one player from last season's 12-20 team. Expect a fast game that Creighton wins by more than a possession. K-State fires threes at one of the highest rates in the country and gives the ball away too often, and Creighton's pressure turns those giveaways into easy points. Men's college basketball has no availability report, so both starting fives are projected.
Creighton vs. Kansas State Predictions
Pick #1Creighton -3.5−110
Start with the turnovers. Creighton is averaging 13.0 steals a game, and Kansas State turned it over 17 times in its win over CSUN. Alexander brought it up himself: "we had 17 turnovers." He also called Creighton a team "without real deficiencies," with "great scoring," "good size" and "good athleticism." That's the opposing coach describing a group that beat Kansas City 76-61 and Le Moyne 83-55.
This early in the season, continuity counts. Creighton returns Austin Swartz, Jasen Green and Isaac Traudt, and South Florida transfer Wes Enis leads the team at 20.5 points a game, with Jackson McAndrew adding 12.0. Kansas State is mostly newcomers, and it lost its home opener to South Dakota State 68-66 before beating CSUN. Creighton expects Green back after he sat out the Le Moyne game. K-State forward Timo Malovec hasn't played this season and is still day-to-day.
At -110, that's a 52.4% break-even. One public power rating makes Creighton about a five-point favorite and another has it closer to a pick'em, so the matchup carries this more than any big gap in the numbers. There's risk here. It's Creighton's first road game, the Bluejays are shooting just 31.7% from three, and Kansas State won last season's meeting 83-76 in Omaha, though with almost none of tonight's roster.
Pick #2Over 158.5−106
Kansas State lets it fly. The Wildcats average 80.5 points and 34.5 three-point attempts a game (18th in the country), they hit 36.2% of them, and they set a school record with 41 attempts against CSUN. Colorado State transfer Brandon Rechsteiner is scoring 21.0 a game and has made 10 threes. On the other end, K-State has given up 73.0 points a game to South Dakota State and CSUN.
That style should help Creighton score as well. Alexander said "the amount of threes they get in transition is pretty alarming," and every K-State turnover is a chance for one. Creighton is averaging 79.5 points.
At -106 the implied chance is 51.5%, and the edge in the number is thin: one public rating projects the game right around 159. Creighton's two games finished with 137 and 138 points, both lopsided wins over opponents that couldn't keep up. This needs Kansas State to hold up its end, and a cold shooting night from either team keeps it under.
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