How to Watch Creighton vs. Akron: TV Channel, Time, Live Stream - NCAA Tournament First Round

Updated Mar. 21, 2024 2:25 p.m. ET

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The No. 3 seed Creighton Bluejays (23-9) will look to beat the No. 14 seed Akron Zips (24-10) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at PPG Paints Arena. This contest tips off at 1:30 PM ET.

The Bluejays enter their game versus the Zips as double-digit favorites, by 11.5 points. The over/under for this game is set at 143.5 points.

Creighton vs. Akron Matchup Information

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024
Time: 1:30 PM ET
TV: TNT
Where: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Venue: PPG Paints Arena
Live boxscore on FOX Sports

Bluejays vs Zips Betting Information
Favorite	Spread	Favorite Spread Odds	Underdog Spread Odds	Total	Over Total Odds	Under Total Odds	Favorite Moneyline	Underdog Moneyline
Bluejays	-11.5	-110	-110	143.5	-110	-110	-700	+500

Creighton Top Performers

Bluejays Leaders
Name	GP	PTS	REB	ASST	STL	BLK	3PM
Trey Alexander	32	17.6	5.7	4.8	1.1	0.5	1.7
Baylor Scheierman	32	18.4	9.0	4.0	1.0	0.2	3.1
Ryan Kalkbrenner	32	17.1	7.4	1.3	0.3	3.0	0.4
Steven Ashworth	32	10.7	3.3	4.2	0.5	0.0	2.2
Francisco Farabello	32	4.1	2.3	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.9

Akron Top Performers

Akron Leaders
Name	GP	PTS	REB	ASST	STL	BLK	3PM
Enrique Freeman	34	18.6	12.7	1.6	0.8	1.7	0.5
Greg Tribble	33	10.4	2.5	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.8
Sammy Hunter	33	8.8	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.8
Ali Ali	26	15.6	4.1	2.8	0.5	0.2	1.2
Mikal Dawson	34	5.4	2.4	0.7	0.8	0.1	1.4

Creighton vs. Akron Scoring Insights

The Bluejays average 14.6 more points per game (80.5) than the Zips allow (65.9).
Creighton is 23-5 when scoring more than 65.9 points.
Akron has a 20-9 record when giving up fewer than 80.5 points.
The Zips put up just 4.3 more points per game (74.0) than the Bluejays allow their opponents to score (69.7).
Akron has put together an 18-2 record in games it scores more than 69.7 points.
Creighton's record is 18-4 when it allows fewer than 74.0 points.

Creighton vs. Akron Betting Insights

Creighton has won 16 games against the spread this season, while failing to cover or pushing 16 times.
Akron has won 15 games against the spread this season, while failing to cover or pushing 17 times.
In 20 of 32 games this season, Creighton and its opponents have combined to score more than 143.5 points.
Akron's games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 143.5 points in 11 of 32 outings.

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