Creighton vs UTRGV Prediction 11-6-24 College Basketball Picks

The UTRGV Vaqueros and the Creighton Bluejays meet on Wednesday in a college basketball game at CHI Health Center Omaha. We will look at this from a betting perspective and identify the best bets for this game. Here is a Creighton vs. UTRGV prediction.

UTRGV summary

The UTRGV Vaqueros enter this game after losing to Nebraska 87-67 in their last season opener. After that game, UTRGV will head to a matchup against Charleston Southern.

Vaqueros craves a big surprise

KT Raimey had a team-high 14 points, including two three-pointers, while Cliff Davis scored a team-high 12 points on four three-pointers and seven rebounds. Tomy Gankhuyag and DK Thorn each had 11 points and three three-pointers, rounding out the group of double-digit scorers for UTRGV in the loss. Hasan Abdul Hakim also contributed seven rebounds and six assists of his own. As a team, UTRGV is averaging 67 PPG on 38.7% shooting, 31.7% from three-point range and 66.7% from the foul line so far this season.

Creighton summary

The Creighton Bluejays enter this game looking to build on a strong 2024-25 season, finishing 25-10 overall, including a 14-6 mark in Big East play. Creighton lost to Providence in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament, but was still invited to the NCAA Tournament with an at-large bid. The Bluejays defeated Akron and Oregon in the first two rounds of the Big Dance before losing to Tennessee in the Sweet 16. The Bluejays lost a ton of talent from last year, including players like Trey Alexander, Baylor Scheierman and Francisco Farabello.

The good news for Creighton is that they brought back Ryan Kalkbrenner (17.3 PPG, 7.6 RPG) and Steven Ashworth (11.1 PPG, 4.2 APG) and added Pop Isaacs (15.8 PPG, 3.5 APG) from Texas also brought two strong transfers with Tech and Jamiya Neal (11 PPG, 5.4 RPG) from Arizona State. Time will tell if Creighton can repeat its success and get back into the NCAA Tournament in March and make a deep run. The Creighton Bluejays next play against Fairleigh Dickinson, Houston Christian, Kansas City, Nebraska and San Diego State.

Why the Creighton Bluejays will win

• Texas-Rio Grande Valley has lost each of its last 15 games.
• Creighton has won each of its last eight night games against non-conference opponents at CHI Health Center Omaha.

Creighton vs UTRGV Prediction

I'm here at Creighton. UTRGV stuck with Nebraska, but this Creighton team is once again stacked and is not a team I want to face if UTRGV is the alternative. Creighton prevailed against smaller opponents in the non-conference portion of its program last year, winning 51 against Florida A&M, 29 against North Dakota State and 32 against Texas Southern. I think UTRGV suffers the same fate. Give me Creighton.