Pittsburgh vs Iowa State NCAA Tournament First Round odds, tips and betting trends
The No. 6 seed Iowa State Cyclones (19-13) and the No. 11 seed Pittsburgh Panthers (23-11) will meet in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 3:10 PM. Watch the contest on truTV.
The Cyclones are a 4-point favorite against the Panthers when Cyclones and Panthers hit the court. The game features a point total of 131.
Iowa State has a 16-16-0 record against the spread this season compared to Pittsburgh, who is 22-11-0 ATS. The Cyclones are 11-21-0 and the Panthers are 21-12-0 in terms of going over the point total. The teams combine to score 144 points per game, 13 more points than this matchup’s total. Iowa State is 3-7 against the spread and 3-7 overall over its last 10 games, while Pittsburgh has gone 6-4 against the spread and 6-4 overall.
As college hoops play continues, prepare for the contest with what you need to know ahead of Friday’s game.
Pittsburgh at Iowa State odds, spread and lines
- Spread: Iowa State -4
- Total: 131
- Moneyline: Iowa State -181, Pittsburgh +152
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Iowa State vs. Pittsburgh prediction
Iowa State 71, Pittsburgh 68
Moneyline
- Iowa State is 10-4 in games when it was favored on the moneyline (winning 71.4%).
- The Cyclones have a record of 9-3 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -181 or shorter (75% win percentage).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, Iowa State has an implied win probability of 64.4%.
- Pittsburgh has been underdogs in 15 games this season and won seven (46.7%) of those contests.
- The Panthers have a record of 5-5, a 50% win rate, when they’re set as an underdog of +152 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 39.7% chance of a victory for Pittsburgh.
Against the spread
- Iowa State has put together a 16-16-0 record against the spread this season.
- Pittsburgh has put together a 22-11-0 ATS record so far this season.
- The Cyclones average only 1.7 fewer points per game (68.4) than the Panthers allow (70.1).
- When Iowa State puts up more than 70.1 points, it is 9-4 against the spread and 11-2 overall.
- Pittsburgh is 14-2 against the spread and 16-0 overall when allowing fewer than 68.4 points.
- The Panthers’ 75.6 points per game are 12.8 more points than the 62.8 the Cyclones allow to opponents.
- Pittsburgh has put together a 21-8 ATS record and a 21-8 overall record in games it scores more than 62.8 points.
- Iowa State’s record is 14-11 against the spread and 16-9 overall when it allows fewer than 75.6 points.
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Over/Under
- The Cyclones have an average implied point total of 70.7 this season, which is 2.7 points higher than their implied total in Friday’s game (68).
- This season, Iowa State has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (68) 20 times.
- The Panthers’ average implied point total on the season (75 points) is 11 points higher than their implied total in this matchup (64 points).
- On the season, Pittsburgh has scored more than 64 points 31 times.
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