At first glance this 142.5 total doesn't seem so prohibitive, until referring to the first meeting between these two on New Year's Eve in Omaha that landed 57-56 in the Bluejays' favor. The fact is both of these teams have been winning until losing earlier in the week, Creighton's streak at nine and St. John's at ten. What marked those upticks for both sides was a slower pace and solid defense; for the latter, in the case of Creighton, it has been nice to have 7-1 Ryan Kalkbrenner as the ultimate rim protector. Recent results underline the under trends each way (both 6-2 under their last eight). Play Creighton-St John's Under

We still think the arrow points upwards for Creighton even if UConn ended a Bluejays win steak at midweek. Previously it was nine straight wins and ten straight covers, and though fouling a bit more in the last two minutes when behind, Creighton is still careful not to send the opponents to the FT line, reflected in their nation's low 10.5 fouls pg. It was also an off-night (relatively so) for 7-1 C Ryan Kalkbrenner, who scored "only" 13 after hitting for 25 pg his previous five. Meanwhile Rick Pitino's Red Storm looks for revenge after a 57-56 loss in Omaha on New Year's Eve (St. John's just 6 FTs) and just had its own 10-game win streak snapped by Villanova on Wednesday. Play Creighton