Greg McDermott is frustrated with his team and I bet on that frustration to continue in Cincinnati. The Bluejays have been blown out in each of their two true road games. Over the past three games, Creighton has allowed opponents to shoot 43.1 percent from beyond the arc. Richard Pitino has a slew of good shooters ready to take advantage of Creighton's lack of connected defenders. I would play this up to -4.

It took a couple of weeks, but Richard Pitino finally has the X on course and on the ascent into Big East play. Five straight wins look a buy signal on the Musketeers, who among other things have been shooting their 3-balls a lot better than the first two weeks, hitting another 12 last Friday vs. Mizzou State and now better than 37% for the season, while ex-FAU PF Tre Carroll looks a potential "Beast of the Big East" after a recent 30-point show vs. crosstown Cincy. Meanwhile this looks a very downgraded Creighton side as Greg McDermott hasn't effectively replaced four DD scorers from last year's latest Big Dance qualifier, and missing the defensive presence 7-1 Ryan Kalkbrenner (now NBA Hornets) provided. Play Xavier