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The Alabama-Creighton spread had the Crimson Tide as a -1.5 favorite. You can find all the latest NCAA Basketball betting odds at Belmont.com here. Be sure to claim your FREE CASH bonus when opening an online account.
75 percent of those betting the spread for this game were backing the underdog here.
This is Alabama's first berth since it reached the round of 32 in 2006. The Tide beat South Carolina in the SEC's opening round in New Orleans before losing to No. 4 seed Florida when freshman guard Trevor Lacey missed a 3-pointer in the final seconds of that game that would have resulted in overtime play.
The Creighton Bluejays scored a robust 182 points in their final two Missouri Valley Conference tournament games, CBS Sports noted.
The big question will be if the Bluejays can score at will against a smothering Alabama defense that allowed just 58.1 points per game, the fewest in the Southeastern Conference this season.
"Alabama's length and athleticism across the board is something that we haven't really seen this year," said Creighton coach Greg McDermott. "They can disrupt things on the perimeter. So they're different than what we have seen in the Missouri Valley Conference without question."
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
