Creighton vs. Akron Odds, Opening Spread, Predictions for 2024 NCAA Tournament

Creighton vs. Akron Seed Odds

The 2024 NCAA Tournament field has been announced and Creighton will take on Akron in Round 1 of the Midwest region. Here's everything you need to know about Creighton vs. Akron odds, spread and more.

Creighton opened as a 14-point favorite over Akron in the first round off the NCAA Tournament, with the total set at over/under 140.5 points scored by both teams combined.

Find out how 3-seeded Creighton and 14-seeded Akron matchup statistically ahead of their opening round matchup.

Creighton vs. Akron Analysis

We have a beautiful 3-14 matchup, as these two teams are extremely volatile.

Creighton is among the nation’s best offenses. The Bluejays can get it done inside the paint with big man Ryan Kalkbrenner, and they can score from deep behind the red-hot Baylor Scheierman.

Akron had an extremely up-and-down end to the season. It had the MAC regular-season title in its hands and absolutely lost it with very ugly defeats.

It dealt with plenty of adversity in the MAC Tournament as well. There were a few moments where the Zips had to come up with a run to get by some inferior opponents. As always, they leaned on talented big man Enrique Freeman to get the job done.

The strength of this Akron team is defense. That will be extremely important because of how solid Creighton is on offense.

If the Zips want to pull off this upset, they will need to slow down the pace. If the Jays start running in transition and hitting their patented corner 3s, this will be a long day for Akron.

Creighton is a very volatile team and can get ahead of itself from time to time. So, it needs to ensure the focus is on Akron, which has the defensive prowess to slow the Jays down.

–Matt Gannon

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