Creighton vs Tennessee Odds – Volunteers Favored in Sweet 16 Matchup With Bluejays

• The #2 Tennessee Volunteers held on for a 62-58 win over #7 Texas on Saturday
• The #3 Creighton Bluejays survived #11 Oregon in double-overtime (86-73)
• See the opening Oregon vs Tennessee odds for the 2024 Sweet 16 game in Detroit, MI

Next week at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI, the #3 Creighton Bluejays will square off with the #2 Tennessee Volunteers in the Sweet 16 of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The winner will advance to the Elite Eight where either #1 Purdue, #5 Gonzaga, or #8 Utah State would be waiting.

The opening Creighton vs Tennessee odds slightly favor the Volunteers, but with both teams inside KenPom’s top-15, oddsmakers expect a close game.

Creighton vs Tennessee Odds

The first Sweet 16 game on the board in the college basketball odds has Tennessee favored by 2.5 points over the Bluejays. The Vols are -155 on the moneyline while the game total has opened at 148.5. Creighton is a +130 underdog to get back to the Elite Eight for a second straight season.

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Odds as of March 24. 

Tennessee Survives Texas Comeback Despite Awful Shooting

Tennessee’s defense starred in the Vols’ narrow 62-58 second-round win over #7 Texas on Saturday night. The Longhorns managed just 58 points on 36% shooting from the field. Tennessee forced 16 turnovers and finished +11 on the glass (40 to 29). Tennessee’s defense – which now sits third in efficiency at KenPom – helped the team survive a horrendous 3-of-25 performance from beyond the arc.

Tennessee looked to be in full control against the Longhorns, leading by nine at halftime and stretching the gap to 12 with just 13 minutes to play. But Texas closed within one (56-55) with 30 seconds to play before the Vols sealed the win from the free-throw line.

Leading scorer Dalton Knecht (21.2 PPG) had a team-high 18 points but was just 5-of-18 from the field and 1-of-8 from three, picking up seven of his points from the stripe.

Tennessee is now 9-7 straight-up against KenPom’s top-50 teams, but they failed to cover the spread on Saturday as 6.5-point favorites.

Creighton’s Big Three Lead Bluejays to OT Win

Coming off an Elite Eight run last season, the Creighton Bluejays returned all three leading scorers from last season, and all three came up huge in Saturday’s win over Oregon. Trey Alexander had 20 points and six rebounds, Ryan Kalkbrenner finished with 19 points and a team-high 14 rebounds, while Baylor Scheierman had 18 points and nine boards.

Sharpshooting Utah State transfer Steven Ashworth – who took Ryan Nembhard’s spot in the starting lineup after Nembhard transferred to Gonzaga – had a team-high 21 points, his second-highest output in a Bluejays jersey.

Alexander, Kalkbrenner, and Scheierman – who averaged between 17.3 and 18.3 PPG in the regular season – all scored 15-plus in Creighton’s 77-60 win over Akron in the first round. The trio played all 50 minutes in the double-OT win over the Ducks while Ashworth logged 42 minutes for the top-heavy Bluejays.

The updated Final Four odds still favor Purdue to win the Midwest at +170, even though the Boilermakers still need to get by Utah State in the round of 32 on Sunday. Tennessee is a close second at +190, followed by Gonzaga at +380, Creighton at +450, and Utah State at a distant +5000.