DePaul vs Minnesota Odds, Spreads and Prediction (Nov. 14)
- Minnesota, DePaul will meet in the annual Gavitt Tipoff Games on Monday, November 14
- Minnesota is a 0.5-point home favorite in the series matching Big Ten and Big East teams
- Read below for DePaul vs Minnesota odds and prediction
Minnesota (2-0) visits DePaul at 8:00 pm ET Monday on the Big Ten Network at the Williams Arena as part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games. The Golden Gophers were picked to finish 12th in the Big Ten in the preseason media poll.
DePaul (2-0) has won its first two games and is 2-0 for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The Blue Demons, picked to finish last in the 11-team Big East, have trailed for a total of 79 seconds while beating Loyola (Md.) and Western Illinois.
DePaul vs Minnesota Odds
| Team | Spread | Moneyline | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| DePaul Blue Demons | +0.5 (-110) | -110 | Over 138.5 (-105) |
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | -0.5 (-110) | -110 | Under 138.5 (-115) |
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Minnesota is a 0.5-point favorite over DePaul in the annual Gavitt Tipoff Games series, which matches teams from the Big Ten and the Big East in the preseason.
The teams have not played since Nov. 29, 2019, when DePaul improved to 8-0 with a 73-68 road victory as a four-point underdog. That was only their second meeting since March 16, 1983, when the Blue Demons won 76-73 in the first round of the NIT in Chicago. The conference title odds are not kind to either.
Minnesota Starts Quickly
Newcomers, including high-profile native Minnesotan Dawson Garcia, have taken center stage in the Golden Gophers’ first two victories, a 61-60 squeaker over Western Michigan and an easier 72-54 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn the last time out last Friday.
Dawson Garcia is good. 👀@Dawson23lee x @GopherMBB pic.twitter.com/sfr3isTuBW
— Minnesota on BTN (@MinnesotaOnBTN) November 8, 2022
Dawson, a 6’11 2020 McDonald’s All-American, is on his third team after spending a year at Marquette and another at North Carolina, had 23 points and seven rebounds to help the Gophers avoid an upset against Western Michigan, when they shot 43.1 percent from the field and made 9 of 23 free throw attempts. Morehead State junior transfer guard 6’4 Ta’Lon Cooper has 25 points and 16 assists in the first two games while taking over at point. He averaged 9.1 points and 5.9 assists a year ago and had 17 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists in the opener.
Swingman 6’7 Jaden Henley, a three-star recruit who became the first freshman to start the Gophers’ season opener since 2018-19, scored 16 points against St. Francis Brooklyn as the Gophers waiting for medical clearance on 6’7 Jamison Battle, who averaged a team-high 17.5 points and made 75 3-pointers a year ago and was named to the 2022-23 preseason All-Big Ten team. Battle had foot surgery on Oct. 28 and has not played since.
DePaul Rides the Portal
Coach Tony Stubblefield had received strong early production from a series of transfers/newcomers headlined by Oklahoma fifth-year senior point guard 6’1 Umoja Gibson, who had career highs in assists in each of his first two games with the Blue Demons. He had six against Loyola (Md.) in the season opener and eight in a 86-74 victory over Western Illinois the last time out Friday.
a thing of beauty. pic.twitter.com/uwgid2Byn1
— DePaul Basketball (@DePaulHoops) November 12, 2022
Gibson, who withdrew from the NBA draft before transferring, also leads the Blue Demons with 37 points. He ranks third in NCAA Division 1 with 341 made 3-pointers and is eighth with 174 career steals. Others have contributed to a team that lost its three leading scorers. Six’8 forward Javan Johnson, a 2022 mid-season transfer from Iowa State who also missed time with a broken hand, had his first career double-double in the opener and has 38 points and 16 rebounds in the first two games. JC transfer 6’8 Da’Sean Nelson is averaging 12.5 points and 5.5 rebounds.
The Blue Demons have played the first two games without a pair of potential starters in 6’11 senior Nick Ongenda and 6’4 Caleb Murphy. Ongenda, who averaged 8.7 points and 4.3 rebounds a year ago, is week-to-week with a hand injury. South Florida transfer Murphy expected to miss several weeks after undergoing wrist surgery. Murphy, an All-AAC freshman selection in 2020-21, also withdrew his name from the NBA draft last summer,
DePaul vs Minnesota Prediction
Both the DePaul and the Minnesota are missing key components, but the Blue Demons seem better equipped to handle the loss of big man Ongenda because the strong early player of Gibson, an elite point, and Johnson. The absence of Battle will be too much for the Gophers to overcome here. DePaul started 9-1 a year ago and could do it again.
Pick: DePaul +0.5 (-110)
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Jack has covered college and professional sports for various Arizona media outlets since the 1980s and has written for the Associated Press, USA Today and Baseball America, among others. He staffed the 2015-17 World Series and has staffed four Super Bowls.
