These Troy vs. Nebraska predictions and March Madness picks expect the Trojans' woes to lead to Cornhuskers' points on Thursday, March 19.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers have never won an NCAA Tournament game. Their eight previous appearances have featured four chances as the higher seed in the first round, but none of those have yielded a win.
Topping the Troy Trojans may not seem like a big deal to many people, but it will be a huge deal to the Cornhuskers.opened the season 20-0 before the crux of the Big Ten schedule saddled them with six losses. The most humbling of those losses was falling three times as a 1.5-point favorite, hardly an indictment of focus. Expect Nebraska to stay disciplined against an overmatchedLong misses lead to long rebounds, and long rebounds lead to points in transition. Expect plenty of each piece of that thought as the Troy Trojans hoist a bounty of 3-pointers early on Thursday:Nebraska is not exactly a fast-paced team, but those long misses should lead to enough easy buckets to propel this first-round matchup Over its modest total.Troy has been an underdog of at least three buckets just three times this season; all three games were on the road, and all three games went Over their totals. The Trojans took 42.7% of their shots from deep in those three games, a number actually lower than their season-long rate and one that Nebraska’s defense should notably escalate. While Troy takes too many 3-pointers for a team that misses 67.8% of them, Nebraska shoots more than half its field-goal attempts from beyond the arc and ranks in the top third of the country in making them. This math problem is rather clear. And the Trojans’ long misses should lead to more rebounds in the hands of Cornhuskers guards, primarily Sam Hoiberg, already with a knack for tracking down defensive rebounds.There is a cognitive disconnect here. Combining the Over 137.5 with Nebraska -13 pays +260, but this combination featuring Troy’s Team Total pays better than double that. The two same-game parlays are hardly different, certainly not 140% different. The entire thought in this preview is that Troy is going to miss long-range shots, and those will lead to easy buckets for Nebraska. Those thoughts apply to both of those same-game parlays; this one just pays wildly better.Troy finished the regular season on a 1-5 stretch against the spread, also losing three times outright as a favorite. Two wins in the Sun Belt Tournament pushed the Trojans into the NCAA Tournament, but they hardly closed the season strongly. Find more: Our team of experts has thoroughly researched and handpicked each product that appears on our website. We may receive compensation if you sign up through our links. Douglas Farmer spends his days thinking about college football and his nights thinking about the NBA. His betting habits and coverage follow that same pattern. He covered Notre Dame football for various outlets from 2008 to 2024, most notably spending eight seasons as NBC Sports’ beat writer on the Irish. That was also when his gambling focus took off. Knowing there were veteran beat writers with three decades more experience than he had, Douglas found his niche by best recognizing Notre Dame’s standing in each year’s national landscape, a complex tapestry most easily understood and remembered via betting odds. In 2021, that interest created a freelance opportunity with Covers, a role that eventually led to Douglas joining the company full-time in 2023. In the fall, Douglas will place five or six dozen bets each week, a disproportionate amount via BetRivers because the operator tends to have lines slightly different than the rest of the market. The same can be said of Circa Sports’ futures markets. While Douglas is an avid NBA fan and covers the league throughout the year, the vast majority of his bets are on college football, because that is the biggest key to sports betting: Know what you do not know.Howard vs Michigan Prediction, Picks & Odds for Thursday's March Madness GameSouth Florida vs Louisville Prediction, Picks & Odds for Thursday's March Madness GameSaint Joseph's vs Colorado State Prediction, Picks & Odds for Tonight's NIT Tournament GameBradley vs Dayton Prediction, Picks & Odds for Today's NIT Tournament GameSaint Louis vs Georgia Prediction, Picks & Odds for Thursday's March Madness GameCopyright © 1995 - 2026 CS Media Limited All Rights Reserved. If you choose to make use of any information on this website including online sports betting services from any websites that may be featured on this website, we strongly recommend that you carefully check your local laws before doing so.It is your sole responsibility to understand your local laws and observe them strictly.Covers does not provide any advice or guidance as to the legality of online sports betting or other online gambling activities within your jurisdiction and you are responsible for complying with laws that are applicable to you in your relevant locality.Covers disclaims all liability associated with your use of this website and use of any information contained on it.As a condition of using this website, you agree to hold the owner of this website harmless from any claims arising from your use of any services on any third party website that may be featured by Covers.
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