Nebraska Omaha vs Iowa State Game Information

Nebraska Omaha vs Iowa State Preview

No. 3 Iowa State (8-1, 5-0) welcomes Nebraska Omaha (4-8, 2-5 on Road) to Ames on Sunday for this Big 12-Summit League Conference non-conference tilt. In their last 5 games the Mavericks have gone 2-3, beating Sacramento State by 10 in their last game (70-60), losing to Montana State by 11 (76-65) and Abilene Christian by 16 (71-55), topping Lamar by 6 (65-59), and losing to Akron by 8 (92-84). One of the top teams in the land, the Cyclones have won 5 straight after losing to No. 2 Auburn by a bucket (83-81), defeating some pretty good programs in Dayton by 5 (89-84), Colorado—who knocked off two-time defending national champions Connecticut—by 18 (99-71), ranked Marquette by 11 (81-70), Jacksonville State by 42 (100-58), and state rivals Iowa by 9 in their last game (89-80). Iowa State is currently priced at 17/1 to win the 2025 NCAA Basketball championship (DraftKings) with Auburn (8/1) the current market Favorites.

Omaha in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

Nebraska Omaha (7-4-0 ATS, 4-7-0 O/U) has been a decent school to bet on this season, but the Mavericks (+4000 Moneyline) will really be up against it here in Ames against this talented bunch from Iowa State (-100,000 Moneyline). Omaha is led by F Marquel Sutton (16.2 ppg, 7.5 rpg), G Tony Osburn (11.0 ppg), G Lance Waddles (9.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg), G JJ White (8.8 ppg), G Ja’Sean Glover (8.3 ppg), and F Kamryn Thomas (6.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg). The Mavericks are averaging 69.5 ppg (#316) while allowing 7.4 ppg, 34.5 rpg (Tied-#291) and 11.9 apg (#347). The Mavericks went 7-9 in the Summit League in the 2023-24 NCAA Basketball season and finished with a 15-16 record overall.

Nebraska Omaha Betting Trends

• Nebraska Omaha is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games
• The Under is 5-0-0 in the last 5 Mavericks games
• Nebraska Omaha has been Underdogs in 9 of its 10 games (Lamar +2)
• The Under is 7-3-0 in the Mavericks last 10 games overall
• Nebraska Omaha went 0-2 vs Power 4 conference opponent’s last season

Iowa State Can Name its Score at the Hilton Coliseum

Iowa State (5-4-0 ATS, 5-4-0 O/U) has been very impressive this year and Head Coach TJ Otzelberger and the Cyclones are led by G Curtis Jones (17.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg), G Keshon Gilbert (16.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 5.1 apg), F Milan Momcilovic (11.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg), C Dishon Jackson (11.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg), F Joshua Jefferson (11.3 ppg, 8.0 rpg), and G Tamin Lipsey (8.9 ppg, 3.9 apg). Iowa State is averaging a robust 87.9 ppg (#8) while allowing only 66.4 ppg and the Cyclones are No. 40 in Assists Per Game (17.2) and tied at No. 204 in Rebounds (36.4) The Transfer Portal helped this team a lot with Jefferson (St. Mary’s), Jackson (Charlotte), Nate Heise (Northern Iowa), and Brandton Chatfield (Seattle) all heading to campus to give this No. 3-ranked team depth as it looks forward to another appearance and deep run in the Big Dance.

Iowa State Betting Trends

• The Cyclones are 8-2 SU in their last games 10 overall
• ISU’s L3 losses: Kansas St (Big 12 Tourney), Houston (NCAA Tourney), Auburn
• The Cyclones are 26-12-0 ATS in their last 38 games
• The Over is 5-1 in the Cyclones last 5 after 6 straight Unders
• The Cyclones are 4-0-0 ATS in their last 3 games overall
• Iowa State was the 7th best team ATS last season (25-11-1, 69.4%)

Nebraska Omaha vs Iowa State Prediction

Looking at the last 3 meetings in this series, it is no great surprise to see that Iowa State is 3-0 SU but before laying more lumber on Sunday than Paul Buyan, be aware that Nebraska Omaha is 1-2 ATS in those 3 meetings, all played at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames. When these two met on December 9, 2012 the Cyclones won by 28 (93-65), but they were giving 30 points and caused their backers to cry tears of corn in game that went Over the closing Total (151.5) by 6.5 points, in that game, the Cyclones held a big 52-28 lead at Halftime but only outscored the Mavericks by 6 in the Second Half.

Iowa State did cover ATS the next meeting (December 5, 2016), winning 91-47 in a game that saw it as 18.5-Point chalks and one that went Under the Total (159) by 21 points. The last time these two met on November 26, 2018, the Cyclones rolled by 27 (82-55) and again covered ATS in a game that also went Under (151) by 14 points. As you can see, the oddsmakers are giving maximum respect to Iowa State here, so maybe looking at backing the Cyclones would be the best Omaha vs Iowa State NCAAB pick in this contest.

Kevin’s Pick: Iowa State -35.5