Marquette Golden Eagles NCAA Basketball Betting
The NC State Wolfpack are a Cinderella surprise who hope to emulate their 1983 ancestors who shocked the world by winning the national championship. NC State struggled to stay above the .500 mark in the regular season and drowned gamblers in red ink. But the Wolfpack found another gear for March Madness, winning the ACC Tournament and their first two games of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. NC State beat Texas Tech and Oakland to advance to an unexpected Sweet 16 to face Marquette on Friday night. Last week Marquette beat Western Kentucky and Colorado to gain the Sweet 16.
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2024 Marquette Golden Eagles Sweet 16 Lines
Marquette Golden Eagles +6.5
NC State Wolfpack -6.5
Total: 152
Money Line: Marquette -280, NC State +230
Marquette Golden Eagles Next Matchup
On Friday, March 29, 2024, the Marquette Golden Eagles of the Big East Conference will face the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX. Tipoff Time is 7:09 p.m. ET, with television coverage on CBS.
NC State Wolfpack Team Overview
Overall, the NC State Wolfpack are 17-14 straight up, 13-17-1 against the spread, and 18-12-1 over/under the total. NC State has national metrics of 124th for scoring offense, 197th for field goal percentage, 148th for 3-point field goal percentage, 158th for free throw percentage, and 141st for offensive rebounding. While defensively, NC State is 209th for scoring defense, 224th for field goal percentage permitted, 280th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 277th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, NC State has covered five of its previous six games. NC State has gone over the total in three of its last four outings. First among NC State scorers is G DJ Horne, with 16.7 points per game. F DJ Burns Jr adds 12.8 points per game. And then G Jayden Taylor brings 11.5 points per contest.
Marquette Golden Eagles Team Overview
Overall, the Marquette Golden Eagles are 23-8 straight up, 18-12-1 against the spread, and 13-18 over/under the total. Marquette has national metrics of 53rd for scoring offense, 22nd for field goal percentage, 98th for 3-point field goal percentage, 230th for free throw percentage, and 292nd for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Marquette is 112th for scoring defense, 118th for field goal percentage permitted, 248th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 228th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Marquette has covered four of its previous six games. Marquette has gone under the total in three of its last five outings. First among Marquette scorers is G Kam Jones, with 16.8 points per game. G Tyler Kolek adds 15.0 points and 7.6 assists per game.
Tyler Kolek had 21 points and 11 assists, and David Joplin made two free throws with 7.4 seconds left to help the Golden Eagles finally put away Colorado 81-77 on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
In their third season under coach Shaka Smart, the second-seeded Golden Eagles reached the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2013 by outlasting the 10th-seeded Buffaloes and their dynamic offense.
A year earlier, Marquette was also seeded No. 2 but was eliminated in the second round by No. 10 seed Michigan State. The Golden Eagles put that disappointment behind them by responding to every big shot by the Buffs with one of their own.
Kam Jones scored 18 points, and Joplin finished with 14 for Marquette, which shot 61.8% from the field but still couldn’t shake Colorado until the closing seconds. Chase Ross made a tiebreaking 3-pointer off a pass from Kolek with 2:53 left and finished with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting.
KJ Simpson scored 20 points and Tristan da Silva had 17 for Colorado, which trailed by 11 at halftime but rallied to take a 55-54 lead just over five minutes into the second half. Kolek put the Golden Eagles back on top with a short jumper, and Marquette never trailed again, but Colorado tied it twice, the last time on a 3-pointer by da Silva with 4:02 remaining.
Latest NCAA Tournament Results
| YEAR |
RESULT |
| 2023 |
Lost Second Round vs. (7) Michigan State 60–69 |
| 2022 |
Lost First Round vs. (8) North Carolina, 63–95 |
| 2019 |
Lost First Round vs. (12) Murray State, 64–83 |
| 2017 |
Lost First Round vs. (7) South Carolina, 73–93 |
| 2013 |
Lost Elite Eight vs. (4) Syracuse, 39–55 |
| 2012 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (7) Florida, 58–68 |
2023-2024 NCAA Basketball Top Teams
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