Creighton Bluejays vs Providence Friars Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 01/16/26

Friday night gives us a Big East battle between the Creighton Bluejays and the Providence Friars. Creighton is 5-2 in league play, but it is a battle almost every night. They narrowly survived Georgetown at home earlier in the week, winning by just 3. Providence has stumbled to a 1-5 start in the conference, although the schedule makers did them no favors by sending Villanova, UConn, and Seton Hall to them in the early going, home games the Friars dropped in each case. This could be another such spot, as Creighton is the far better team. Given that every road game in the Big East is tough, we don’t have to pay a huge premium, at least, so I will take Creighton -1.

We have conflicting styles here, as Providence plays at a top-20 pace on offense, while Creighton is a deliberate, slow-paced team. Typically, the slow team wins out in terms of game flow, and since Providence doesn’t create a lot of turnovers and Creighton doesn’t turn it over often, that will probably hold true here also. Creighton also fires off a lot of 3s, and Providence does not defend those well. As long as Creighton doesn’t have an ice cold shooting night, that should be enough to make the difference in this game. Go with the Bluejays on the road to cover a short number.

            Creighton vs Providence Prediction: Creighton -1 (-110) available at the time of publishing. Playable to -2.5.