Head coach Matt Painter has built one of the most consistent College Basketball lines programs anywhere. Purdue remains fundamentally sound and rarely beats itself. Indeed, there is not a team in the NCAA Tournament that wants to deal with Purdue. This season, they had the difficult task of moving on without Zach Edey, the program’s foundational player. In turn, Painter may have turned in his best coaching performance this season. Purdue was a problem for almost anyone they faced in the difficult Big Ten Conference. Still, the Boilermakers are not as good as last year.
2025 NCAA Tournament First Round Thursday Purdue Boilermakers vs. High Point Panthers
| Date and Time: | Thursday, March 20, 2025, 12:40 p.m. ET |
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| Location: | Amica Mutal Pavilion, Providence, RI |
| TV Coverage: | truTV |
| Team | Spread | Total | ML | |
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| High Point | +8 -110 | 153½ -110 | +295 |  |
| Purdue | -8 -110 | 153½ -110 | -365 | |
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High Point Panthers Team Overview
Late on, High Point has covered seven of its previous eight games and gone under the Offshore betting total in seven of its last eight outings. Kezza Giffa is first among High Point scorers with 14.8 per game.
Overall, the High Point Panthers are 29-5 straight up, 15-14 against the spread, and 14-15 over/under the total. High Point has national metrics of 18th for scoring offense, 9th for field goal percentage, 55th for 3-point field goal percentage, 38th for free throw percentage, and 88th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, High Point is 85th for scoring defense, 90th for field goal percentage permitted, 146th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 20th for defensive rebounding.
Purdue Boilermakers Team Overview
Late on, Purdue has covered two of its previous eight games. Purdue has gone over the College basketball lines total in four of its last five outings. First among Purdue scorers is Trey Kaufman-Renn, with 20.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.
Overall, the Purdue Boilermakers are 21-10 straight up, 17-14 against the spread, and 18-12-1 over/under the total. Purdue has national metrics of 75th for scoring offense, 6th for field goal percentage, 13th for 3-point field goal percentage, 140th for free throw percentage, and 316th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Purdue is 139th for scoring defense, 263rd for field goal percentage permitted, 37th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 32nd for defensive rebounding.
No. 22 Michigan held No. 20 Purdue to 22-of-65 shooting from the floor. In turn, the Wolverines pulled away in the second half of their Big Ten tournament quarterfinal matchup on Friday in Indianapolis, 86-68. After giving up the game’s first six points, Michigan, the tournament’s No. 3 seed, answered with a 12-0 run. Specifically, the 2:50 spurt gave the Wolverines a lead they never relinquished.
Purdue cut what had grown to a 15-point Michigan lead down to nine on a Gicarri Harris basket with 7:01 remaining in the second half. However, the Wolverines answered with a 7-0 run and held the Boilermakers scoreless for nearly three minutes to put the game away. Michigan’s big-man duo of Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin led the way on both ends of the floor. Consider that Wolf scored a team-high 18 points, grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds, and matched Purdue guard Braden Smith with a game-high six assists.
Goldin added 15 points and eight rebounds and contributed to the Wolverines’ stingy defensive effort with a pair of blocked shots.
Purdue vs. High Point SBG Free Picks
On this occasion, High Point lacks the firepower to make this game close.
Purdue vs. High Point SBG Best Bet: Purdue Boilermakers.