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The 7th ranked Virginia Cavaliers will take on the Iowa Hawkeyes at a neutral site game that will take place at The Arena at Northwest FL St. in Niceville, Florida at 7 PM ET. Virginia has won all four of their games on the young season and they have covered the spread in both of the games that had a posted spread. Iowa has won three of their four games on the season and they failed to cover in the only game that had a posted spread.
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Virginia is coming off an easy 90-34 win over Grambling State in a game that did not have a posted line. In both of the games for the Cavaliers that have had a spread they have been favoured by double-digits and they have won and covered in both. They have won in blowouts in all four of their games on the season and in the two games that had a spread both went under the closing line.
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Iowa is coming off a 95-67 blowout win over UT Rio Grand in a game that did not have a spread. Their game before that was the only one this season that has had a posted spread and they did not cover as a 1.5-point home favorite losing to Seton Hall 91-83 and the total of that game went over the closing line.
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Offensively Virginia has put up 75 points per game with a 51.4% FG average. On defense the Cavaliers rank first in the nation only giving up an average of 38.8 points per game on 28.9% shooting.
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Iowa ranks 8th in the nation putting up 96.3 points per game on 48.7% shooting. On the defensive side of the ball the Hawkeyes are allowing 79 points per game on a 43% FG average.
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These teams last met in the 2013 season where Iowa beat Virginia 75-64.
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Virginia at Iowa Betting Trends<br />
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Virginia is 13-3-1 against the spread in their last 17 games.
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The game total has gone under in 14 of Virginia’s last 19 games.
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Iowa is 1-10 against the spread in their last 11 games.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this matchup between Virginia and Iowa the public is definitively on the Cavaliers to cover the 11.5 point spread with 64% confidence. As of publication there was no indication which way the betting public was leaning on the 137.5 total line.
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