Notre Dame is coming into this game with a 4-3 record this season and after an awful season 2 years ago, they did see some improvement last season in Micah Shrewsberry's 1st year as head coach. They opened the season very hot with 4 straight wins, but now they have lost their last 3 straight games as their schedule got tougher. They took a bad loss at home to Elon by 7 points, but that was also a look ahead to this tournament for them. They have lost both games in this tournament now, but they have played very well in those 2 losses. They lost by 1 point to Rutgers in a game that went to OT and they are coming off of an 11 point loss against number 6 Houston in their last game. They are going to be hungry to bounce back here after 2 good games against 2 good opponents, and they do not have another ranked matchup for a while after this so this is their chance to get a quality win against a ranked team and take advantage of Creighton while they are down. They are going up against a Creighton team that is 4-3 this season, but they have not been playing well in their recent games either. They also had a hot start to their season with 4 straight wins at home, but they lost to Nebraska at home by 11 points right before coming to this tournament. They have also lost both of their games in this tournament, losing by 18 points to San Diego State and losing by 4 points to Texas A&M. They will also be hungry to bounce back here after that close loss, but this is also a look ahead spot for them as their next game after this tournament is a home game against number 1 Kansas. Creighton is not right at the moment and even their defense has allowed 70+ points in 3 straight games while their offense has scored 63 points or less in 2 of their last 3. Notre Dame has not been great defensively in their recent games, but they just held Houston to 65 points and they are going to try to replicate that performance here as it will be key in this game. Notre Dame will cover the spread in this game.