The Minnesota Golden Gophers host the Michigan Wolverines in a Big 10 game that will take place at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota at 7 PM ET. The betting odds for this game opened with the Gophers as a -2 favorite and has now settled in the -1 to -1.5 range. The O/U for this game is listed at -139.5 a 1.5 move from its opener.
Michigan is coming off a 64-58 win over a ranked Wisconsin team in their last game where they covered the 2-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 122, which was under the closing line of 125. The Wolverines have covered the spread in their last three games and in four of their last five games, including their last two, the total has gone under. Michigan has won three straight games since losing back-to-back games to Ohio State and Michigan State.
Minnesota is coming off a 75-74 win over Indiana in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 149, which was over the closing line of 146. Previous to the Indiana game the Golden Gophers had covered the spread in three straight games and in their last six games, including their last three, the total has gone over. Minnesota has won four straight games since losing five in a row.
Offensively, Michigan is putting up 74.2 points per game on a 47.4% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Wolverines are allowing 65.2 points per game on a 46.8% FG average.
Minnesota is putting up 75.2 points per game on a 43% FG average. On defense the Golden Gophers are allowing 68.3 points per game on a 39.3% FG average, which ranks 14th in the nation.
Last season Michigan beat Minnesota twice.
Michigan Wolverines at Minnesota Golden Gophers Betting Trends
- Michigan is 6-2 against the spread in their last 8 games overall.
- The Wolverines are 2-5 against the spread in their last 7 road games.
- The game total has gone over in 5 of Michigan’s last 6 road games in Minnesota.
- Minnesota is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
- The Golden Gophers are 0-5 against the spread in their last 5 home games against the Wolverines.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Michigan and Minnesota have the public just slightly leaning to the visiting Wolverines getting the 1.5 points with just over 53%. The over/under consensus was not posted at time of publish.
