The (14-10) Northwestern Wildcats host the 20th ranked (19-6) Michigan Wolverines in a Big Ten game at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois today at 7:00 PM ET. Michigan opened at some betting sites as a PICK, and Wolverines money has moved the line to Mich -1.5. The total is offered up at 129.5 points.
In their latest Michigan was at home where they beat a surprisingly pesky Minnesota team 76-73 in OT. The Wolverines failed to cover the spread as a sizeable 12.5-point favorite putting an end to a mini three-game against the spread streak. Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman was the high scorer for the Wolverines picking up 17 points on 6 of 12 shooting, Moritz Wagner had a double-double with 16 points and ten rebounds, and four of five starters for the team had at least 13 points. Isaiah Washington came off the bench and more than tripled his season average to be the top scorer for the Golden Gophers with 26 points on 11 of 16 shooting, and he added six boards. For the game, both teams shot 44.4% from the floor and struggled from lo0ng range with the Wolverines hitting a meager 8 of 32 and the Gophers 5 of 18. Michigan has won two in a row and three of their last four games to move their Big Ten record to 8-4.
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Northwestern traveled to Wisconsin where they got the 60-52 win and point spread cover as a +2.5 point road underdog. Dererk Pardon was the high scorer for the Wildcats with 17 points on perfect 8/8 shooting and three other starters for the squad going for double figures. Khalil Iverson led the Badgers with 15 points on 5/8 shooting, and he added nine rebounds. Northwestern outscored Wisconsin by 11 points in the first half and were never challenged in the second half. For the game, they shot 50% from the field and held the hapless Badgers to 32.8% shooting. Northwestern has won three of their last four games with the only loss in that span on the road facing Michigan. The Wildcats hold a 5-6 mark in Big 10 play and have played well overall at home going 10-3 straight up.
Michigan ranks 165th in the nation in ppg and 16th in opponents’ ppg and Northwestern ranks 248th in ppg and 38th in opponents’ ppg.
These teams met at Michigan on January 29th where the Wolverines beat the Wildcats 58-47.
This season Michigan is 14-9-1 ATS with an O/U record of 10-14 and Northwestern is 9-12 ATS with an O/U record of 7-14.
SAGARIN RATINGS
Michigan: 86.48
Northwestern: 81.89
INJURY REPORT
MICHIGAN
NONE
NORTHWESTERN
[F] 12/11/2017 – Rapolas Ivanauskas is out for season ( Shoulder )
Key Betting Trends
- MICH is 5-1 ATS in their last six road games
- MICH is 10-4-1 ATS in their last 15 games
- MICH has an Under record of 4-1-1 in their previous 6 games against a team with a winning record
- NW is 5-2 ATS in their previous seven home games
- NW is 1-5 ATS in their last six games after a straight up win
- NW has an Under record of 6-1 in their previous seven games
Michigan vs. Northwestern Betting Angles
The home team is 4-1 ATS in the last five games between these teams.
In the last seven games between these teams, the Under record is 5-2.
