The Michigan Wolverines host the 14th ranked Purdue Boilermakers in a Big 10 game that will take place at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan at 4 PM ET. This match opened with a betting line of “pick’em” and a total line of 140 points.
Purdue has won 23 of their 28 games on the season and they have an ATS record of 16-8-1 in the 25 games that have had a posted line. Michigan has won 28 of their 28 games this season and they have failed to cover the spread in 15 of the 25 games that have had a posted line.
Purdue is coming off a 74-70 OT win over Penn State in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 7-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 144, which was under the closing line of 146. Previous to the Penn State game the Boilermakers had covered the spread in three straight games and in five of their last six games the total has gone under. Purdue has won six in a row and nine of their last 10 games.
Michigan is coming off a 68-64 win over Rutgers in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as an 8.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 132, which was over the closing line of 131. The Wolverines have failed to cover the spread in their last two games after doing so in three straight games and in their last two games the total has gone over while in the previous two games the total went under. Michigan has won four of their last five games.
Offensively, Purdue is putting up 81 points per game on a 48.1% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Boilermakers are allowing 66.2 points per game on a 40.7% FG average.
Michigan is putting up 74.1 points per game on a 47.3% FG average. On defense the Wolverines are allowing 65.8 points per game on a 46.4% FG average.
Last season these teams split the two games in the regular season with each winning at home and Purdue beat Michigan in the conference tournament.
Purdue Boilermakers at Michigan Wolverines Betting Trends
- Purdue is 7-2-1 against the spread in their last 10 games overall.
- The Boilermakers are 2-4-1 against the spread in their last 7 road games.
- The game total has gone over in 4 of Purdue’s last 6 road games in Michigan.
- Michigan is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 home games.
- The Wolverines are 1-7-1 against the spread in their last 9 games against Purdue.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Purdue and Michigan have the public leaning heavily to the visiting Boilermakers at pickem with 71% on board. The over/under consensus was not available at time of print.
