College Basketball Bets & Predictions: Rutgers vs. Michigan (Thursday)
The calendar will turn to March this weekend, which means the best part of college basketball season is upon us. Which teams do we expect to be soaring and playing their best basketball heading into conference tournament action and beyond?
Continue reading for a detailed breakdown of our college basketball best bets and top picks for Thursday, February 27’s game Rutgers vs. Michigan.
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Thursday's Best College Basketball Bets: Rutgers vs. Michigan
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Rutgers vs. Michigan
Michigan is coming off its lowest-scoring win in 17 years in a 49-46 road win at Nebraska on Monday. The win also marked just the third time in 11 years that a team won a Big Ten game while not topping 50 points.
I am again going with the contrarian play and expecting a higher-scoring game this time around, especially since these two teams combined for just 129 points in a 66-63 Michigan road win on February 1. However Rutgers’ phenom freshman Dylan Harper did not play in that game, and that allowed the Wolverines to key on the Scarlet Knights’ other standout freshman, as they held Ace Bailey to just 10 points on 3-of-15 shooting.
I do not expect the same dialed-in defense we saw from Michigan on Monday, especially with this being its third game in less than a week. The Over is 9-7 in Michigan’s 16 Big Ten games and is 7-3-1 when Rutgers has a rest advantage over its opponent this season.
Pick: Over 154.5 Total Points (-105)
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