Penn State Nittany Lions at Michigan Wolverines 1/03/19 - NCAAB Betting Odds & Picks
Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Michigan Wolverines
NCAAB: 7:00 PM EST
Jan. 03, 2019
TV: ESPN
Latest Odds : Michigan -11.5 Total 126.5
Nice match-up here as both teams get their BIG TEN schedules started. Michigan has won 13 straight games and is 9-0 at home this season where as Penn State is just 1-3 on the road this year so Thursday's game looks like a big mismatch. It is also a big ESPN T.V. game so rest assured Crisler Center will be rocking.
Michigan might not have looked great in their non conference games but the Wolverines were playing teams like Air Force,Western Michigan and Binghamton a very weak out of conference schedule to say the least.
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Michigan comes into this Penn State game winners of 27 of their last 28 games SU including 7 straight against these Nittany Lions. Also in Michigan the Wolverines have won 14 of the last 15 games against Penn State.
Michigan has been getting a total team effort and that is what is needed if they are to get a #1 seed in the big dance in March. Players like Jordan Poole who had 18 points in their last game and is starting to emerge and freshmen overseas forward Ignas Brazdeikis who leads the team in scoring with 16.5 points per game with Jordan Poole bringing in 13.5 points per game.
Recent Betting Trends:
Nittany Lions are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight up win.
Wolverines are 21-7-1 ATS in their last 29 vs. Big Ten.
Over is 5-1 in Nittany Lions last 6 games following a straight up win of more than 20 points.
Free Betting Pick: Michigan -11.5
The player that Michigan needs to stop Thursday night is junior forward Lamar Stevens who is Penn State's leading scorer with 18.3 points per game and also they will look to contain the Lions number two option Rasir Bolton. All in all this should be a generally low scoring game as Penn State will fight hard but Michigan is way to deep from front to back and they will cruise to a cover in this BIG TEN opener blowing out Penn State 79-61