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The Minnesota Golden Gophers face the Michigan State Spartans in the quarterfinals of the Big 10 Conference Tournament in a game that will take place at a neutral site at the Verizon Center in Washington, District of Columbia at 2 PM ET. The betting odds for this game opened at pick’em on the point spread line with the total listed at 138.5.
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Michigan State is coming off a 78-51 blowout win over Penn State in their last game where they covered the 6-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 139, which was over the closing line of 138. The Spartans have covered the spread in four of their last five games, including their last two, and in their last two games the total has gone under while in the previous four games the total went over. Michigan State had lost back-to-back games against Illinois and Maryland before the win over Penn State.
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Minnesota is coming off a 66-49 loss to Wisconsin in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as an 8-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 115, which was under the closing line of 134. Previous to the Wisconsin game the Golden Gophers had covered the spread in four straight games and the total had gone over in seven straight games. Minnesota had their eight game win streak snapped with the loss to Wisconsin.
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Offensively, Michigan State is putting up 72.2 points per game on a 47.2% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Spartans are allowing 68.5 points per game on a 40.6% FG average.
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Minnesota is putting up 75.6 points per game on a 43.4% FG average. On defense the Golden Gophers are allowing 69 points per game on a 39.6% FG average, which ranks 14th in the nation.
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Michigan State beat Minnesota twice this season.
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Michigan State Spartans at Minnesota Golden Gophers Betting Trends<br />
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Michigan State is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games overall.
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The Spartans are 13-5 against the spread in their last 18 games against the Golden Gophers.
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The game total has gone under in 11 of Michigan State’s last 16 games against Minnesota.
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Minnesota is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games overall.
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The Golden Gophers are 3-17 straight up in their last 10 games against the Spartans.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB matchup between Michigan State and Minnesota have the public leaning to the visiting Spartans at pickem with 68 percent on board. The over/under consensus has not been posted at time of publish.
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