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The Michigan Wolverines face the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the semifinals 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 1 PM ET. The Wolverines are a three point favorite on the spread line over Minnesota with a total line of 138 points.
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Michigan is coming off a 74-70 OT win over a ranked Purdue team in their last game where they covered the spread as a 2.5-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 144, which was over the closing line of 138.5. The Wolverines have covered the spread in four of their last five games, including their last three, and in two of their last three games the total has gone over. Michigan has won three in a row and five of their last six games.
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Minnesota is coming off a 63-58 win over Michigan State in their last game where they covered the 1.5-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 121, which was under the closing line of 137. The Golden Gophers have covered the spread in five of their last six games and the total has gone under in their last two games after going over in their previous seven games. Minnesota has won nine of their last 10 games.
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Offensively, Michigan is putting up 74.7 points per game on a 47.9% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Wolverines are allowing 65.3 points per game on a 46.5% FG average. 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 39.4% FG average, which ranks 12th in the nation.
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These teams met on February 19th at Minnesota where the Golden Gophers beat the Wolverines 83-78 in OT.
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Michigan Wolverines at Minnesota Golden Gophers Betting Trends<br />
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Michigan is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games overall.
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The Wolverines are 5-2 against the spread in their last 7 games against the Golden Gophers.
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The game total has gone over in 11 of Michigan’s last 15 games against Minnesota.
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Minnesota is 5-1 against the spread in their last 6 games overall.
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The Golden Gophers are 1-9 straight up in their last 10 games against the Wolverines.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB matchup between Michigan and Minnesota have the public leaning slightly to the visiting Wolverines minus the 3 points with 55%. The over/under bettors are also leaning a little to this game going over the posted total line of 138 with 56% on board.
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