A Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament matchup between the No. 2 Villanova Wildcats (28-7) and No. 11 Michigan Wolverines (19-14) will determine one of the squads heading to the South Regional Region bracket final when it tips off on Thursday at AT&T Center, beginning at 7:29 PM. Oddsmakers think Villanova will emerge victorious in this one, naming the as 4.5-point favorites.
Villanova is 19-16-2 against the spread this season compared to Michigan’s 16-17-0 ATS record. The Wildcats have a 17-20-0 record hitting the over, while games involving the Wolverines have a record of 20-13-0 when it comes to hitting the over. The teams combine to score 146 points per game, 10.5 more points than this matchup’s total. Villanova is 6-4-0 against the spread and 10-0 overall in its last 10 contests, while Michigan has gone 6-4-0 against the spread and 6-4 overall.
Get ready for this matchup with what you need to know ahead of Thursday’s college hoops action.
Michigan at Villanova odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Villanova -4.5
- Total: 135.5
- Moneyline: Villanova -212, Michigan +174
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Michigan at Villanova odds, spread, & more
Moneyline
- The Wildcats are 29-3 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 90.6% of those games).
- When it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -212 or shorter, Villanova has a 24-2 record (winning 92.3% of its games).
- The Wildcats have an implied moneyline win probability of 67.9% in this matchup.
- The Wolverines have been underdogs in 10 games this season and won six (60%) of those contests.
- This season, Michigan has won five of its seven games when it’s the underdog by at least +174 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by the Wolverines based on the moneyline is 36.5%.
Against the spread
- The Wildcats put up just 3.2 more points per game (72.8) than the Wolverines give up (69.6).
- When Villanova puts up more than 69.6 points, it is 11-10-1 against the spread and 20-3 overall.
- When Michigan gives up fewer than 72.8 points, it is 11-7 against the spread and 14-4 overall.
- The Wolverines’ 73.2 points per game are 10.3 more points than the 62.9 the Wildcats allow to opponents.
- Michigan is 13-11 against the spread and 16-9 overall when it scores more than 62.9 points.
- Villanova has an ATS record of 12-6-2 and an 18-3 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 73.2 points.
- The Wildcats have totaled 345 more points than their opponents this season (9.9 per game on average), and the Wolverines have scored 118 more points than their opponents (3.6 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Wildcats have an average implied point total equal to their implied total in Thursday’s game (70).
- This season, Villanova has put up more than 70 points in 25 games.
- The 73.9-point average implied total on the season for the Wolverines is equal to the team’s implied total in this matchup.
- On the season, Michigan has put up more than 66 points 24 times.
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How to watch Villanova vs. Michigan
- Game Day: Thursday, March 24, 2022
- Game Time: 7:29 PM ET
- Live Stream: Hulu
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