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Iowa Hawkeyes versus Michigan Wolverines announced as an 11 a.m. CST kickoff

In a rematch of the Big Ten Championship game from last season, Iowa takes on Michigan at 11 a.m. CST in Kinnick Stadium on FOX.

In what many thought could be a night game or afternoon primetime game, the matchup of the Iowa Hawkeyes hosting the Michigan Wolverines has been officially announced as an 11 a.m. CST kickoff.

The game is going to be played on FOX and in all likelihood is going to be their flagship “Big Noon Kickoff” game that headlines national coverage. The 11 a.m. CST slot is FOX’s No. 1 most-viewed time slot that they have each week where they plug in their favorite matchup.

So far this season, this slot on FOX has hosted Texas versus Alabama in Week 2 and just last week it saw Nebraska versus Oklahoma in Week 3. This matchup should likely see the FOX television crew of Rob Stone, Brady Quinn, Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart and Urban Meyer. Fans could expect to hear play-by-play man Gus Johnson, color commentator Joel Klatt and sideline reporter Jenny Taft commentating on the game.

This season’s matchup will see Michigan come in ranked. What ranking is still to be determined, but with the Wolverines opening up Big Ten play against the Maryland Terrapins this weekend, odds are likely they enter Kinnick undefeated. They are currently ranked No. 4 in the country and a win this week to move to 4-0 would likely at least hold their ranking.

Iowa takes on Rutgers this Saturday night in their Big Ten opener as they look to get to 3-1 prior to this headline matchup.

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Iowa vs Michigan College Basketball Game Preview

Iowa Hawkeyes vs Michigan Wolverines prediction and college basketball game preview.

Iowa Hawkeyes vs Michigan Wolverines prediction and college basketball game preview.

Iowa vs Michigan Broadcast

Date: Thursday, February 25
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Crisler Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Network: ESPN

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Iowa (17-6) vs Michigan (16-1) Game Preview

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Why Iowa Will Win

The Hawkeyes turned it all around a few weeks ago, and not they’ve been tremendously consistent at just the right time.

They went from having a high-flying offense that hung around the 80s and 90s to relying a bit more on the defensive side and being a wee bit more controlled. There are a few too many turnovers, but Iowa held four of the last five teams to under 40% from the field after doing that five times all year before that, and …

The offense can still score. Iowa is still third in the nation in scoring averaging 86 points per game overall, the O still moves the ball around extremely well, and the firepower is there to keep up with a Michigan team that’s going to keep on coming for a full 40 minutes with an even more efficient attack.

Basically, Iowa is built for this, and it’s improving.

Why Michigan Will Win

Michigan is a machine.

It might still get getting back up to speed after having a few weeks off, but it showed against Ohio State that everything is working again.

After going three games over a month hitting fewer than 47% of their shots, and then everything worked when needed on the road in a fun 92-87 win over Ohio State. The Wolverines are getting stronger and stronger from three, and that turned out to be a really, really big deal against the Buckeyes.

Michigan might have the Big Ten’s best field goal defense, but Ohio State hit just about everything from the field and the outside and it still wasn’t enough. So …

What’s Going To Happen

Iowa will be great from the field, it’ll keep connecting on just about everything from the outside, and Michigan will do more. It won’t be a walk in the park for the Wolverines, but they’ll keep finding their way to the basket and will stay hot on the line.

Iowa vs Michigan Prediction, Line

Michigan 84, Iowa 78
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Line: Michigan -4, o/u: 156.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 4.5

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