Tag: Michigan MSU preview

Michigan vs Michigan State College Basketball Game Preview

Michigan Wolverines vs Michigan State Spartans prediction and college basketball game preview.

Michigan Wolverines vs Michigan State Spartans prediction and college basketball game preview.

Michigan vs Michigan State Broadcast

Date: Sunday, March 7
Game Time: 4:30 ET
Venue: Breslin Center, East Lansing, MI
Network: CBS

[jwplayer e93Qy2o5]

– All of the CFN Fearless Predictions

Michigan (19-2) vs Michigan State (14-11) Game Preview

For latest lines and to bet on college basketball, go to BetMGM

Why Michigan Will Win

It’s still Michigan State. Michigan is going to want to win this game no matter what.

There’s no need to care about this. The Wolverines are right there for a 1 seed in the big tournament no matter what happens in the Big Ten Tournament, but again …

It’s still Michigan State.

The Wolverines ripped through the Spartans a few days ago in a 69-50 win with the defense clamping down hard in the blowout. You scored as many threes on Michigan as MSU did – going 0-for-9 – but that’s nothing new. Michigan has held everyone to under 30% from three over the last four games and it should be able to do that again.

On the other side of the ball, MSU doesn’t have the ability go force enough mistakes to make up for the likely mediocre shooting.

Why Michigan State Will Win

Michigan doesn’t need this.

Yeah, it’s a rivalry game, and yeah, it’s Michigan vs. Michigan State, but Michigan already did what it needed to do a few days ago. Good luck getting the Wolverines to ramp up the intensity for this, while Michigan State cane make this a resumé-maker no matter what.

What did the Spartans dod right in the blowout loss? It forced Michigan to turn it over 14 times – that’s good for the MSU defense – and it was strong on the boards.

What’s Going To Happen

This is the want-to game.

Does Michigan want to make a big statement going into the games that matter, or does it want to take it easy? Does Michigan State want to get its season going now with a win in the home finale to crank up the momentum?

It’ll be the latter, and it still won’t matter.

 

Michigan vs Michigan State Prediction, Line

Michigan 73, Michigan State 69
Bet on college basketball with BetMGM
Line: Michigan -8, o/u: 136
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5

Must See Rating: 3

5: Regular season champion
1: Conference tournament champion

[protected-iframe id=”361699434b6d70baf15f631ed2408ac1-97672683-92922408″ info=”https://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js” ]

Michigan vs Michigan State College Basketball Game Preview

Michigan Wolverines vs Michigan State Spartans prediction and college basketball game preview.

Michigan Wolverines vs Michigan State Spartans prediction and college basketball game preview.

Michigan vs Michigan State Broadcast

Date: Thursday, March 4
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI
Network: ESPN

[jwplayer vElWE3wk]

– All of the CFN Fearless Predictions

Michigan (18-2) vs Michigan State (14-10) Game Preview

For latest lines and to bet on college basketball, go to BetMGM

Why Michigan State Will Win

A totally lost season now has life. Can the Spartans keep playing like they have over the last five games – at least four of the last five?

They got rolled on the road at Maryland, but they managed to D up in strong wins over Indiana and Ohio State, and the 81-72 victory over Illinois looks special now.

What are they doing right? They’ve been strong at guarding the three – the Terps are the only team in the last six games to hit 30% or better from the outside – and they’re doing what they do on the boards.

Now, because of the latest run, they’re second in the Big Ten in three point defense and they’re among the league’s rebounding leaders.

Why Michigan Will Win

You don’t think Michigan will be a wee bit motivated after getting rocked by Illinois at home by 23?

The Wolverines couldn’t do anything against the Illini D, couldn’t to a thing on the boards, and got outplayed and outhustled to everything. Expect that to be an aberration. As bad as they were, they could still shoot – they just couldn’t seem to get any shots off.

The defense is much better than it showed. If it can play like the best field goal D team in the Big Ten and one of the best in the country again, all will be fine.

What’s Going To Happen

Michigan State has been great at home and struggled in a big way on the road going 2-7 in its last nine away from East Lansing.

Michigan’s rebounding issues against Illinois won’t disappear, but they won’t be as bad. The defense will take over early on, Michigan State will struggle from the field, and one good mid-first half run will wake up the Wolverines to be right back on track.

Michigan vs Michigan State Prediction, Line

Michigan 77, Michigan State 59
Bet on college basketball with BetMGM
Line: Michigan -12, o/u: 140
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 3

5: Thinking about actually paying for Peacock, but …
1: Punky Brewster

[protected-iframe id=”361699434b6d70baf15f631ed2408ac1-97672683-92922408″ info=”https://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js” ]

Michigan State Football vs. Michigan: Three things to watch

Michigan State is heading into a tough match-up Saturday against Michigan. Here’s what to watch for.

Michigan State Football heads to Ann Arbor for the second straight year to face in-state rival Michigan. The Spartans are fresh off a loss to one of the worst teams in the Big Ten in Rutgers and will be looking to bounce back against a Michigan team that just beat the tar off Minnesota on the road.

While MSU is a massive underdog to Michigan, there are still plenty of things to watch for in this game, especially since this is just the second game of the Mel Tucker era at Michigan State.

Below, we take a look at three big things to watch on Saturday.