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The No. 20 Texas A&M Aggies (5-2) and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-2) meet in the Players Era Festival fifth-place game Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m. ET (truTV). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Texas A&M vs. Rutgers odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.
Texas A&M suffered an 80-70 loss to Oregon Tuesday as a 3.5-point favorite, but it bounced back with a 77-73 win over No. 19 Creighton Wednesday to push at most shops as a 4-point favorite while the Over (145.5) cashed for the second straight outing in this event.
Rutgers eased by Notre Dame 85-84 in OT Tuesday, rebounding from a stunning 79-77 loss at Kennesaw State Sunday. Rutgers put up a strong fight against No. 9 Alabama Wednesday, falling 95-90 as an 11.5-point underdog while the Over (162.5) cashed. In Vegas, Rutgers is 1-0-1 against the spread (ATS) in 2 games after an 0-4 ATS skid entering the event.
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Texas A&M vs. Rutgers odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list of college basketball odds. Lines last updated at 9:55 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Texas A&M -190 (bet $190 to win $100) | Rutgers +155 (bet $100 to win $155)
- Against the spread: Texas A&M -4.5 (-110) | Rutgers +4.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 150.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Texas A&M vs. Rutgers picks and predictions
Prediction
Texas A&M 76, Rutgers 70
Moneyline
Texas A&M (-190) will cost you almost double your potential return, and that’s not recommended as a standalone wager. It would be perfectly OK to include the Aggies in a multi-leg parlay, though.
PASS.
Against the spread
Back TEXAS A&M -4.5 (-110) laying the little bit of points, but take it easy. Rutgers +4.5 (-110) was ranked earlier in the season, and it gave Alabama all it could handle. The Scarlet Knights have plenty of talent to win games like this. However, the Aggies have been playing much better basketball to this point.
Over/Under
UNDER 150.5 (-110) is the lean, but go with a half-unit play at best.
Entering this event, A&M cashed low on the total in 4 of the first 5 games, but it has gone high in each of the 2 tourney contests.
Be careful, as Rutgers has hit the Over in 5 of the past 6 games, both in Vegas. However, 1 game went to OT, and the other was against the defensively-challenged Crimson Tide.
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