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The Washington Huskies (10-5, 1-3 Big Ten) visit the Michigan State Spartans (12-2, 3-0) Thursday. Tip-off at Breslin Center in East Lansing is set for 8 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Washington vs. Michigan State odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.
The Huskies lost 81-77 at home Sunday against the Illinois Fighting Illini, but Washington was able to pick up the cover as a 7-point underdogs as the Over (154.5) cashed.
Washington is just 4-4 straight up (SU) across the past 8 games, but it is 5-1 against the spread (ATS) in the past 6 outings, while cashing at an 8-2 ATS pace in the previous 10 contests. The Over is on a 6-1 run in the past 7 games, too.
The Spartans won 69-62 Friday at the Ohio State Buckeyes as a 2.5-point underdog as the Under (149.5) connected. Michigan State has won 6 in a row since a loss Nov. 26 against the Memphis Tigers, and it is 6-1 ATS in the win streak, too. The Under has cashed in 3 in a row.
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Washington at Michigan State 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 6:54 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Washington +650 (bet $100 to win $650) | Michigan State -1100 (bet $1,100 to win $100)
- Against the spread: Washington +14.5 (-115) | Michigan State -14.5 (-105)
- Over/Under: 146.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Washington at Michigan State picks and predictions
Prediction
Michigan State 78, Washington 66
Moneyline
You can’t back Michigan State (-1100) at home, even as part of a multi-leg parlay, as risking 11 times your potential return just has no real value. In other words, you must risk $100 for every $9.09 of profit. That’s an insane amount of risk for not nearly enough return.
AVOID.
Against the spread
WASHINGTON +14.5 (-115) has managed a respectable 10 covers to date, and it has been awfully pesky. While the Dawgs have just 1 victory in 4 tries in conference play, it is 3-1 ATS inside the Big Ten so far. The Huskies are 5-1 ATS in the past 6 games, too, while going 8-2 ATS across the previous 10 contests.
Michigan State -14.5 (-105) is 6-1 ATS in the past 7 tries, so there is some risk backing the visitors. Still, Washington has covered both of its past 2 games as an underdog since Nov. 27, too.
Over/Under
UNDER 146.5 (-110) is a solid play in East Lansing.
The Under has hit in the past 3 games for Sparty, allowing 62 points in each of the past 2 victories. The Under is 7-3 across the previous 10 contests, too.
For the Huskies, though, the Over has hit in 6 of the past 7 games, so be careful. However, Washington should have trouble trying to solve Michigan State’s suffocating D.
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