{"id":21526,"date":"2012-02-05T10:26:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T15:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21526"},"modified":"2012-02-05T10:26:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T15:26:06","slug":"michigan-vs-michigan-state-big-ten-conference-basketball-from-the-breslin-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/michigan-vs-michigan-state-big-ten-conference-basketball-from-the-breslin-center-21526\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan vs. Michigan State: Big Ten Conference Basketball from the Breslin Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 22 Michigan Wolverines at No. 10 Michigan State Spartans
\nSunday, 2\/5\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan State -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan State -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 126
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 125.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Michigan State Spartans will look to snap a three-game losing streak against the Michigan Wolverines Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michigan has alternated wins and losses over its past seven games, coming off a 68-56 win over the Indiana Hoosiers as four-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Wolverines have also managed to go \u201cunder\u201d the total in seven of their last eight games.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the program has won three straight games in this particular series for the first time since 1996-98, which includes a 60-59 win as one-point home underdogs on Jan. 17.\u00a0 Michigan is 27-10 ATS as an underdog the past two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines have two starters that average in double figures, with junior guard Tim Hardaway Jr. leading the way in scoring 15.1 points per game.\u00a0 Michigan is 7-3 in Big Ten Conference play, which had the team tied for second with Wisconsin, but that program dropped a close contest against Ohio State.\u00a0 The team has responded after each defeat this season, winning the next game by an average of 9.8 points per game.\u00a0 Michigan is 7-5 against teams ranked among the top 50 in RPI.<\/p>\n

Michigan State will look to move past a 42-41 loss against the Illinois Fighting Illini as 1.5-point road favorites, with everyone\u2019s focus being on Draymond Green\u2019s sprained left knee.\u00a0 \u201cThey hate us, and we hate them,\u201d commented Green this week.\u00a0 He leads the team in averaging 14.9 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, while also posting a Big Ten-best 11 double-doubles during the year.\u00a0 The program is 3-3 against ranked opponents this season and comes in with a 14-game home winning streak.\u00a0 Michigan State is 33-8 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 9 points.<\/p>\n

The Spartans are a dominating 118-20 inside the Breslin Center in conference play under head coach Tom Izzo.\u00a0 Michigan State prides itself on defense and toughness, ranking second in the conference in allowing opponents to shoot just 29.2 percent from beyond the arc.\u00a0 Overall, the team is limiting opponents to just 59.4 points per game, while possessing a 14.8-point scoring margin.\u00a0 The Spartans finished the first meeting with a 31-18 edge in rebounding, but allowed the Wolverines to shoot 51.1 percent from the floor.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wolverines due to their 18-5 ATS mark versus conference foes, while the Spartans are 1-5 ATS on Sundays.<\/p>\n

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No. 22 Michigan Wolverines at No. 10 Michigan State Spartans Sunday, 2\/5\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan State -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan State -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 126 Current Total:\u00a0 125.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Michigan has alternated wins and losses over its past seven games, coming off a 68-56 win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,3874,5832,500,468,5803],"class_list":["post-21526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-breslin-center","tag-draymond-green","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-tim-hardaway-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21526"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21528,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21526\/revisions\/21528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}