Last Updated on February 5, 2009 2:33 pm by Anthony Rome
Penn State hits the road Thursday night to take on Michigan. Let’s take a look at the odds, trends, injuries and hand out a College Basketball Free Pick for this matchup.
Tip off: 7:00PM ET
Odds: Oddsmakers from online sports book Sports Interaction have made Michigan 4-point favorite.
Over/Under Total: 131.5
Public Betting Information: TheSpread.com public betting page shows that 95% of public bettors like Boston College over Virginia tonight.
Top Public Betting Trends:
All games in this series since 1997
MICHIGAN is 12-8 against the spread versus PENN ST since 1997
MICHIGAN is 14-7 straight up against PENN ST since 1997
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1997
Games over the last 3 seasons
MICHIGAN is 2-2 against the spread versus PENN ST over the last 3 seasons
MICHIGAN is 2-2 straight up against PENN ST over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
All games played at MICHIGAN since 1997
MICHIGAN is 7-2 against the spread versus PENN ST since 1997
MICHIGAN is 8-1 straight up against PENN ST since 1997
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1997
Games played at MICHIGAN over the last 3 seasons
MICHIGAN is 2-0 against the spread versus PENN ST over the last 3 seasons
MICHIGAN is 2-0 straight up against PENN ST over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Key Injuries:
PENN ST
[F] 11/25/2008 – Billy Oliver is out indefinitely. ( Concussion )
MICHIGAN
(!)[G] 02/02/2009 – Manny Harris is upgraded to probable Thursday vs Penn State (Not Suspended)
[G] 02/01/2009 – Zack Novak is upgraded to probable Thursday vs Penn State (Suspension Served)
[C] 12/23/2008 – Ben Cronin is expected to miss the rest of the season. (Hip)
Free Pick: Our free pick for this game is Penn State +4.
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Posted: 2/5/09 2:33PM ET