Wofford vs Michigan Gambling Lines
The 15th-seeded Wofford Terriers and the second-seeded Michigan Wolverines will open Midwest Region play at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thursday.
The 15th-seeded Wofford Terriers and the second-seeded Michigan Wolverines will open Midwest Region play at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thursday.
The Big Ten Championship is upon us, and two in-state rivals are all that remain. The No. 8 Michigan Wolverines outlasted the Ohio State Buckeyes 72-69 in the semis to face the No. 22 Michigan State Spartans.
The 24th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes will continue their trek through the always tough Big Ten tournament with a game against the eighth-ranked Michigan Wolverines on Saturday.
The Hoosiers might have had a chance to sneak into the tournament but that home loss to Nebraska probably sealed their fate in that regard.
Michigan is 13-10-1 ATS with an O/U record of 13-10-1 and Purdue is 8-15 ATS with an O/U record of 10-13.
The 15th-ranked Michigan Wolverines will make the trip out to Columbus to take on the 22nd-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes on Tuesday.
Purdue is 6-11 ATS with an O/U record of 6-11 and Michigan is 10-6-1 ATS with an O/U record of 9-7-1.
Michigan is 9-6-1 ATS with an O/U record of 8-7-1 and Michigan State is 10-6-2 ATS with an O/U record of 9-9.
The Kansas State Wildcats and Michigan Wolverines will do battle on Dec. 28 in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl in Tempe, Arizona.!–more–>
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
Michigan Wolverines (7-5) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (7-5)
Date: Saturday, December 28, 2013
Time: 10:15 PM ET
Venue: Sun Devil Stadium
City: Tempe, Arizona
O/U Odds: 55.5
Spread: Kansas State -3.5
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Kansas State was expected to enter a rebuilding year of sorts after taking a run at the title game a year ago, while Michigan had their sites set on a championship this season but could not maintain their strong early season play for long and could now have some trouble finding motivation as they find themselves slotted into a lesser bowl game.
The teams will enter this game in very different form as Kansas State won five of its final six games to earn a berth in the postseason, while Michigan dropped four of its final five games.
The last of those losses for Michigan came in an absolute thriller though, as the team combined with Ohio State to put on a heck of show at the Big House. Quarterback Devan Gardner lit up the Buckeye secondary in that one, completing 32 of 45 passes for 451 yards and four scores without an interception, adding a fifth score on the ground.
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He connected with top wideout Jeremy Gallon nine times for 175 yards and a score as the Michigan offense put up 41 points, but couldn’t complete a late two-point conversion attempt and fell to Ohio State by a score of 42-41 in a heartbreaker. With another 47 yards in this game, Gallon would set the school’s single-season mark for receiving yards.
Kansas State supporters must not have thought there would be a bowl game in the cards for the team after a 2-4 start to the year, but a strong finish to their regular year has the team in the postseason against a solid opponent. Even looking back, none of those initial four losses was by more than 10 points, so the team must have known there was something there. They’ll need to buck the trend of recent play in bowl games as the team has dropped five in a row. Conversely, Michigan is 20-22 all-time in bowl appearances.
Quarterbacks Jake Waters and Daniel Sams filled in for the departed Collin Klein and combined to throw for 2,650 yards and rush for 1,054 more, and each will get time against Michigan’s defense in Tempe.
The time off should serve Michigan well and allow them to re-gain the form they started the year with, while Kansas State likely would have preferred to play this game three weeks earlier so they could continue to ride the wave of momentum they closed the season with.
The Wolverines are 4-1 ATS in their last five games against Big 12 opponents, while the Wildcats are 0-5 ATS in their last five bowl games.
The play: Michigan +3.5
The Wolverines have not gotten off the to the best of starts. It might be a little bit of a hangover from last year’s run to the Finals but there have certainly been injuries that have affected them adversely too with big man Mitch McGary both missing time and not looking all that great out there overall.
The Ohio State Buckeyes have their eyes set on an undefeated season and a trip to the National Championship game. The Michigan Wolverines want nothing more than play spoilers and upset the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Both the Michigan Wolverines and Nebraska Cornhuskers have a lot in common. Both are two proud universities with a rich tradition and history. And both have had disappointing seasons once again.
Looking for a chance to claim first place in the legends division, the No. 21 Michigan Wolverines head to Spartan Stadium on Saturday to take on cross-state rivals, the No. 22 ranked Michigan State Spartans.
No team has been able to make 5-0 look as bad as the 18th-ranked Michigan Wolverines have, dropping in the polls despite a perfect record. They’ll look to put forth an impressive win this weekend when they take on a Big Ten foe, the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Both Louisville and Michigan have had impressive runs to the title game and overall the Cardinals have not lost since early February Louisville had to come back in their last game using their great pressure defense to come back to win by 4 points.
In a match up of a couple of #4 seeds Michigan faces Syracuse where the winner will head to the National Championship game. The Orange have played stellar D in their last 2 Big Dance games and they will be facing a great Michigan squad that has knocked off Kansas and Florida, who are a couple of top 10 teams, in advancing to the Final 4.