Big Ten Tournament Final: Michigan Wolverines-Wisconsin Badgers Picks Against The Spread
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The eighth-seeded Wolverines have won four straight and nine of 11 as they try to complete a surprising run to the Big Ten Tournament crown Sunday.
To do so, Michigan will have to solve a Wisconsin defense that humbled Indiana and Northwestern the past couple days. The Badgers allowed an average of 54 points and look primed to capture their second conference title in three years.
The Wolverines are certainly capable of getting hot in stretches, even versus Wisconsin; they shot 63 percent in the first half of Saturday's 84-77 win over Minnesota.
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These teams split their regular-season matchups.
The Badgers won 68-64 in Madison, failing to cover 10.5 points, and the Wolverines returned the favor 64-58 in Ann Arbor. Michigan laid 2 points in that one, marking the Wolverines' fourth cover in the past five meetings.
LINE MOVEMENT
Most books opened Wisconsin as a 1-point favorite. With two-thirds of the bets coming in on the Badgers, the line has risen to Wisconsin -1.5.
TRENDS
The underdog is 13-3 ATS in the past 16 meetings.
The Under is 9-1 in Wisconsin's last 10 neutral-site games.
Michigan has covered four of the past five meetings, and five straight neutral-site games.
Wisconsin is 11-3 ATS in its last 14 games when laying 1 to 6.5 points.
SELECTION
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