The Wolverines are done touring the MAC and the directional in-state schools. \u00a0It is time to get to the business of proving they are worth their lofty ranking against the best conference in America. <\/p>\n
#2 Michigan Wolverines (13-0) vs Northwestern Wildcats (9-4)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n They get a slightly easy test by starting things off against Northwestern even though the game is on the road. \u00a0This is just their second road game of the season and it should acclimate them to the intensity they can expect to experience as long as they are undefeated.<\/p>\n Michigan point guard Trey Burke might be Player of the Year but even if he is not the Wolverines still have the best backcourt in America. \u00a0Burke leads in scoring and assists and gets help from athletic shot maker Tim Hardaway Jr. and sublime shooter freshman Nick Stauskas – who is nailing a staggering 56% of his three point attempts.<\/p>\n I haven\u2019t even gotten to fellow freshmen Glenn Robinson III and Mitch McGary, the team\u2019s top rebounders. \u00a0This team is good and deep.<\/p>\n Big Blue has also been a solid bet at 7-4 ATS and I think they are pretty good value in this one. \u00a0Their average winning margin has been just under 22ppg and I love that they shoot fouls at such a good clip – 72%. \u00a0This is a super efficient team and though there are definitely challenges ahead I don\u2019t think this will be one of them. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n The Big Ten is super tough this year and Northwestern is missing their biggest gun, guard Drew Crawford, who is out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. \u00a0To date they have weathered his absence pretty well but anytime this season they have faced a reasonable challenge they have lost. \u00a0Beating Brown will be a lot harder than beating Big Blue even at home as they try and break through that bubble to the big dance.<\/p>\n Even before Crawford got hurt the Wildcats were leaning more on guard Reggie Hearn, a senior who has nearly doubled his scoring average from last season. \u00a0The problem is Hearn is hurt too and is expected to miss the Michigan game. \u00a0Their third leading scorer is another guard Dave Sobolewski but he is the spot up shooter type and might find it tough to get open without any other scoring threats on the floor.<\/p>\n Northwestern is averaging 67ppg coming into this one but I just don\u2019t see where the points are going to come from. \u00a0With the cupboard a little bare this could be a low point for the Wildcats but look for them next week when they visit a Penn State team that will be at the bottom of the Big Ten standings. \u00a0Could be good value after they lose to Michigan and likely Minnesota later in the week.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Michigan -10.5<\/strong> Wolverines vs Wildcats CBB Basketball Spread\/Handicapping The Wolverines are done touring the MAC and the directional in-state schools. \u00a0It is time to get to the business of proving they are worth their lofty ranking against the best conference in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":23692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[6986,1477,4631,2572,52564,4210,4694,3634,52565],"class_list":["post-59021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-cbb-free-picks","tag-cbb-picks","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-michigan-wolverines-vs-northwestern-wildcats","tag-ncaa-basketball-lines","tag-ncaa-hoops-predictions","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-wolverines-vs-wildcats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59021"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59063,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59021\/revisions\/59063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Thursday January 3<\/strong>
\n Welsh-Ryan Arena – Evanston, IL<\/strong>
\n 7:00PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: \u00a0No ML currently listed at TopBet<\/a><\/strong>
\n Spread: \u00a0Michigan -10.5<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a0129.5<\/strong><\/p>\nMichigan<\/h3>\n
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Northwestern<\/h3>\n
\n O\/U Pick: \u00a0Over<\/strong>
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0Michigan 81 – Northwestern 60<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"