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Betting line revealed for Michigan vs. Penn State in Big Ten Tournament

clayton-sayfieby: Clayton Sayfie03/12/24CSayf23
Michigan Wolverines basketball Nimari Burnett(Photo by Kyle Ross-USA TODAY Sports)
Michigan Wolverines basketball Nimari Burnett(Photo by Kyle Ross-USA TODAY Sports)

Michigan Wolverines basketball has lost eight straight games heading into the Big Ten Tournament, and it’s projected to finish the season with a ninth consecutive setback, according to Las Vegas oddsmakers.

The No. 14-seeded Wolverines are 7.5-point underdogs to No. 11 seed Penn State Wednesday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The over/under is set at 150.5 points.

The line opened with Penn State as a six-point favorite, but it’s since moved a point and a half even further in the direction of the Nittany Lions.

Tip-off is slated for approximately 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. local time) Wednesday night. The game will begin 25 minutes after the conclusion of Rutgers vs. Maryland, which tips at 6:30 p.m. ET. The game will stream on Peacock.

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Michigan and Penn State met once in the regular season. The Nittany Lions won, 79-73, Jan. 7 at The Palestra in Philadelphia. Michigan committed 19 turnovers, and Penn State won despite shooting just 48.7 percent from two and 30.4 percent on 23 three-point attempts.

Both teams will be without players that were key in the first meeting. Michigan lost graduate forward Olivier Nkamhoua to a season-ending wrist injury Feb. 21, while Penn State guard Kanye Cleary was kicked off the team Feb. 19.

Michigan is 8-23 overall this season, and it has an identical record against the spread (ATS). Michigan has failed to cover in 18 of its last 21 outings. The under is 7-3-1 in the Wolverines’ last 11 contests.

Penn State is 16-14-1 ATS this season. The Nittany Lions are 8-2-1 ATS in their last 11 clashes. The over has hit in five of their last seven games.

Michigan has gone one-and-done in each of the last two Big Ten Tournaments, falling to Indiana in 2022 and Rutgers in 2023. Those results came after a 14-event streak of winning at least one game. Penn State, meanwhile, is coming off a run to the Big Ten Tournament championship last season, which ended with a 67-65 loss to Purdue. The Nittany Lions have won at least one contest in each of the last three events.

The No. 14 seed is 4-9 throughout history, since the Big Ten expanded to 14 teams in 2014-15. Three of those wins came by Ohio State last season, with the Buckeyes advancing to the semifinals. The No. 11 seed, meanwhile, is 12-25. Only once has an 11 seed made it to the final.

Michigan is tied third in the league with three Big Ten Tournament championships, having won in 1998, 2017 and 2018.

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