Written and authored by NCAA Basketball March Madness Expert Analyst Charlie McDougall. Charliessports.com produces it for their 2015 Basketball game. The teams will play on Saturday February 14, 2015. At 12:00 PM EST. On the ESPN Television Network.
The (16-6) and twenty first-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big-Ten Conference makes the trip from the Capital of the Buckeye State to the Wolverine State. Ohio State will play the (16-8) Michigan State Spartans also of the Big-10 in 2015 College Basketball action. The teams will play at The Breslin Student Events Center on campus in East Lansing, Michigan. This Sports Handicapper believes the Ohio State Buckeyes have one of the most exciting freshmen in the country. The Michigan State Spartans basketball program is in unfamiliar territory. The betting line has Michigan State as a two-point home favorite Against The Spread, the betting odds total is not available for Saturday’s game.
The 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes have won five of their last six straight up. Their latest victory, a 75-55 home win against Penn State on February 11th. The Buckeyes are 8-4 in Conference play, three games behind first place Wisconsin. Purdue and Maryland are also 8-4 in the Big-Ten. Ohio State averages nearly 80-points per game on offense and ranks second in the Big-10. The Ohio State defense is third, allowing opponents a little over 61. Freshman D’Angelo Russell, a Kentucky native is the team’s leading scorer with nineteen points per contest. Ohio State is 2-6 ATS their last eight on Saturday’s. The road team is `18-7-2 Against The Number the last twenty-seven between the teams. The underdog is 8-2-1 Against The Point Spread the last eleven in the series. The Ohio State Buckeyes are 2-4 their last sixNCAA Basketball Expert Picks away from Columbus, going over the betting odds total three times, staying under the betting odds total twice and has a push. The key to an Ohio State win is to play at their familiar up-tempo pace. Forward Sam Thompson has to become more relevant to both offense and defense. The 6’7″ Chicago native is third on the team in scoring but has awesome athletic ability. Head Coach Thad Motta is probably doing his best coaching job since his day’s at Xavier.
The 2015 Michigan State Spartans have won three of their last four. Michigan State got a blowout road win at Northwestern in their last game on Wednesday February 11th. The Spartans are 7-4 in Big-Ten play. Head Coach Tom Izzo is not comfortable with the leadership of Seniors Travis Trice and Branden Dawson. Trice was recently taken out of the starting line-up and is stepping up his play. Michigan State ranked fifth is scoring offense and fourth in defense, allowing opponents nearly sixty-two points per contest. Junior Denzel Valentine, Trice, and Dawson are the only Spartan plays averaging double figures in scoring. Michigan State is 2-6 ATS their last eight against the Big-Ten. The Spartans are only 1-3 Against The Number their last four against Ohio State. The Michigan State Spartans are 1-4 Against The Point Spread their last five at home, going over the betting odds total twice and staying under the betting odds total three times. The key to a Michigan State win is to take advantage of the home crowd. Michigan Stae can make a statement with a win Saturday.
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Free Picks: Michigan State-2.
The (16-6) and twenty first-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big-Ten Conference makes the trip from the Capital of the Buckeye State to the Wolverine State. Ohio State will play the (16-8) Michigan State Spartans also of the Big-10 in 2015 College Basketball action. The teams will play at The Breslin Student Events Center on campus in East Lansing, Michigan. This Sports Handicapper believes the Ohio State Buckeyes have one of the most exciting freshmen in the country. The Michigan State Spartans basketball program is in unfamiliar territory. The betting line has Michigan State as a two-point home favorite Against The Spread, the betting odds total is not available for Saturday’s game.
The 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes have won five of their last six straight up. Their latest victory, a 75-55 home win against Penn State on February 11th. The Buckeyes are 8-4 in Conference play, three games behind first place Wisconsin. Purdue and Maryland are also 8-4 in the Big-Ten. Ohio State averages nearly 80-points per game on offense and ranks second in the Big-10. The Ohio State defense is third, allowing opponents a little over 61. Freshman D’Angelo Russell, a Kentucky native is the team’s leading scorer with nineteen points per contest. Ohio State is 2-6 ATS their last eight on Saturday’s. The road team is `18-7-2 Against The Number the last twenty-seven between the teams. The underdog is 8-2-1 Against The Point Spread the last eleven in the series. The Ohio State Buckeyes are 2-4 their last sixNCAA Basketball Expert Picks away from Columbus, going over the betting odds total three times, staying under the betting odds total twice and has a push. The key to an Ohio State win is to play at their familiar up-tempo pace. Forward Sam Thompson has to become more relevant to both offense and defense. The 6’7″ Chicago native is third on the team in scoring but has awesome athletic ability. Head Coach Thad Motta is probably doing his best coaching job since his day’s at Xavier.
The 2015 Michigan State Spartans have won three of their last four. Michigan State got a blowout road win at Northwestern in their last game on Wednesday February 11th. The Spartans are 7-4 in Big-Ten play. Head Coach Tom Izzo is not comfortable with the leadership of Seniors Travis Trice and Branden Dawson. Trice was recently taken out of the starting line-up and is stepping up his play. Michigan State ranked fifth is scoring offense and fourth in defense, allowing opponents nearly sixty-two points per contest. Junior Denzel Valentine, Trice, and Dawson are the only Spartan plays averaging double figures in scoring. Michigan State is 2-6 ATS their last eight against the Big-Ten. The Spartans are only 1-3 Against The Number their last four against Ohio State. The Michigan State Spartans are 1-4 Against The Point Spread their last five at home, going over the betting odds total twice and staying under the betting odds total three times. The key to a Michigan State win is to take advantage of the home crowd. Michigan Stae can make a statement with a win Saturday.
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Free Picks: Michigan State-2.
