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Rutgers +17(-110) *5.50/5.00
In a nutshell:
-Ward and Langford combined for 35 points last time they played.
-Sparty has the Wolverines on deck
-Sparty just beat Ohio State by 18, holding them to 44 pts. In the last 5 years a Tom Izzo team has held a team to under 50 pts 5 times. In the following game they have given up an average of 66 pts.
-Rutgers just lost by 1 point to Iowa on a miracle 3 pointer off the glass at the buzzer. Gut punch?
-Revenge game? Maybe. A lot of games are revenge for a team who's 12-13. They were 8 pt dogs in November at the RAC. Is an 11 pt swing for flip of homecourt fair? One could argue yes. Sparty is 10-3 ats at home. But a lot has changed since November.
The Spartans will use one Sophomore, and two Freshmen in their front court(for the most part). If Rutgers does anything well it's Rebounding, and post play.
Metrics and power ratings might tell us that the Spartans are better than this spread.
On a Wednesday night, against a team they've all ready beaten, without 2 key players who played last time, and in state rival Michigan on deck where 1st place in the Big10 is at stake(they play each other again)...this spread is too high.
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