Friday’s College Basketball Betting Pick: Michigan vs. Purdue | Michigan -4

The Michigan Wolverines are one of the hottest teams in college hoops but recently ran into their first loss of the season. Is Purdue another trap spot, or will Michigan continue to roll? Now that Michigan sports betting is legal, let’s give the Wolverine State a shoutout with a college basketball betting pick for Friday, Jan. 22. Using the help of OddsShopper to locate the best plays and prices, let’s analyze some CBB odds and picks.

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Michigan at Purdue: Michigan -4 (-115)

College basketball has been wild this week. If you tailed last night, you know first hand. Our Iowa team total was in decent shape until the Hawkeyes went 11 minutes in the second half without a field goal. I’m playing college basketball lighter than I am NBA at the moment, but even with Michigan shaping up as the square side of this play, I just don’t think it’s enough points for such an elite team.

I put this play out on Twitter on Thursday night at -3 after missing the fishy -2.5 opening line. As expected, it got bet up overnight. We have seen -4.5 on the board, but you can still find some -4’s out there. Not only are the Wolverines 12-1 straight up, but they boast an impressive 10-3 record against the spread. The 11-5 Boilermakers are tough competition and coming off a massive road win at Ohio State. But Purdue is also just 7-8-1 against the spread.

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The reason we’re getting a perceived discount on Michigan here is simply because the game is at Purdue. The Boilermakers are 6-0 at home, and Michigan has only played away from home three times, losing one outright by 18 as a 5.5-point favorite at Minnesota. But as mentioned, this team has been steamrolling the competition, winning their last six Big Ten conference games by double digits — the last four all by at least 19. And while Purdue has been winning at home, it’s also just 2-3-1 against the spread, so they haven’t been undervalued in this spot. Michigan’s covered the last eight times in this matchup, and I like that trend to grow to nine on Friday.


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