Iowa vs Michigan Preview, Trends and Pick
A Big Ten showdown takes place tonight at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan when the Wolverines of the University of Michigan ranked No. 25 in the nation host the Iowa Hawkeyes ranked No. 10 in the nation.
Michigan is 13-4 SU and 8-6-1 ATS thus far in the season with a conference record of 5-0. Iowa is 15-3 SU and 11-5 ATS on the season. The Hawkeyes are 4-1 in Big Ten Conference play.
Michigan has had a tough season already having played against the No. 1 Arizona Wildcats, the No. 8 Wisconsin Badgers, the No. 17 Iowa State Cyclones and the No. 18 Duke Blue Devils.
Michigan is 7-0 over its past seven games following its loss to the No. 1 ranked Wildcats, while Iowa enters this important Big Ten showdown having won five of its past six games overall.
Michigan is amidst a tough stretch of games that started with a game on the road with Wisconsin. Wisconsin was ranked No. 3 in the nation when Michigan defeated them 77-70. After taking on Iowa today, the Wolverines must then play Michigan State, which is ranked No. 3.
The Wolverines are led by Nik Stauskas, the reigning Player of the Week in the Big Ten.
For Iowa, the Hawkeyes are led in scoring by Roy Devyn Marble who averages 16 points, while Aaron White is averaging 14 points. Iowa is No. 5 in the nation in scoring with an average of 86.8 points per game.
Michigan’s Stauskas lead the Big Ten in scoring. Glenn Robinson III has averaged 16 points per game versus the Wisconsin and Arizona, the opponents with the highest ranking the Wolverines have faced this season.
Iowa can put loads of points on the board as their last seven wins have been by 10 points or more. Michigan leads the Big ten in field goal percentage at 49% and is fourth in conference scoring at 77.3 points per game.
Iowa has a record of 5-0 ATS over its past 5 games played on Wednesdays and 4-0 ATS over its past 4 games played on the road.
Michigan is 3-0-1 ATS over its past 4 games played at home and 5-1-1 ATS over its past 7 games overall.
The OVER has cashed in all 4 of the past 4 Iowa games and all 4 of the last 4 Iowa games versus opponents from the Big Ten.
The OVER has cashed in 5 of the past 7 games Michigan played against opponents in the Big Ten. The Wolverines point total has cashed to the UNDER in 13 of the past 19 games they have played on Wednesday.
Head to head the home team has won 8 of the past 10 games ATS between Iowa and Michigan. Iowa is just 1-5 ATS over the past 6 games played at Michigan.
Michigan is favored, but I like Iowa plus the 2.5 points.
