4.4** NCAAB POD Goes Early Today

[Pick Bot]

Michigan State -2 4.4* NCAAB POD
I'll take the Spartans here today. For one i feel these two teams are pretty even and their strengths and weaknesses are pretty damn similar. Ohio State has a freshman as their best player while Michigan State is built more on a team aspect with talent spread around. They are under sized compared to Ohio State yet they are a far superior rebounding team which to me just is odd. Michigan State lost their last home game against Illinois and I don't see them losing this one. They have been pretty unlucky all year, but I believer their advantage in experience will be the difference. In addition Ohio State has covered 4 of their last 5 games ATS and the margin of victories ATS have been very high. We get an inflated line here because of it.

Ohio State also returns Marc Loving today from suspension which I think will do more harm than good. He was averaging roughly 25 min before the suspension and you really can't expect to just plug him back in with results or without impacting the chemistry a bit. Michigan State's 2point and 3 point offensive and defensive ranks are the best averaging a national rank of 33.75. Ohio State is just 3-4 on the road and have lost to Purdue, Iowa, Indiana, and Louisville and all 4 of those teams struggle more in at least two categories. Michigan State is more complete and consistent and I think their motivation to win this game is right in line with our prediction.