College Basketball Betting: Ohio State Favored in Odds vs Michigan

The Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday at 12:00pm EST when they battle at the Conseco Fieldhouse in a game that can be seen on ESPN. College basketball betting odds makers have the Buckeyes listed as 8.5-point betting favorites against the Wolverines. Manny Harris scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Michigan past Iowa 59-52 in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse on Thursday. Michigan couldn't cover as 8-point favorites in college basketball odds while the teams played UNDER the 117-point total listed by oddsmakers.

Michigan ripped off 32 points in the first half and cruised to victory to play the Buckeyes in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament today. Deshawn Sims netted 14 points to lift the Wolverines in their first win for the past five games and defeat the Hawkeyes in all three games this season. The Wolverines are sporting new "Mr. T" haircuts that they hope will help them advance in the March Madness tournament. "Everyone is just trying something new. It’s like last season, trying to put it all out there, doing something different because what we’ve been doing hasn’t been working,” said Laval Lucas-Perry after the game. Heading into today's game on ESPN, Michigan is 15-16 straight up on the season, 13-14 against the spread as college basketball betting underdogs and 2-8 after playing Iowa.

Jon Diebler scored 21 points and hit seven three pointers as Ohio State ran over Illinois 73-57 on Tuesday night to assure the Buckeyes at least a share of the Big Ten title. Ohio State covered as 10-point home favorites in college basketball odds while the teams played UNDER the 136-point total posted at online sportsbooks. "The guys had confidence in me," said Diebler after the game. "They were collapsing on ET, Will and Dave and they were driving. It just left open shots for me. I was fortunate to knock them down tonight." Heading into today's game on ESPN, Ohio State is 24-7 straight up, 16-15 against the spread as college basketball betting favorites and 5-5 after playing Illinois.

Ohio State is 5-2 against the spread in their last 7 games and 10-2 straight up in their last 12 games when playing against Michigan. The Wolverines are 4-8 against the spread as underdogs in their last 12 games when playing Ohio State and 4-2 against the spread in their last 6 games when playing the Buckeyes. The basketball betting total has gone UNDER in 6 of Ohio State's last 8 games and UNDER in 5 of Michigan's last 6 games. Vegas odds at the Hilton sportsbook have the Ohio State Buckeyes -8.5 favorites against the Michigan Wolverines.