Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Purdue Boilermakers (14-5) meet up with the #9 Michigan State Spartans (15-4) in a 12:00 PM ET game on Saturday, and we’ll preview all the important information before tipoff of this college basketball game.
Purdue will be hitting the road where they are 4-4 on the year, and they’ll be going up against a Michigan State squad that is a perfect 11-0 at home.
The Spartans are 8.5-point favorites here, while the total has been bet down half of a point from its opener and currently sits at 136. Michigan State has covered the odds in 10 of their 16 lined games this season, while Purdue is at 8-8.
The Boilermakers have gone 8-8 between under and over on the total, while the Spartans sit at 8-7-1 with one more over this season.
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Although Purdue is a fairly large road underdog, they should be comforted by the fact that the road team has won outright while covering the point spread in 4 of the last 5 head-to-head meetings with the Spartans.
Michigan State was a 74-56 road winner as a 7-point underdog last season, marking the 4th time in those 5 games where the underdog has been a winner.
The under has hit in 6 of the last 8 games played between these teams, including in both of the 2 most recent clashes.
Purdue has won outright in just 2 of their last 4 games this season while covering the spread only once.
They’ve gone over the total in 5 of their previous 6 games, while the Spartans have also done so in 7 of their last 9 matchups.
Michigan State was on a 15-game winning streak before suffering back-to-back road losses against Northwestern and Michigan in their last 2 games.
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