New Mexico St Aggies versus Michigan St Spartans CBS TV NCAA Tournament College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on March 17, 2010 by admin · No Comments

The New Mexico St Aggies from the WAC conference will do battle with the Michigan St Spartans from the Big Ten in an opening round NCAA Tournament game on Friday night. Tip off time at the Spokane Memorial Arena in Spokane Washington is scheduled for 7:20PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.

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The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening point spread in this contest and it was the Michigan St Spartans opening up as a 12 ½ point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 140.

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The money came in early in this game on the side of the favorite, as the Michigan St Spartans are currently a 14-point favorite. The total has seen early movement towards the over, as the game is lined at 148 ½ for the bettors to play into.

Those looking to back the favored Michigan St Spartans will find –1400 odds with the underdog New Mexico St Aggies bringing back +1000 to win this game with no need for taking points on their side.

The teams are battling for the first time.

Our preview for this game will take in account stats only against NCAA Tournament bound teams.

Michigan St completed regular season play with a 24-8 overall record and 14-4 versus Big Ten conference opponents. They qualified for the NCAA Tournament as an at large team. The Spartans faced 13 teams competing in the NCAA Tournament and went 7-6. The Big Ten School averaged 68.7 points in those games and gave up 63.3. The club shot for a 44.3 percentage and allowed only 40.3% shooting from the field. They hit on 35.8% of their three point shots and made 69.2% of their free throws.

New Mexico St enters play in the NCAA Tournament with a 22-11 overall record and 11-5 versus WAC conference play. The team made the field of 65 by winning the WAC conference tournament last week. The club was 3-5 straight up versus NCAA Tournament bound teams. The school averaged 70.0 points per game and gave up 79.1 points in those eight games. The Aggies hit on 43.7% of their shots and gave up an extremely high 52.6% against NCAA Tournament bound teams. The club hit 33.8% of their three’s and made 73.6% from the free throw line.

Michigan St enters the dance winners of 4 of their last 5 games. The team faced a desperate Minnesota Gophers team in the opening round of the Big Ten conference and dropped a 72-67 decision as a 3-½ point favorite. The team struggled from the free throw line in defeat hitting on only 52.9% from the charity stripe. The Spartans have scored 67 or less points in 7 of their past 8 games.

New Mexico St entered the WAC conference tournament with two losses. They then ran the table in the WAC to make the tournament. The Aggies opened play in the WAC tournament with a 90-69 blowout win against the San Jose St Spartans as a 5 ½ point favorite. The Aggies hit on 54.8% in victory. In the semifinals it was New Mexico St with the 80-79 win against Nevada on the Wolf Packs home court as a 5-½ point underdog. In the finals it was New Mexico St with the impressive 69-63 victory over NCAA Tournament bound Utah St Aggies as a 10 point underdog. It was a 49.2% shooting performance by the Aggies in victory.

Trend: New Mexico St Aggies are 3-0 ATS in their past 3 games

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