Best Bet For Michigan Vs. Rutgers Thursday Night CBB

• Odds are set with an 11.5-point spread in favor of Michigan over Rutgers.
• Rutgers has covered against a +11.5-point spread in four of their last six games.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The dynamic freshmen duo of Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights are on the road on Thursday Night against the #15 Michigan Wolverines.

To get right into it, legal sports betting sites have set too large of a spread for this one. Especially with both teams trending in different directions against the spread in their recent games.

Rutgers Vs. Michigan

• Spread: Michigan -11.5
• Total: 154

Rutgers Soaring ATS With Harper Back In Lineup

Michigan has no reason being an 11.5-point favorite here being that they’ve barely gotten by in their last eight victories. Over their last eight wins, none of them have come by a double-digit margin. That includes a 3-point win against Rutgers as well in their last meetings.

Rutgers, on the other hand, have been extremely kind to bettors on college basketball sportsbooks in their last 12 games having covered in nine of those games. Against a +11.5-point spread in those 12 games, they’ve covered in 11 of them.

One thing to take note of in Rutgers last six games has been the return of star freshman, Dylan Harper’s return to the lineup after an ankle injury kept him out for two games. In the six games that Harper has returned to action, they’ve gone 3-3 outright and 5-1 against an 11.5-point spread.

And finally, the Rutgers offense has taken a real step forward over that six game stretch as well averaging 79.5 points while the Michigan offense has lost nearly nine points over their last six games averaging just 70.3 points. That said, Rutgers can and should be trusted with this large of a spread.

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