Michigan at Michigan State Prediction, Betting Picks and Player Props

The college basketball season is rolling along, giving us plentiful betting options with so many teams in action each day.

Fortunately, we have abundant tools available that can aid our chances of finding good betting value. Bart Torvik and KenPom are excellent sources that give insights into team-level efficiency, and Sports Reference provides a wide range of useful team stats, as well.

Let's check out FanDuel Sportsbook's college basketball odds to find the best bets and player props for Michigan vs. Michigan State.

Please note lines are subject to change throughout the day after this article is published.

Michigan at Michigan State Betting Picks

Michigan State Moneyline (+102)

In what should be a superb Big Ten matchup, Michigan State can prevail at home over their in-state rivals.

Michigan opened the season on fire, racking up a handful of lopsided wins over quality foes. Michigan's dominance has slowed a bit, though.

Starting with a two-point road win at Penn State on January 6th and followed by a three-point home defeat against Wisconsin, Michigan has won only one of its past seven games by more than 10 points.

I know, I know -- they've lost just once in that time, and wins are wins. But the Wolverines set the bar crazy high early on and have been more really great than otherworldly in recent games, and that pushes me toward Sparty.

Tom Izzo's bunch is always stout at home, a place where they've lost only once this campaign (six-point defeat versus Duke). They're peaking right now, too, winning seven straight games since a two-point road loss at Nebraska -- with four of their past five wins coming by at least 16 points.

MSU swept the season series against Michigan last season, winning by 13 and 17 points. This year's Michigan team is clearly better than last year's edition, but with the Wolverines not quite firing on all cylinders at the moment, I'm backing Sparty to win at home.

Yaxel Lendeborg Over 13.5 Points (-118)

Michigan State has the nation's top-ranked defense, per KenPom. But the Spartans give up a lot of three-point attempts, leading me to the over on Yaxel Lendeborg's points prop.

On the year, MSU allows a 46.4% three-point attempt rate, the 19th-highest clip in the country and the Big Ten's second-highest mark. A Michigan squad with the 10th-best true-shooting percentage (61.8%) can take advantage.

Lendeborg is averaging 14.2 points per game for a Wolverines offense that has an astounding eight players scoring at least 7.2 points per night. Lendeborg takes 4.5 threes per game -- a number that may tick up a touch tonight given the matchup -- and is hitting 84.6% of his free throws.

He's netted at least 14 points in four of his past six outings and has fired off double-digit shot attempts in four of his last five games.

With the potential for more three-point volume against MSU, Lendeborg can clear his points line.

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