{"id":52785,"date":"2015-02-12T14:10:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T19:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=52785"},"modified":"2015-02-12T14:10:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T19:10:54","slug":"ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-michigan-state-spartans-predictions-picks-odds-and-preview-february-14-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-michigan-state-spartans-predictions-picks-odds-and-preview-february-14-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Michigan State Spartans Predictions, Picks, Odds, and Preview – February 14, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Big Ten basketball doesn\u2019t get any bigger than Ohio State vs. Michigan State. The Buckeyes, led by one of, if not the hottest college hoops star in the nation today, has climbed its way back into the Top 25. Meanwhile, the unranked Spartans are still searching for more consistency in what has been an up-and-down season.<\/p>\n

Who emerges victorious in this meeting between two of the conference\u2019s most successful schools? Read on below for our preview of this big B1G battle.<\/p>\n

Make a date with\u00a0college hoops’\u00a0Valentine’s Day matchups. Check our previews of Baylor vs. Kansas<\/a> and South Carolina vs. Kentucky<\/a>.<\/p>\n[sc:MarchMadness ]\n

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Michigan State Spartans\u00a0Betting Preview<\/h2>\n

Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Breslin Center, East Lansing<\/p>\n

When:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday, February 14, 12:00 PM ET<\/p>\n

Line:<\/strong>\u00a0Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan State Spartans \u2013 view all NCAA Basketball lines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Betting on the Ohio State Buckeyes<\/h3>\n

For once, the No. 23 Ohio State Buckeyes (19-6, 8-4 Big Ten) won even with a bad shooting night from their star, D\u2019Angelo Russell. The freshman, who’s averaging a team-high 19.5 points per game this season, scored 17 points but went just 4-of-13 from the field in the Buckeyes\u2019 75-55 win over Penn State on Wednesday. Sam Thompson led the way with a season-high 22 points.<\/p>\n

[sc:NCAAB240banner ]Russell notched his first career triple-double with 23 points, 11 boards and 11 assists in their previous game, a 79-60 blowout win at Rutgers on Sunday. Fellow freshman Jae\u2019Sean Tate was his wingman in that game with 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting.<\/p>\n

With second-leading scorer Marc Loving expected to miss his third straight game for an undisclosed reason, the Buckeyes will need Tate and\/or Thompson to continue helping Russell carry the offensive load. Neither was able to get it going in Ohio State\u2019s 60-58 road loss at Purdue on Feb. 4.<\/p>\n

But the key, as always for Ohio State, will be how Russell plays. Russell will have a challenging matchup against\u00a0Michigan State\u2019s tall guards in Bryn Forbes and Denzel Valentine, but size hasn\u2019t mattered much for the 6-5 freshman. He averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists in two games against the tall and talented backcourts of Indiana and Maryland en route to back-to-back wins over ranked teams.<\/p>\n

Ohio State is 7-3 against the spread in its last 10 visits to East Lansing.<\/p>\n

Looking to invest\u00a0in one of the rising stars of college hoops? Create a betting account now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Betting on the Michigan State Spartans<\/h3>\n

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Michigan State (16-8, 7-4 Big Ten) took out its frustration from a very disappointing 59-54 home loss to Illinois on a helpless Northwestern by thrashing the Wildcats, 68-44, on Tuesday. Leading scorers Travis Trice (13.5 points per game) and Denzel Valentine (14.4 points per game) combined for 40 of the Spartans\u2019 68 points and eight of their 13 three-pointers.<\/p>\n

The Spartans have not been impressive at home this season. They\u2019re 4-2 in conference play (and suffered a hideous 71-64 overtime loss to Texas Southern in December) at East Lansing. However, they needed overtime to beat both last place Northwestern and an injury-riddled Michigan. They also beat 3-9 Penn State by just six.<\/p>\n

Free throw shooting has been an issue all season long for Michigan State. The team is dead-last in the conference at 61 percent from the charity stripe, and shot an abysmal 7-for-18 in their five-point loss to Illinois, 15-for-25 in their two point loss to Nebraska and 12-for-21 in their seven-point overtime loss to Texas Southern. Their awful free-throw shooting makes the Spartans tough to trust in close games.<\/p>\n

But their awful free-throw shooting won\u2019t hurt them as much if their defense can\u00a0turn it on and build a big lead. This is exactly what they did to a very good Indiana offense in a 70-50 blowout win on Jan. 5.<\/p>\n

Michigan State\u2019s veteran guards have harried two other star freshman point guards in James Blackmon Jr. (1-for-14) and Melo Trimble (2-for-13) into awful shooting games at East Lansing, and should give Russell all he can handle.<\/p>\n

Writer\u2019s Prediction<\/h3>\n

Russell and the Buckeyes have too much for the Spartans as they win and cover on the road.<\/p>\n[sc:NCAAB490Banner ]\n

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