00:00Ohio State taking on Michigan.
00:02Typically, we see that in the NCAA football.
00:04Now we're going to see on the hardwood tonight a 15-and-a-half-point favorite
00:08from Michigan at home.
00:09And if you didn't know, take a look at Ken Palm's numbers.
00:11The second most efficient team on defense is Michigan in the country.
00:14Top five in adjusted efficiency on offense is Michigan.
00:17Are we headed for a blowout today?
00:19Michigan versus Ohio State.
00:21Well, you would think, Donnie, right?
00:23I mean, listen, Michigan has been going scorched earth,
00:26but it's still a rivalry, right?
00:29But Michigan has also been the nation's best team for a majority of this season.
00:34But don't forget, the Wolverines, if you go over the last couple of weeks here, Donnie,
00:40they're so overvalued in the market that, yeah, they may be winning games,
00:45but they certainly aren't covering, which is crazy.
00:49I mean, Michigan at one point won like 20 or more points in every game.
00:54They went 8-1 against the number when they started out,
00:57but it's five straight games in which they have not covered these ridiculous games.
01:03And again, Ohio State, like them, hate them,
01:05but they are going to bring it tonight against Michigan.
01:08This is their national championship game in basketball.
01:11So expect it to be a physical game.
01:14But at this point, you can't lay these kinds of numbers in a rivalry spot.
01:18Oh, we love some college basketball.
01:20Come on now.
01:21We're in the final days of January before we head off into February,
01:24which means closer and closer to March Madness.
01:27Ohio State and Michigan are going to lace them up tonight at 8 p.m.
01:30This game is going to take place in Michigan and a heavy, heavy favorite for the Michigan Wolverines.
01:35Overnight line, Joe, as high as minus 15.5.
01:38We're now seeing 14.5 at most outlets right now,
01:41and a total of 163.5 up from around 161.5 overnight.
01:46Michigan, Ohio State.
01:47Michigan, great defense, great offense.
01:49This looks like a blowout on paper.
01:51Can Ohio State at least hang around to make a game and possibly cover?
01:55Well, again, we mentioned earlier, Donnie, in the spread lines,
01:59how they are so overvalued, Michigan, because they started out the season winning every game
02:07by more than 20 points.
02:09In fact, I think they started out the season 8-1 against the spread.
02:13But, you know, like anything else in the market, it gets so overvalued
02:17that the only way to make any money is to bet against them.
02:20And that's why they have not covered a game in five straight here.
02:25Now, they have won its last three games by double digits,
02:28but that hasn't been good enough to cover these 15, 16, 17, 18-point spreads
02:34that they're always rolling.
02:36On paper, it's a mismatch.
02:38Michigan is going to dominate the paint.
02:40They are going to dominate at the free throw line.
02:43Everything that Ohio State does well, guys like Bruce Thornton and John Mobley Jr.,
02:49they're going to be taken out of this game.
02:51The sheer physicality and size of Michigan is just, it's going to be too much.
02:55Now, does that mean Michigan's going to take their foot off the gas here?
02:59Probably not.
03:00If they have a chance to bury Ohio State in any game, they're going to do it here.
03:06It feels like this could be the one they go back to old school,
03:11winning by 20 or more points, and it could be a long night for Ohio State.
03:15Weekend hoop shows, a lot of this country is going to be buried by snow.
03:19You can sit back, relax, and watch a game like the ACC.
03:21It's going to have North Carolina taking on Virginia.
03:23Virginia's the home team here.
03:24John Paul Jones Arena, minus 6.5 as a favorite, and a total of 149.5.
03:31Virginia, top 20 in defense on efficiency, top 20 on offense in efficiency,
03:35and the home team here, North Carolina, ups and downs this season in the ACC.
03:39Joe, what do you see tomorrow at noon?
03:40Well, in Virginia, and of course, always another great rivalry over the history, right?
03:47Big win by North Carolina.
03:49It was not good for them on that West Coast trip, but they came home.
03:53They got a beat-up Notre Dame team, and they handled business.
03:57Meanwhile, the Cavs are 5-1 in the ACC, 16-2 overall.
04:02And yeah, by the way, they're honoring former coach Tony Bennett there
04:06before this game, before the Carolina game.
04:09And you know, of course, the history of him, 346 and 136 in 15 seasons at Virginia.
04:16He is a god on that campus.
04:19So it is going to be an electric atmosphere.
04:22To me, this is all about the Cavs.
04:24Can they knock down threes?
04:26They've knocked down 190 of them this season.
04:29They're a 37% three-point shooting team.
04:32If the Cavs are hitting threes at North Carolina, thanks for stopping by,
04:37but not going to get it done here.
04:39How about this game tomorrow?
04:40Illinois versus Purdue, Joe.
04:42A 3 o'clock start at Purdue, West Lafayette, Mackey Arena.
04:46This line currently sits at minus 2.5 as a favorite for Purdue
04:48in a total of 150.5.
04:50You want offense?
04:52You want good offense?
04:52You have it here, Joe.
04:53The number one most efficient team on offense in college basketball,
04:57that's Illinois.
04:58You know it's number three?
04:59It's Purdue.
05:00Two sensational offenses, Joe.
05:02Going toe-to-toe, Illinois and Purdue tomorrow.
05:05Yeah, Illinois injured a little bit.
05:08The number two scorer, we told you there, Donnie,
05:11ends up breaking his wrist in practice last week.
05:14It was kind of absolutely crazy.
05:16But it hasn't stopped them from just bulldozing anybody and everybody.
05:20In the meantime, Purdue coming off a grueling West Coast shot there, Donnie,
05:26in which they had to play, I think, four games in like a 10-day stretch.
05:31It was absolutely rough.
05:33Can they get back on track?
05:35Listen, Mackey Arena still in college basketball, Donnie, outside of Rupp Arena,
05:39one of the hardest places to win a game for a road team.
05:44This is going to be an overbattle.
05:47I can see both these teams lighten up the scoreboard.
05:51There is, I think the total's a little low at 150.5,
05:54and that's the way I would look at it.
05:56Let's head down to Texas Tech tomorrow.
05:582 p.m. start.
05:59Houston's going to take on Texas Tech, the favorite in this game.
06:02The road team, Houston, minus 3.5 and a total of 139.5.
06:06You take a look at both of these defenses.
06:08Absolutely legitimate.
06:09Big 12 basketball at its finest.
06:11What are we looking at in this game between Houston and Texas Tech, Joe?
06:13Well, listen, the Red Raiders have been phenomenal ever since, well,
06:19that close loss to Houston in Houston over two weeks ago,
06:23and now they'll have a chance.
06:25After that game, by the way, they've ripped off four straight
06:28back-to-back wins against BYU and Baylor.
06:31I wouldn't, I don't know if I'm stepping in front of this Texas Tech train.
06:35Big Saturday in college basketball.
06:38Absolutely, coming up next.
06:46Take them down that path, Joe.
06:48It's a Friday.
06:49It's payday.
06:50Where are we getting paid tonight?
06:52Big 10 is where we're going.
06:54Biggest game on the card tonight at College Hoops,
06:57Ohio State at Michigan.
06:59And I told you, Michigan, it's not been a great ATS run.
07:04They haven't covered in their last five.
07:06And the only reason they haven't covered in the last five is because,
07:09well, not because they're not winning by double digits.
07:11They're just not winning by enough in those double digits.
07:14So 15 and a half feels like a big number, except Ohio State,
07:19this is a bad matchup against Michigan.
07:23They have to get to the rim.
07:25They are not going to get to the rim against this interior defense.
07:29It's the best inside defense in the country.
07:32Michigan is going to own the paint.
07:35They have enough size to be able to make the two best scorers on Ohio State
07:39miserable.
07:40If there is ever a team Michigan will get back to stepping on and not taking
07:45their foot off the gas.
07:47Yeah, it's going to be Ohio State.
07:49Expect them to win by 20 plus tonight, Donnie.
07:53This is blowout city.
07:55I'll back Michigan and lay to 15 and a half.
07:57Okay.
07:58All right.
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