Northwestern Wildcats vs Michigan Wolverines Prediction, 1/26/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Northwestern Wildcats vs Michigan Wolverines

Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Location: Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, MI

TV: BTN

The Northwestern Wildcats (9-8) are traveling to Crisler Center on Wednesday where they will go up against the Michigan Wolverines (9-7).

The Northwestern Wildcats played Purdue and took a loss by a score of 80-60 in their last game. In reference to fouls, the Wildcats ended up walking away with 16 and Purdue accounted for 13 fouls. They made 12 of their 29 attempts from beyond the arc. Purdue ended up going 76.9% at the free throw line by converting 10 of their 13 attempts. Furthermore, Purdue collected 32 rebounds (10 offensive, 22 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Purdue earned 19 assists and had 5 steals for this contest. Regarding the defense, Northwestern allowed their opponent to shoot 51.8% from the field on 29 out of 56 shooting. They also recorded 12 assists for this contest in addition to forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and having 5 steals. In regard to hauling in boards, they collected a total of 19 with 4 of them being offensive. From the free throw line, the Wildcats buried 7 of 9 shots for a percentage of 77.8%. Northwestern finished with a 44.0% FG percentage (22 of 50) and buried 9 of their 26 shots from distance.

Boo Buie is someone who was a major contributor in the game. He shot 45.5% from the field and also distributed 3 assists. He played for 34 minutes and also collected 4 boards. He walked away with 17 points on 5 of 11 shooting.

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Northwestern heads into this contest with a win-loss mark of 9-8 on the year. They lose possession by turning the ball over 9.1 times per game and as a unit they commit 18.1 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Northwestern is grabbing 37.4 rebounds per game and has 303 dimes this year, which is 39th in Division 1 in terms of passing. The Wildcats are connecting on 35.1% on shots from distance (139 of 396) and 73.7% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 76.5 points per contest (73rd in the nation) while hitting 44.1% from the field.

On defense, the Wildcats are forcing 13.8 turnovers per contest while drawing 17.6 personal fouls. They are giving up 35.8% from beyond the arc and they are ranked 172nd in college hoops in PPG allowed (68.7). The Wildcats defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 40.9% (386 of 944) and they concede 35.8 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They are ranked 227th in college hoops in allowing assists to their opponents with 240 relinquished so far this season.

For their last game, the Michigan Wolverines went home victorious with a score of 80-62 against Indiana. With respect to how they rebounded, Michigan permitted Indiana to grab 23 in total (6 on the offensive side). They wrapped up this game 26.3% from downtown by going 5 of 19 and walked away from this one shooting 9 out of 13 at the free throw line (69.2%). The Wolverines allowed Indiana to make 24 out of 61 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 39.3% in the game. Overall, the Wolverines walked away from this one shooting 29 out of 51 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 56.9%. When discussing shooting from downtown, Michigan made 11 of their 17 attempts (64.7%). They were able to knock down 11 of the free throw tries for a clip of 78.6%. Indiana committed 14 personal fouls in the game which took the Wolverines to the free throw line for a total of 14 tries. They gave up possession of the ball 13 times, while earning 4 steals in the matchup. The Wolverines were able to collect 29 defensive boards and 5 offensive rebounds totaling 34 for the contest.

Hunter Dickinson ended up being a factor for the Wolverines in this matchup. He tallied 25 points in his 33 mins of playing time and added 4 dimes in the matchup. He buried 9 out of 12 for this contest for a field goal rate of 75.0%, and had 9 rebounds.

Michigan has a win-loss mark of 9-7 this season. The Wolverines are responsible for committing 15.4 personal fouls per contest and they shoot 68.6% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 14.2 times per contest (119th in college basketball) and they turn it over 12.4 times per contest. Michigan has totaled 1,162 pts so far this season (72.6 per contest) and they grab 37.6 boards per game. As an offense, the Wolverines are connecting on 47.7% from the floor, which has them ranked 34th in Division 1.

The Michigan defense surrenders 29.2% on 3-pointers (105 of 359) and their opponents are connecting on 71.9% of their free throw attempts. They surrender 10.5 assists and 30.9 rebounds every game, which has them ranked 45th and 35th in college basketball. The Wolverines are ranked 111th in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 66.4. They are able to force 10.2 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 41.4% from the floor (103rd in D-1).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Michigan and under the total points

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