Pick on the spread for Michigan-Rutgers on February 23

Bracketologists nationwide have lost a lot of sleep trying to seed the teams in the middle of the Big Ten thus season and two teams that could use a resume-boosting win will hook up in New Jersey on Thursday with the Michigan Wolverines facing the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

Michigan Wolverines vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (-6, 13 3.5)

The Rutgers defense has been significantly better at home than on the road this season, ranking fourth in the country in points allowed on a per possession basis overall, but allowing 22.8 points per 100 possessions fewer at home this season.

The defense of Rutgers has been negatively impacted by the loss of forward Mawot Mag for the remainder of the season though, with the team allowing over 17.5 points more per 100 possessions without him on the floor the past four games.

  
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