TOM STRYKER’S FREE BASKETBALL SELECTION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12TH
#710 MINNESOTA (+3) over Northwestern at 3:30 PM EST
The Golden Gophers are locked into a lucrative 70-36 ATS conference tournament situation and they are worth a wager plus the points against the Wildcats. Northwestern enters this matchup off a pair of SU and ATS losses to UCLA and Maryland and this will be another difficult spot for head coach Chris Collins and his players.
Revenge motivation will have Minnesota fired up for this matchup. Back on February 25th, the Gophs (-2) hosted the ‘Cats and they lost outright by the final score of 75-63. Actually, in the last five meetings between these two Big Ten schools, Minny owns a rough 1-4 SU and ATS record. Thankfully, in postseason play priced as a favorite or a short underdog of +6 or less, head coach Ben Johnson and his boys own a profitable 49-30-1 ATS mark including an outstanding 34-16 ATS in this situation provided their opponent holds a team won/loss percentage less than .660. Also, in the Big Ten Conference Tournament, teams competing with same season single revenge own a reliable 22-9 ATS tally.
Checking in on a weak 4-8 SU and ATS run in its last 12 games, Northwestern isn’t exactly playing its best basketball of the season. The Purple Cats have performed even worse in the Big Ten Conference Tournament lately notching a horrible 9-24 SU and 11-21-1 ATS in their last 33 battles. In this situation going into revenge, the Wildcats fall to a rough 5-8 SU and 2-10-1 ATS including a horrendous 3-5 SU and 0-8 ATS provided they hold a team won/loss percentage less than .580.
In the last meeting, the Golden Gophers couldn’t find an answer for Wildcats forward Nick Martinelli (29 points). In this rematch, Coach Johnson will make the necessary adjustments and his squad will pick up their sweet revenge. Take Minnesota. Thanks and best of luck, Tom.
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