Michigan vs. Michigan State: Epic Big Ten Showdown Preview

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00:00And drs it starts on this friday a top 15 tilt

00:06in ann arbor between two very bitter rivals

00:09two very familiar foes and two teams right now hoping to

00:14earn that big 10 or regular season crown it is michigan and michigan state

00:20tonight inside the chrysler center in ann arbor as good as you could hope for

00:26for a friday night basketball game in college hoops the maize and blue a two

00:32and a half point home favorite inside the chrysler center total stands

00:36at 150 and a half michigan drs has had the full

00:40week off since being victorious over the weekend

00:43they are 12 and 2 straight up in big 10 play michigan state a huge home

00:49victory over purdue earlier this week covering

00:52as a three and a half point favorite as you

00:55predicted the spartans 12 and 3 in big 10 action

00:59which means the winner of tonight's rivalry battle

01:02in ann arbor occupies the top spot in the big 10

01:06standings what are you expecting tonight inside the chrysler center

01:11if you just look at the paperwork of this game per se right the better team

01:14is michigan state third overall in the conference in efficiency on offense

01:18number one overall in defensive efficiency you take a look at michigan

01:21seven and seven on both sides here there's 18 teams keep in mind here in

01:25the big 10 but i do think michigan has a chance to

01:28win this game so well done they're favored to win hear me out on this as i

01:31just explained look it's hard to win on the road we get

01:33that two quality teams matching up on paper

01:35michigan state's better but if you want to take advantage michigan going to give

01:38us the number one defense here here's how we're going to do it if you

01:41look at the turnover percentage there's no team in conference play worse

01:44than the michigan wolverines been at turning the basketball over good for

01:47them if you will michigan state's defense doesn't force

01:50a lot of turnovers like if you're telling me i have a team that turns the

01:53ball over constantly against a team that will turn you over

01:55constantly you can't even handicap that game or even look in that direction i

01:58don't care what the other statistics even say but let's get past that here

02:02michigan's offense you're getting to the free throw line ben number two in

02:05conference play doing that michigan state

02:0712 out of 18 teams at fouling that gives you free chances going up against a

02:10really good defense where you steal points where the clock is

02:13stopped and free throw type of events here let's look at the

02:16three-point shooting because this is where sometimes you have to get inside

02:19the numbers and really determine what can happen michigan state's defense we

02:22told you number one in conference play they're also number one at defending the

02:25three-point line at 28.1 as a team on defense that's

02:29phenomenal but understand this too there's 18 teams in conference play

02:3315th at chasing you off the line which isn't very good which means

02:36the three-point shots will be available why is that important third overall

02:40conference play taking three-point shots it's the michigan wolverines i think

02:44there's a chance for michigan and when you're at home you tend to

02:47shoot better the three-point line will be open if they knock down their

02:50three-point shots they're going to win this basketball game so even though as i

02:54told you on paper technically michigan state is

02:56better it's a home game for michigan they are rested and they can take

02:59advantage of the number one defense in conference play

03:02on the three-point line i think they can get the job done tonight

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