Michigan State vs Auburn: Game Analysis & Predictions

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00:00As we turn to the final game of the weekend, Michigan State versus Auburn, five-and-a-half

00:04points spread, 147-and-a-half total. I don't really have a strong take when it comes to the

00:09side. Push comes to shove, I think it would take Michigan State, but I'm far more interested in

00:13the total and that leans on the under 147-and-a-half. Do you have any convictions about this

00:19game or just any overall thoughts? Yeah, this is another game if you're soft, don't play in this

00:24game either because these two teams want to get up and down. This is going to be a physical game

00:28at the rim. I know people like to throw around the term violent collisions at the rim. I think

00:34we're going to see that. I think that Ole Miss, though, kind of exposed Sparty a little bit

00:40on Friday night. I know Sparty was able to grind that thing out with their depth there,

00:44but I think that Auburn's got a different level, a different dynamic than Ole Miss can present.

00:50And I think Ole Miss's athletes, Ole Miss's size, Auburn has all that and they can score

00:55in transition better than Ole Miss. So I think that the broom and Cardwell one-two punch in the

01:03frontcourt is going to give Sparty some fits here just because Sparty has more role players in the

01:08front. I also think that the Auburn guys are going to be able to go toe-for-toe with this

01:14veteran Michigan State group here. I think Auburn's able to keep Sparty off the glass.

01:20I think they can keep him a little bit in the halfcourt out of transition. I like Auburn

01:24actually laying the points. And that game's a home game, man. If anybody watched that game the

01:27other night, that was like playing at the jungle the other night. Well, that's what I was just

01:32going to ask you. This game is taking place in Atlanta, State Farm Arena, less than two hours,

01:37about $1.45 away from Auburn, Alabama. So how does that factor into the handicap?

01:43I think anybody that doesn't factor that in didn't watch the game against Michigan last night

01:48because once that thing started spiraling, that crowd got into it, I felt like I was watching

01:52the game on Auburn's campus. So definitely, it's a true road game for Sparty tomorrow.