The No. 4 Michigan Wolverines take on the Arizona Wildcats at 9:30 p.m. ET Sunday in the 2021 Roman Main Event championship at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Michigan won its first game of the tourney on Saturday against UNLV, 71-64, with a big performance from Eli Brooks. Arizona also won its matchup against Wichita State on Friday, 82-78, led by a strong showing by Bennedict Mathurin.
The Wolverines are favored by 3.5 points in the latest Michigan vs. Arizona odds from Caesars Sportsbook, and the over-under is set at 146. Before entering any Arizona vs. Michigan picks, you’ll want to see the college basketball predictions from the model at SportsLine.
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Now, the model has set its sights on Michigan vs. Arizona. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several college basketball odds for Arizona vs. Michigan:
- Michigan vs. Arizona spread: Michigan -3.5
- Michigan vs. Arizona over-under: 146 points
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What you need to know about Michigan
Michigan bounced back from its first loss of the season to Seton Hall with its big win against UNLV. Brooks led the way for the Wolverines on Saturday, with 22 points. He made two of his four three-point shots and didn’t turn the ball over once. Through four games, Brooks has averaged 16.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
The Wolverines need Brooks to continue his hot shooting — especially since as a team, Michigan is shooting just 32 percent from distance this season. The Wolverines’ offense primarily runs through center Hunter Dickinson, who is the team’s leading scorer at 17.3 points per game. He also averages 7.8 rebounds per game, and Michigan has out-rebounded opponents by close to ten boards per game. It will be tested on the glass on Sunday, after having just played on Saturday and facing an Arizona side that averages the fourth-most rebounds per game in the country with 48.5.
What you need to know about Arizona
Arizona sidestepped an upset on Friday against Wichita State. The Wildcats got double-digit scores from four players: Mathurin (25 points), forward Azuolas Tubelis (16 points), center Christian Koloko (13 points), and guard Kerr Kriisa (12 points). Tubelis hit right on his scoring average for the season on Friday, and he has averaged 16 points per game this season to lead all Wildcats. Mathurin started 12 games last season, but has seen a big improvement in his play already this season and is averaging almost five more points (15.3) and two more rebounds per game (6.3) over his numbers from last year.
Two other areas that Arizona has been elite at to start the season are assists and blocks. The Wildcats are fourth in the nation in assists per game (21.8) and they turn away opponents shots at a rate of 8.3 per contest. Kriisa and Dalen Terry are tied for the team lead in assists, with four per game, and Koloko creates a wall around the basket with four blocks per game.
How to make Michigan vs. Arizona picks
The model has simulated Arizona vs. Michigan 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over, and it’s also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in over 60 percent of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
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