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Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Michigan St. Spartans Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: January 3, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET

Venue: Breslin Center — East Lansing, MI

Article updated Jan 2, 10:14 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Nebraska is on the road playing Michigan St. at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center stadium on Tuesday, 1/3/2023 @ 7:00pm EST. Michigan St. -7 was the opening favorite and

Game outlook

Nebraska is on the road playing Michigan St. at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center stadium on Tuesday, 1/3/2023 @ 7:00pm EST. Michigan St. -7 was the opening favorite and line hasn't moved.

Nebraska Highlights

With a power ranking of 222, Nebraska is ranked #284 in offense (scoring an average of 68.07 per game), #81 in defense (allowing an average of 64.79 points to be scored against them per game) and are 8-6 (6-8 ATS) this season.

Michigan St. Highlights

Michigan St. Spartans has a power ranking of 19 and are #240 for offense (scoring an average of 69.50 per game), #120 for defense (giving up an average of 64.79 points per game) and 9-4 (6-7 ATS) overall. Nebraska went 3-0 (0-3 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Michigan St..

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict the score to be NEBRS 73, MICHS 59. 52% of SportsJaw users predict Nebraska Cornhuskers to cover. OddsShark 's prediction is Michigan State will win, cover the spread, and the total will go over.

split down the middle on Covers.com

SportsJaw's ScoreCaster prediction: Cornhuskers 64 to Spartans 86.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Cornhuskers 64 to Spartans 86.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NCAAB Predictions

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SportsJaw Cornhuskers vs Spartans archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Cornhuskers vs Spartans matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Nebraska Cornhuskers+273 → +250Moved
  • Moneyline · Michigan St. Spartans-338 → -300Moved
  • Spread · Nebraska Cornhuskers+7 (-110) → +7 (-110)Unchanged
  • Spread · Michigan St. Spartans-7 (-110) → -7 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Over130.5 (-110) → 132 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under130.5 (-110) → 132 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

Nebraska Cornhuskers
28-7 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 2-8-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Michigan St. Spartans
27-8 matchup record · 4-6-0 ATS · 6-4-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2023-01-03T03:14:18.276Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

No completed head-to-head result is available in the current history window.

Final result

Matchup pick recap

Michigan St. Spartans defeated Nebraska Cornhuskers 74-56

Michigan St. Spartans defeated Nebraska Cornhuskers 74-56 on January 3, 2023, a 18-point decision in the series. Michigan St. Spartans' strongest period was the 1st half, when it outscored its opponent 39-17. Against SportsJaw's recorded Nebraska Cornhuskers +7 (-110) spread, Michigan St. Spartans covered, while the 130 combined points finished under the recorded total of 132.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • CoversSpread · Nebraska Cornhuskers +7 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioSpread · Michigan St. Spartans -7 (-110)Win
  • CoolioTotal · Over 132 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkSpread · Michigan St. Spartans -7 (-110)Win
  • OddssharkTotal · Over 132 (-110)Loss
  • Amp2223Spread · Nebraska Cornhuskers +7 (-110)Loss
  • Amp2224Spread · Nebraska Cornhuskers +7 (-110)Loss