March Madness NCAAB Betting Preview and Prediction: Michigan State Spartans vs. Oklahoma Sooners

March 27, 2015 by R Keough

“March Madness NCAAB Betting Preview and Prediction: Michigan State Spartans vs. Oklahoma Sooners – Between the Chalk online sports betting”

10:07 PM ET, March 27, 2015
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY

NCAA Basketball Sweet Sixteen concludes today with four games on the schedule with No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners (24-10, 16-16-0 ATS) taking on No. 7 Michigan State Spartans (25-11, 20-16-0 ATS) at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The winner will play the either N.C. State or Louisville on Sunday in the Elite Eight. Sign up for Premier Per Head PPH Online Bookie Software through our banners and links to claim your free two week trial. Mention Every1bets.com sent you over!

Agents using local bookie software currently have Michigan State 1½-point favorites with the total set at 136. Bettors using sites for local bookies betting on the number should know the Spartans are 19-14-2 against the total with the Sooners at 12-19-0.

The Spartans made their way to the Sweet Sixteen in convincing fashion, beating No. 10 Georgia 70-63, covering the 6-point spread, while most recently knocking off No. 2 Virginia as 4½-point dogs 60-54.

Travis Trice, who led the Spartans with 15 points per game this season, led all scorers with 23 and had 2 rebounds, 3 assists and steal to help seal the victory over Virginia. Branden Dawson had a big game as well, leading his team with 9 boards while scoring 15 with 4 blocks and a steal.

Oklahoma look poised for a run after their last game, a 72-66 win over a Dayton team that had previously sent No. 6 Providence packing as 3-point dogs. The Sooners were led against Dayton by Jordan Woodward who had 16 points, 2 boards, 3 assists and 4 steals.

Pay Per Head agents using Premier Per Head watched as Buddy Hield, who scored an average of 17.3 points per game this season to lead the Sooners, have a strong game scoring 15 adding 3 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal and a block, while Frank Booker came off the bench to score 12.

When using sites for local bookies, if stat differentials help decide who your money is on, you won’t get much help in this one, as the Sooners and Spartans offensive and defensive numbers are very close. Michigan State scored an average of 71.50 points per game this online sports betting season while allowing 63.14, compared to Oklahoma scoring 71.85 and allowing 62.76.

Some trends experts using bookie software may be interested in are the Spartans are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 and 7-1 ATS in their last 8 non-conference online sports betting games. Meanwhile, the Sooners are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 tournament games going 2-8 ATS in their last 10 overall.

If you prefer betting on the total when using Pay Per Head sites such as Premier Per Head, you need to know Michigan State has played to the UNDER in 7 of their last 9 overall and in 7 of their last 10 NCAA Tournament games. Furthermore, the Sooners have played to the UNDER in 5 of their lastonline sports betting 7 overall.

Michigan State will sprint out of the gates and open up a lead with Travis Trice leading the way, but Oklahoma will regain their composer and get it close before the half. Buddy Hield will lead the Sooners again, but will get help from Isaiah Cousins and TaShawn Thomas.

Both teams are deep and will put up a fight to get into the Elite Eight, however Michigan State is the better team right now and will grind it out to finish strong and move on to play Sunday.