Michigan State Spartans vs Iowa Hawkeyes Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/06/25

The Michigan State Spartans will travel to Iowa City on Thursday night to play a Big Ten Conference game against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa comes into this game with a 6-12 conference record and is currently in the bottom 3 of the league standings. The bottom 3 do not make the conference tournament, so a win here would help keep their season alive. It will be a tough ask for Iowa as Michigan State will come into this matchup motivated. The Spartans are just 1 win away from securing the outright Big Ten regular-season title and we expect them to get it done. Our best bet of the game is for Michigan State to cover the spread.

The Spartans have rattled off 5 straight quad-one wins and look like one of the best teams in the country. They should be able to dominate the glass and impose their physicality on an Iowa team that has not been good at rebounding. According to KenPom, Michigan State is ranked 19th nationally in offensive rebounding percentage and 12th in defensive rebounding percentage. Iowa is ranked 291st and 312th in those categories, so we do not see them having a chance to win the battle on the boards. Michigan State is the better team here and I expect them to cover.

Michigan State vs Iowa prediction: Michigan State -7 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to 8.

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