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NCAA Odds Jan. 25-27

NCAA Odds Jan. 25-27

Rivera-Lee Round 2 Leads This week's wrestling betting odds.

Jan 22, 2019 by Willie Saylor
NCAA Odds Jan. 25-27
Rivera-Lee Round 2 (technically Round 4) leads this week's betting odds.

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Rivera-Lee Round 2 (technically Round 4) leads this week's betting odds.

BetDSI has odds for the Ohio State-Michigan tilt on Friday, a few choice individual matchups on Sunday along with the Illinois-Nebraska dual.

Let's break it down....


Friday - Michigan    +4    Ohio State

One of college's best rivalries, this dual should be super competitive. Mattin didn't go this week vs. Michigan State and Purdue, where Austin Assad started and went 0-2. Assad can probably go with Heinselman, but their chances of winning the dual (and covering) are obviously better with Mattin in there. 

Other than the uncertainty at 125, and an interesting HWT bout, there are solid favorites at most other weights.

Pletcher won the first meeting with Micic, but Stevan has won the last three.

Singletary beat Parris (15-9) early in the season but it should be a good rematch. Parris has since beat Amar Dhesi and Trent Hillger, who beat Singletary. The dual and spread will be highly dependent upon that bout. 

125: #13-Drew Mattin (MICH) vs. Malik Heinselman (tOSU)

133: #1-Stevan Micic (MICH) vs. #5-Luke Pletcher (tOSU)

141: #5-Kanen Storr (MICH) vs. #2-Joey McKenna (tOSU)

149: Malik Amine (MICH) vs. #3-Micah Jordan (tOSU)

157: #11-Alec Panteleo (MICH) vs. #8-Ke-Shawn Hayes (tOSU)

165: #7-Logan Massa (MICH) vs. Kaleb Romero (tOSU)

174: #3-Myles Amine (MICH) vs. Te'Shan Campbell (tOSU)

184: JT Correll (MICH) vs. #1-Myles Martin (tOSU)

197: Jackson Striggow (MICH) vs. #2-Kollin Moore (tOSU)

285: #7-Mason Parris (MICH) vs. #17-Chase Singletary (tOSU)


Friday - Michigan    O/U 36    Ohio State

There are numerous spots for bonus points in this dual. Jelani Embree hasn't wrestled since Dec. 12th. Myles should certainly be in the tech/pin range.

Micah Jordan, Myles Amine, and Kollin Moore could also be in bonus territory.


Sunday - Spencer Lee (Iowa)    -2    Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern)     |     LIVE ON FLO

The most intriguing match of the week. Spencer beat Rivera 7-4 and 12-0 in their first two meetings. But Rivera was dominant in a 7-3 Midlands final win where he had three takedowns to Spencer's zero. Additionally, Rivera avoided being turned. 

Will Spencer rebound, or will Rivera prove Midlands wasn't a one-off oddity?

The spread is great for both fans. Lee's guys can assume just a 1pt. margin plus riding time. And Sebass backers probably think he wins outright.


Sunday -  Kaleb Young (Iowa)    +4    Ryan Deakin (Northwestern)      |     LIVE ON FLO

Wrestling inside Carver is a real thing. Margins seem to get tighter. This was a 6-2 decision in Midlands finals.                        

Sunday - Austin Gomez (Iowa St.)     +3    Daton Fix (OK State)     |     LIVE ON FLO

Gomez is super dangerous, but also apt to give up the big play like he did against Anthony Cefolo last weekend. Daton beat Gomez 6-3 at Southern Scuffle but has been struggling offensively. He hasn't recorded a takedown in two of his last three matches.

            

Sunday - Illinois    8.5    Nebraska      |     LIVE ON FLO

This is a sneaky good dual enhanced by the spread. Let's start with the fact that Illinois is favored (in the rankings) in four of ten - the first three and 184. 

If they get those four, the Huskers would need to reach a minimum of 21 pts in the other six bouts to cover.

Of course there are several opportunities for Nebraska to poach; it wouldn't be surprising if they won 125 or 141. 

125: #12-Travis Piotrowski (ILL) vs. #15-Zeke Moisey (NEB)

133: #19-Dylan Duncan (ILL) vs. Jevon Parrish (NEB)

141: #4-Mikey Carr (ILL) vs. Chad Red (NEB)

149: Christian Kanzler (ILL) vs. Collin Purinton (NEB)

157: #13-Eric Barone (ILL) vs. #2-Tyler Berger (NEB)

165: #19-Joey Gunther (ILL) vs. #6-Isaiah White (NEB)

174: Carver James (ILL) vs. #9-Mikey Labriola (NEB)

184: #2-Emery Parker (ILL) vs. #4-Taylor Venz (NEB)

197: Andre Lee (ILL) vs. #12-Eric Schultz (NEB)

285: Deuce Rachal (ILL) vs. #15-David Jensen (NEB)


Sunday - Emery Parker (Illinois)    Pick Em    Taylor Venz (Nebraska)     |     LIVE ON FLO

Parker is 2-1 vs. Venz. All three meetings came last season. Parker won the first 9-7. Venz won at B1G's 9-4. At NCAA's, Emery took it 8-1.

Parker is ranked 2nd but he hasn't hit a ranked opponent this year. He's only wrestled three bouts since the first week of Decemeber. 

#4-Venz has three losses on the season (Ness, Reenan, and MyMart), and two wins over All American Drew Foster.