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00:00939 start getting back to Atlanta. That's Michigan, a team that's notorious, Joe, for playing close game after close game for close game, played a very good conference, won the conference tournament at the end of the season, and they're playing very good basketball as we play into the NCAA tournament. This line opened up for Auburn, as we pointed out, seven and a half. The live number at the FanBull Sportsbook, eight and a half. The total, which is bouncing now, 151 and a half, now up live to 153 and a half. So points are expected. Another SEC team,
00:30but as I talked all week long, getting different like influences from people that we've had on the show, like Michigan is such a lightning rod.
00:36Are you trusting what you're seeing over the length of the season?
00:39Or is it just sooner or later? You can't just play these close games and come away with the victory.
00:44But again, we're not asking for the victory. Can they stay within the eight and a half points here, Joe?
00:50I don't think so. I think this is where it ends for Michigan here tonight.
00:55I think Auburn, who just went up and beat a very good shooting Creighton team, who still, again, made 45% of their threes in that game,
01:05and they still covered their eight and a half spread, I think it was, against Creighton, or nine point spread in that game here.
01:12So you're asking Michigan, who's not as good a shooting team, certainly from outside, as what Creighton is.
01:19But you know what they do do better than Creighton? Turn the ball over.
01:23Michigan's propensity for turnovers is what's going to allow Auburn in this game to be able to cover this spread,
01:31and I think win by double digits here. I think the number, the total goes up here a little bit more before tip-off.
01:40I just don't think the idea that the two bigs with Golden and Wolfe are just going to handle Johnny Broom.
01:48Johnny Broom's great. He's a leader of Auburn. But how are you going to stop everybody else on Auburn from firing away?
01:57And also, turning the ball over and giving Auburn free buckets, which you're inevitably going to do, is a recipe for disaster.
02:06I think Auburn handles Michigan easily here tonight.