Maryland vs Minnesota Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/22/23

The Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Maryland Terrapins meet in college basketball action from the Xfinity Center on Wednesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Maryland is listed as a 15.5-point home favorite with the total for this game set at 130.5 points.

Injuries

Neither side has anyone listed on the injury report for this game, so barring any last-minute announcements, both sides will come into this game at full strength.

Matchup History

Maryland’s 81-46 win over Minnesota back on February 4^th, 2023, made it eight straight wins for the Terps in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Minnesota is 4-13-2 ATS in their last 19 games following an ATS win and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 Wednesday game while the over is 6-2 in their last 8 games following an ATS win. Maryland is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games against a team with a losing road record while the under is 7-2 in their last 9 games following an ATS loss.

Pick

I’m backing Maryland here. The Terps have just been playing their better basketball at home this season by a fair margin and while Minnesota’s performed well on the road ATS, I’m not forgetting about how the Gophers performed in those spots, losing to teams like Rutgers by 35 and Northwestern by 20. Maryland took their eye off of the ball against Nebraska, but this is still a Terrapins team that’s trying to lock up an at-large spot in case they don’t win the Big Ten tournament. I’ll side with the Terps big in this one.