{"id":674400,"date":"2026-03-23T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/674400\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:15:17","slug":"betting-odds-released-for-michigan-basketball-vs-alabama-in-sweet-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/674400\/","title":{"rendered":"Betting odds released for Michigan Basketball vs Alabama in Sweet 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The No. 1-seed Michigan Wolverines opened as 10.5-point favorites over the No. 4-seed Alabama Crimson Tide in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/ncaab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FanDuel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FanDuel&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FanDuel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Michigan beat the No. 9-seed Saint Louis Billikens, 95-72, in the second round on Saturday. The Wolverines were double-digit favorites in that game, and now they are double-figure favorites over Alabama prior to tip-off on Friday at 7:35 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Alabama\u2019s high-powered offense was clicking on all cylinders in a dominant 90-65 win over the No. 5-seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second round, shooting a remarkable 19-for-42 from three-point range. The Crimson Tide own one of the nation\u2019s top offenses (third in the country with 129.6 points per 100 possessions), which will create a serious challenge for Michigan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Despite being without guard Aden Holloway, Alabama advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for a fourth year in a row and will try to pull off an upset over the Wolverines. Michigan earned the right to be heavy favorites with how well they have played this year, but the Crimson Tide\u2019s prolific offense could keep the game closer than expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In order to stave off Alabama and move onto the Elite Eight, the Wolverines must continue to avoid turnovers, win the rebounding battle and keep All-SEC guard Labaron Philon Jr. from generating quality shots. It\u2019s certainly easier said than done, but Michigan\u2019s elite defense (second in NCAA with 89.9 points allowed per 100 possessions) should be up for the lofty task.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/team.php?team=Michigan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KenPom;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KenPom&quot;}\" class=\"link \">KenPom<\/a>, Michigan has a 76 percent chance to win and is projected to defeat Alabama, 90-83, to secure a spot in the Elite Eight for the first time since 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Do you think Michigan will cover the 10.5-point spread against Alabama? Make sure to comment your final score predictions below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 1-seed Michigan Wolverines opened as 10.5-point favorites over the No. 4-seed Alabama Crimson Tide in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7998,7,1739,1043,1400,43666,34561,61341,73029],"class_list":{"0":"post-674400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-alabama-crimson-tide","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-michigan","11":"tag-michigan-wolverines","12":"tag-ncaa-tournament","13":"tag-saint-louis","14":"tag-saint-louis-billikens","15":"tag-the-crimson-tide","16":"tag-the-wolverines"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116278442272014213","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}