Meaningless half-court buzzer-beater ruins cover for Michigan bettors

Each week within the sports activities world, bettors, sportsbooks or each bemoan some type of a foul beat. 

Whether or not it is a unfold decide, a moneyline wager, or a wager on the entire factors scored — there’s all the time one prevalence that impacts a couple of bets.

In Saturday’s Massive Ten college basketball matchup between Michigan and Indiana, it was the purpose unfold that precipitated bettors some ache. 

Let’s try the way it all went down. 

Meaningless half-court buzzer-beater ruins cowl for Michigan bettors

The closing unfold for this recreation was -3.5 with Michigan being favored, and for fairly a while, the Wolverines had been sitting fairly. Dustin Might’s squad went into the second-half up 43-27 behind sturdy performances from Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin.

However the Hoosiers weren’t performed.

They got here roaring again and tied the sport up at 59 apiece with 4:08 left within the recreation, making this a sweat for Wolverines unfold bettors. 

For the remainder of the sport, Michigan by no means led by greater than six, with the rating distinction hovering between two and 6 factors for the ultimate stretch. However with 2.5 seconds left within the recreation and the Wolverines up 68-64, Wolf was fouled and would head to the road for 2 free throws to all however make sure the victory, in addition to the duvet. 

The Yale switch would knock down each free throws, placing Michigan up 70-64 with simply 2.5 seconds left in regulation. The three.5-point unfold was a lock at this level, proper?

Mistaken.

Indiana inbounded the ball on the different finish of the basket and did the unthinkable. 

With no probability to win the sport, Anthony Leal took one dribble and heaved a meaningless half-court shot. Not solely would the shot go in, however it might make the rating 70-67, ruining the duvet for Michigan unfold bettors and creating what’s arguably the worst dangerous beat of this 2024-25 faculty basketball season. 

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