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Rutgers vs Maryland Prediction

Rutgers vs Maryland Game Information

What: Rutgers vs Maryland 2/9/2025 College Basketball Picks
When: Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 12:00 EST/9:00 PST
Where: XFINITY Center, College Park, Maryland 
Rutgers vs Maryland Line: Maryland -9.5
Total: 151.5
TV: BTN

Rutgers vs Maryland Preview

No. 18 Maryland (17-6, 7-5 in Big Ten) plays host to Rutgers (12-11, 5-7 in Big Ten) at the XFINITY Center in a Big Ten Conference game from College Park on Sunday. In their last 5 games, the Scarlet Knights are 2-3, losing back-to-back games at Penn State by 8 (80-72) and vs Michigan State by 7 (81-74), beating Northwestern by 7 (79-72), losing to Michigan by 3 (66-63) before upsetting Illinois by 9 in their last game (82-73). In their last 5 games, the Terrapins are 4-1, winning 4 straight vs Nebraska by 3 (69-66), upsetting Illinois in Champaign by 21 (91-70), beating Indiana in Bloomington by 1 (79-78), and topping Wisconsin by 8 (76-88) before losing at Ohio State by 3 (73-70).

 

 

 

Futures Book Look: Online sportsbook DraftKings currently has Maryland priced at 65/1 to win the 2025 NCAA Basketball Championship and 45/1 to win the Big Ten Regular Season championship. Auburn is still the top Futures Favorite (+370) in the Big Dance followed by Duke (+380), Houston (10/1), Iowa State (16/1) and Tennessee (18/1). The Men’s Tournament tips off on March 19-20 with the First Four with the First Round getting underway on March 21-22. The Final Four will be on April 5 with the Championship Game on Monday, April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Rutgers Swimming With the Sharks at Maryland

Rutgers (11-11-1 ATS, 12-10-1 O/U) is 2-4 on the Road in Big Ten play and the Scarlet Knights aren’t projected to make the NCAA Tournament right now. Rutgers gets its scoring from 6 main guys, standout G’s Ace Bailey (20. PPG, 7.9 RPG) and G Dylan Harper (19.1 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 4.1 APG), C Lathan Sommerville (7.2 PPG, 4.2 RPG), G Jordan Derkack (7.0 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2.0 APG), G Jeremiah Williams (6.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG), and and F Dylan Grant (5.2 PPG, 3.1 RPG). The Scarlet Knights (+385 Moneyline) average 76.2 PPG (#136) while giving up 74.6 PPG and are average at Rebounding (36.4 RPG, #156) and Assists (13.2 APG, Tied-#258).

Rutgers Betting Trends

  • Rutgers is 4-0-0 ATS its last 4 games overall
  • Rutgers was 13-19-0 ATS last 2023-24 NCAAB season
  • The Under is 9-1-0 in the last 10 series meetings
  • The Under was 22-10-0 in Rutgers games last season (68.8%)
  • Rutgers is 6-14 SU in its last 20 Big Ten Conference games

Maryland Projected No. 6 seed in Tournament

Maryland (11-12-0 ATS,13-9-1 O/U) should be dancing in March with back-to-back Road Wins at Illinois and Indiana likely cementing the Terrapins spot in the Big Dance. Head Coach Kevin Willard and his boys have also knocked off (then) No. 22 UCLA, (then) No. 17 and (then) No. 17 Wisconsin so it’s hard not to see them making the 68-team Field. Maryland’s Starting 5 is C Derik Queen (15.0 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 2.0 APG), G Ja’Kobi Gillespie (14.3 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 4.7 APG), F Julian Reese (14.1 PPG, 9.3 RPG), G Rodney Rice (13.0 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 2.0 APG) and G Selton Miguel (11.3 PPG) with Georgia Tech Transfer F Tafara Gaspare (4.5 PPG, 2.5 RPG) the Dribbling Turtles only other real contributor. Maryland averages 82.5 PPG (#23) and allowing just 65.9 PPG with 37.0 Rebounds Per Game (Tied-#126) and 15.2 Assists Per Game (Tied-#97). The 17.5 Scoring Margin for Maryland (-520 Moneyline) ranks No. 6 in DI behind Duke, Houston, Auburn, Florida, and Gonzaga. The latest Bracketology by Joe Lunardi on ESPN has the Terps as a No. 6 seed.

Maryland Betting Trends

  • Maryland is 2-5-0 ATS in its last 7 games overall
  • The Terrapins are 13-1 at Home this 2024-25 NCAAB season
  • Maryland was 13-20 ATS in the 2023-24 NCAAB season (39.4 %)
  • Maryland is 2-0 ATS in its last 2 meetings vs Rutgers
  • The Terrapins are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games overall
  • Maryland is 5-0 at Home in Big Ten play this season

Rutgers vs Maryland Prediction

In the last 10 meetings in this series, both teams have won 5 times with Rutgers holding the ATS edge going 6-4-0, although Maryland has won and covered ATS the last 2 meetings. The big story here is the Under, with a 9-1-0 record over that span and cashing in 8 straight times including all 4 times at College Park. With the Scarlet Knights sort of seeming like a 2-man team and the Terrapins unbeaten at Home, it seems the hosts should win by double-digits but the last 7 Rutgers games have all had margins of 9 points or less, this Rutgers vs Maryland NCAAB pick will look to the Totals market and predict yet another Under in this series.

Kevin’s Prediction: Rutgers-Maryland Under 151.5

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