Tonight's games:
Michigan State -3.5 at Penn State, 630 BTN:
The Spartans just beat Illinois and would love to turn that into a solid winning streak. After tonight they visit the reeling Wolverines then host Iowa and Ohio State. It isn't hard to see that becoming a five game winning streak for MSU which would move them to 19-9/11-6 and put them in great shape heading into a tough final stretch of @PU, vsNU, @IU.
Penn State's tournament goose is probably already cooked but there is a chance they could finish .500 and maybe at least get some postseason experience in the Not Invited Tournament.
Iowa +5 at Maryland, 830 BTN:
Maryland won in Iowa City a few weeks ago so they are going for the season sweep and Iowa will be trying to avenge their home loss with a road win. Iowa already has a set where the home team lost both with Michigan so it has happened before and could again.
Speaking of Maryland's win in Iowa City, in the game after that the Terps throttled Nebraska at home to move to .500 in the league and 13-8 overall and looked to be closing in on an NCAA Tournament bid which was very impressive after their miserable start. Maryland hasn't won since. They lost in East Lansing which is to be expected but they also lost at home to Rutgers and couldn't even beat the Buckeyes so this isn't just a rough stretch of schedule, something is off with the Terps. At this point it is difficult to see a path to the Tournament for the Terps even if they do win this one, but it is more-or-less impossible if they don't.
The Hawkeyes need this one just about as badly as the Terps. Iowa has four home and three road games left plus the home opponents include UW and IL so the Hawkeyes are going to have to steal a win on the road somewhere and frankly College Park looks like an easier place to do that than East Lansing, Champaign, or Evanston.
