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Wolverines Favored Against Bama in Sweet 16 – Michigan vs Alabama Opening Odds
By Sascha Paruk in College Basketball
Published:
- #1 Michigan will meet #4 Alabama in the 2026 Sweet 16
- The Wolverines are the second-favorite in the national title odds
- See the opening Michigan vs Alabama odds for March 27th
The #1 Michigan Wolverines (33-3 SU, 16-20 ATS) and #4 Alabama Crimson Tide (25-9 SU, 15-18 ATS) both punched their tickets to the Midwest Region Sweet 16 on Sunday, setting up a heavyweight tilt at the United Center in Chicago on Friday, March 27th (7:35 pm ET).
Alabama’s offense has been resplendent in the NCAA Tournament but the Tide still find themselves sizable underdogs to the Big Ten regular-season champs from Ann Arbor.
Michigan vs Alabama Opening Odds
At prediction site Kalshi, Michigan is trading at a hyper-short 83¢ to reach the Elite Eight (equal to a -488 moneyline). Alabama is trading at 20¢ (equal to a +400 moneyline).
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Michigan is currently the second-favorite in the March Madness champion odds, trading at 21¢ at Kalshi (equal to +376 odds). The Tide were still trading at just 1¢ at the time of publication (+9900 odds), though that is likely to move in the near future.
Michigan reached the Sweet 16 with two lopsided wins: 101-80 vs #16 Howard, and 95-72 over #9 TCU. Big Ten Player of the Year Yaxel Lendeborg poured in a game-high 25 points against the Horned Frogs, going 9-of-13 from the field.
Alabama boatraced its first two opponents, outclassing #13 Hofstra (90-70) and then embarrassing shorthanded #5 Texas Tech. Latrell Wrightsell had a game-high 24 in the lopsided victory over the Red Raiders.
Michigan vs Alabama Key Stats
These two schools haven’t met in nearly two decades. The last meeting was in November 2009.
Bookmark SBD’s college basketball odds to see how the lines move over the week.
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Sascha Paruk
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Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.
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