Indiana is closing out their conference season with a difficult stretch, beginning with a road match against Michigan State, who is tied with the Hoosiers at the top of the conference standings. <\/p>\n
#1 Indiana Hoosiers (23-3) vs #4 Michigan State Spartans (22-4)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s CBB Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Both teams have a couple of games over second place but if the Hoosiers lose this one and another roadie at Michigan, they could be looking at a third place finish, at best.<\/p>\n Winning out could earn them a top seed no matter what happens in the Big Ten Tournament.<\/p>\n Cody Zeller may be the top pick in next year\u2019S NBA draft but he is not the only reason this Indiana team is at the top of the national rankings. \u00a0<\/p>\n He is one of 5 Hoosiers that average in double figures but he doesn\u2019t even lead the team in FG% despite taking so many shots from in close.<\/p>\n Guard Victor Oladipo is shooting 64% from the field, which is incredible for a perimeter player. \u00a0That includes 52% from deep.<\/p>\n It says a lot about both of these teams that the top team in the country is not the favourite in this one – even though they have already beaten MSU once this season.<\/p>\n They are still good value given the fact they are just +1 but as indicated below I don\u2019t see the value or logic in taking IU here even though it is a rare underdog occurrence for them.<\/p>\n The Spartans are doing their thing and if they win this one they could find themselves switching spots with Indiana at the top of the polls. \u00a0<\/p>\n [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n Though not blessed with overwhelming talent this team is getting it done night after night and will be looking to avenge a loss at Indiana earlier in the season.<\/p>\n The Hoosiers are the second highest scoring team in the country and they will test an MSU defense that gives up less than 60 points per game.<\/p>\n One area where the Spartans have an advantage is at point guard with Luke Appling. \u00a0He is the Spartans leading scorer and has an uncanny ability to play well in the clutch. \u00a0The Spartans are really strong up front with big bodies Derrick Nix and Adrien Payne, both of whom can make things uncomfortable for Zeller.<\/p>\n The best thing about all of these guys is that they really play within themselves.<\/p>\n The last time they played Indiana the Spartans covered despite losing the contest. \u00a0If they want to cover again this time they will have to win. \u00a0At home the way they are playing that sounds like a very good value play.<\/p>\n I am not sure I would ever bet against Izzo winning on his homecourt, especially with this tough squad.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Michigan State -1<\/strong> Hoosiers vs Spartans CBB Basketball Spread\/Handicapping Indiana is closing out their conference season with a difficult stretch, beginning with a road match against Michigan State, who is tied with the Hoosiers at the top of the conference standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":23841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[6986,1477,4631,53026,2162,53027,7836,4210,4694],"class_list":["post-60036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-cbb-free-picks","tag-cbb-picks","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-hoosiers-vs-spartans","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-indiana-hoosiers-vs-michigan-st-spartans","tag-michigan-st-spartans","tag-ncaa-basketball-lines","tag-ncaa-hoops-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60036"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60099,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60036\/revisions\/60099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Tuesday February 19<\/strong>
\n Breslin Center – East Lansing, MI<\/strong>
\n 7:00PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: \u00a0No ML currently listed<\/strong>
\n Spread: \u00a0Michigan State -1<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a0141<\/strong><\/p>\nIndiana<\/h3>\n
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Michigan State<\/h3>\n
\n O\/U Pick: \u00a0Under<\/strong>
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0Michigan State 69 – Indiana 63<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"