NCAA Basketball Odds: No 13 Michigan vs No 12 Indiana
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Frank Martin
After taking down Nos. 1 and 2 last month, upstart Indiana Hoosiers will try to defeat yet another ranked opponent when it meets No. 13 Michigan Wolverines on Thursday. The 12th-ranked Hoosiers defeated both Kentucky and Ohio State on their home floor, where they are 10-0 on the season.
Eight of Indiana’s home wins have come by 15 points or more, but Michigan figures to be a formidable opponent. The Wolverines, winners of seven straight, haven’t suffered a loss since Nov. 29. Michigan has won three of the last five against the Hoosiers, but the Wolverines have lost two straight at Assembly Hall.
- #13 Michigan Wolverines @ #12 Indiana Hoosiers
When:
9:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 5, 2012
Where:
Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana
TV:
9 p.m. ET, ESPN2, ESPN3.
The Hoosiers have opened as 7-point favorites on SBG Global Sportsbook’s Live NCAA Basketball Odds.
Michigan Wolverines (12-2, 2-0 BIG TEN): No. 13 Michigan is off to its best Big Ten start in the John Beilein era, but if it hopes to start 3-0 in Big Ten play for the first time since the 2004-05 season, it will have to play better than it did in its last – and only – true road game. In that game, a 70-58 loss at Virginia, the Wolverines gave up a 19-2 second-half run and were dominated on the glass. Michigan is led by guards Tim Hardaway Jr. and Trey Burke, who average 15 and 14 points, respectively. Burke, a freshman, scored a career-high 27 points in Michigan’s 61-56 victory over Minnesota on Sunday.
Indiana Hoosiers (13-1, 1-1 BIG TEN): What a difference a year makes. Last season, Indiana started conference play 0-4 and was searching desperately for a go-to scorer. Now, the Hoosiers have five players averaging double figures and have scored at least 80 points seven times. Cody Zeller, the highly touted freshman forward, has been the biggest difference maker so far. He has given Indiana the inside presence it sorely needed in head coach Tom Crean’s first three seasons. Zeller is the team’s leading scorer (14) and rebounder (6), and in Saturday’s win against the Buckeyes, he finished with 14 points and had several key baskets down the stretch.
1.
Both of Michigan’s losses have come
against ranked opponents, No. 3 Duke and No. 23 Virginia.
2. Indiana became just the second Big Ten school ever to knock off the
top two seeds in the same season. Previously, only 1952-53 Minnesota had
accomplished the feat.
3. After
this game, the Hoosiers will play six of their next nine on the road, including
three against teams currently ranked in the top 20.
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