{"id":21005,"date":"2012-01-12T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21005"},"modified":"2012-01-12T16:58:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T21:58:00","slug":"indiana-hoosiers-host-minnesota-golden-gophers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/indiana-hoosiers-host-minnesota-golden-gophers-21005\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Hoosiers Host Minnesota Golden Gophers in Big Ten Action Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Golden Gophers at #8 Indiana Hoosiers
\nAssembly Hall – Bloomington, Indiana
\nThursday, January 12, 2012, 8:00 pm Eastern, TV: Big Ten Net
\nOpening Line: Indiana -11
\nCurrent Line: Indiana -9 1\/2
\nOpening Total: 140
\nCurrent Total: 138 1\/2
\nOpening Money Line: Indiana -550 \/ Minnesota +450
\nCurrent Money Line: Indiana -500 \/ Minnesota +400<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Indiana Hoosiers host Minnesota Thursday night in Big Ten action. The Hoosiers are 9.5 point favorites.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The #8 Indiana Hoosiers are 15-1 this season and 3-1 in the Big Ten, a game behind 4-0 Michigan St. The Hoosiers host Minnesota Thursday night. Minnesota was 12-1 coming into conference play but the Gophers are 0-4 in conference and in last place in the Big Ten. Indiana leads the series 88-62 against Minnesota, including 56-18 in Bloomington. The two teams split the season series with each winning on their own home court. The two games were decided by a total of 7 points.<\/p>\n

Minnesota is coached by Tubby Smith. The Gophers have losses to Dayton, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, and Purdue 79-66 last Sunday. Minnesota has wins over Bucknell, Depaul, Indiana St, Virginia Tech, USC, Appalachian St, and Central Michigan.<\/p>\n

Indiana is coached by Tom Crean. The Hoosiers have only a loss at Michigan St on their record. Indiana has wins over Evansville, Butler, NC State, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Ohio St, Michigan, and at Penn St 88-82 Sunday.<\/p>\n

Minnesota is outscoring opponents 69-63 this season. The Golden Gophers are shooting 47.3% from the field, including 34.5% from 3 point range. Minnesota makes 70.1% of their free throws. The Gophers average 34.4 rebounds a game, and have a rebounding margin of +3.9. Minnesota averages 15.9 assists, 14.1 turnovers, 5.7 blocks and 8.8 steals a game. Minnesota opponents are shooting 42.1% from the field including 37.5% from 3 point range. Minnesota is forcing\u00a0 14.5 turnovers a game.<\/p>\n

Forward Trevor Mbakwe was the leading scorer and rebounder for Minnesota but he is gone for the season with a leg injury.\u00a0Rodney Williams averages 10.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.7 steals, and 1.6 blocks a game. He leads the team in scoring, steals, rebounds, and blocks. Julian Welch is averaging 10.2 points, 1.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists to lead the team, and 1.2 steals a game.\u00a0 Ralph\u00a0 Sampson III averages 8.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1.3 blocks a game. Austin Hollins averages 8 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.2 steals a game. Forward Maurice Walker is out indefinitely with a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Indiana is outscoring opponents 82-64 this season. The Hoosiers are shooting 50.5% from the field, and 47.6% from 3 point range. The Hoosiers are in the top seven nationally in points, field goal percentage and 3 point percentage.\u00a0 Indiana makes 73% of their free throws. The Hoosiers average 35.2 rebounds a game, and have a rebounding margin of +3.2. Indiana averages 15.3 assists, 13.3 points, 8.4 steals, and 3.6 blocks a game. Indiana opponents are shooting\u00a0 41% from the field and 32% from 3 point range. The Hoosiers force 16.6 turnovers a game on defense.<\/p>\n

Indiana has 5 players averaging double digit scoring. Freshman forward Cody Zeller averages 14.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1.7 steals, and 1.5 blocks a game. He leads Indiana in scoring rebounds, and blocks. Christian Watford averages 13.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.4 assists a game. He makes 52.9% from 3 point range.\u00a0 Jordan Hulls average 12.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists to lead the team, and 1.1 steals a game. He makes 58.2% of his three point attempts. Victor Oladipo averages 11.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.8 steals a game to lead the team. Will Sheehey averages 10.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.4 assists a game. He has missed the last 5 games with an ankle injury and is doubtful for this game. Maurice Creek is out for the season with a torn Achilles’ tendon.<\/p>\n

Indiana is 8-3 against the spread and the total is 8-3 this season. Minnesota is 6-7-1 ATS and the total is also 6-7-1 this season. Indiana is 5-1 ATS in the last 6 against Minnesota, and 4-1 at home. The underdog has covered 6 of the last 7 in the series, and the under is 8-3 in the last 11. The Gophers are 3-1-1 ATS after a double digit home loss, 6-14-1 after failing to cover, 10-25-1 in road games against teams with winning home records, 7-18-1 as an underdog of 7-12.5 points, including 5-15-1 on the road, 8-21-1 as a road underdog, 6-19-1 after a straight up win, 6-21-2 against teams with winning records, 1-4-1 in Thursday games, and in road games, 1-4 overall, 3-12-1 in Big Ten games, and 1-5-1 as an underdog. The Hoosiers are 5-1 ATS at home, 8-3 overall, 5-2 as a favorite, 7-3 after a straight up win, 3-7 as a home favorite of 7-12.5 points, 2-6 in Thursday games, 1-6 after failing to cover, and 1-9 in Big Ten games.<\/p>\n

Minnesota is much better than their 4 game losing streak would indicate. Recent history says these teams usually play each other close, and I don’t think that will change tonight. The line opened with Indiana an 11 point favorite but has moved to -9.5. Indiana wins a close game, but won’t cover.<\/p>\n

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Minnesota Golden Gophers at #8 Indiana Hoosiers Assembly Hall – Bloomington, Indiana Thursday, January 12, 2012, 8:00 pm Eastern, TV: Big Ten Net Opening Line: Indiana -11 Current Line: Indiana -9 1\/2 Opening Total: 140 Current Total: 138 1\/2 Opening Money Line: Indiana -550 \/ Minnesota +450 Current Money Line: Indiana -500 \/ Minnesota +400 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":9738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[737,4354,9528,3887,3631,6030,2485,464,30],"class_list":["post-21005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten","tag-big-ten-network","tag-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-college-basketball-handicapping","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","tag-ncaa-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21005"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21600,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21005\/revisions\/21600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}