{"id":21498,"date":"2012-02-04T10:56:26","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T15:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21498"},"modified":"2012-02-04T10:56:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T15:56:26","slug":"big-ten-conference-basketball-indiana-hoosiers-vs-purdue-boilermakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-ten-conference-basketball-indiana-hoosiers-vs-purdue-boilermakers-21498\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Conference Basketball: Indiana Hoosiers vs. Purdue Boilermakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 20 Indiana Hoosiers at Purdue Boilermakers
\nSaturday, 2\/4\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Purdue -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Purdue -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 143
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 142
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Purdue Boilermakers have dominated the Indiana Hoosiers in recent years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indiana has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, coming in off a 68-56 loss to the Michigan Wolverines as four-point road underdogs.\u00a0 \u201cAt the start of the game, we allowed a very good team to play like a great team,\u201d commented Hoosiers head coach Tom Crean.\u00a0 \u201cYou can\u2019t come out and not have a physical presence.\u201d\u00a0 The Hoosiers have lost all five games of this in-state rivalry by an average of 12.2 points per game under his direction.\u00a0 Indiana is 3-12 ATS in February the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Hoosiers\u2019 five-game win improvement is the highest among major conference programs, shooting 49.9 percent from the field and 43.5 percent from beyond the arc.\u00a0 Indiana continues to be led offensively by the play of forward Cody Zeller, who has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week five times this season.\u00a0 Indiana is 2-31 on the road during conference action under Crean, with both wins coming at Penn State.<\/p>\n

Purdue is coming off a dramatic 58-56 win over the Northwestern Wildcats as one-point road underdogs, going \u201cunder\u201d the total for the first time in six games.\u00a0 The Boilermakers have split their last six games, while posting a 2-4 ATS mark in those contests.\u00a0 Taking care of the basketball is one of the programs biggest strengths, ranking second nationally in turning the ball over just 9.4 times per game.\u00a0 Taking advantage of opportunities at the charity stripe is also a strength in recent games, hitting 72.7 percent of its shots from the line over the past four contests.\u00a0 Purdue is 3-6 ATS versus conference opponents this season.<\/p>\n

The Boilermakers\u2019 bench has outscored opponents reserves in 16 of 22 games this season, with junior Kelsey Barlow leading the way in averaging 8.0 points per game.\u00a0 Senior forward Robbie Hummel continues to be the leader offensively, averaging a team-high 15.2 points per game.\u00a0 Purdue ranks tied for 10th nationally in most wins since the start of the 2008-09 season.\u00a0 Head coach Matt Painter is hoping his team can reach the 70-point plateau in this conference affair, leading the program to a 93-11 record, including an 11-0 mark this season when scoring 70 or more points.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Boilermakers due to their 6-4 ATS mark at home, while the Hoosiers are 4-13 ATS versus conference foes.<\/p>\n

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No. 20 Indiana Hoosiers at Purdue Boilermakers Saturday, 2\/4\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Purdue -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Purdue -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 143 Current Total:\u00a0 142 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indiana has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, coming in off a 68-56 loss to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,5922,2485,1295,5797],"class_list":["post-21498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-cody-zeller","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-purdue-boilermakers","tag-robbie-hummel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21498","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21499,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21498\/revisions\/21499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}