{"id":21876,"date":"2012-02-27T21:30:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T02:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21876"},"modified":"2012-02-27T21:30:07","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T02:30:07","slug":"spartans-vs-hoosiers-big-ten-conference-basketball-from-assembly-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/spartans-vs-hoosiers-big-ten-conference-basketball-from-assembly-hall-21876\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartans vs. Hoosiers: Big Ten Conference Basketball from Assembly Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 5 Michigan State Spartans at No. 20 Indiana Hoosiers
\nTuesday, 2\/28\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan State -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan State -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 139
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 139
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Michigan State Spartans senior Draymond Green leads the Big Ten Conference with 16 double-doubles this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michigan State travels to Indiana for its final Big Ten Conference road game of the year, coming off a 62-34 blowout win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers as 17.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Spartans have gone \u201cunder\u201d the total in two consecutive games, but have managed to go \u201cover\u201d in the last two meetings in this particular series.\u00a0 Senior forward Draymond Green is the player to watch offensively, averaging 15.6 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, while registering a conference-best 16 double-doubles this year.\u00a0 Michigan STate is 12-4 ATS versus conference opponents this year.<\/p>\n

The Spartans have clinched at least a share of their 13th regular-season Big Ten Championship, entering this contest with a 7-3 record in true road games.\u00a0 Michigan State has been led by its stingy defense when playing away from East Lansing, allowing opponents to shoot just 37.6 percent from the field overall, including 27.7 percent from beyond the arc.\u00a0 The program is 6-3 against ranked opponents this season, which is the most wins in the nation.\u00a0 Spartans head coach Tom Izzo has compiled a solid 18-10 record in this series, bringing in a six-game win streak, which is an all-time best.<\/p>\n

Indiana is the most improved team among major conference programs with a plus-10 in the win column from the previous season, as it comes off a 69-50 win over the Minnesota Gophers as one-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Hoosiers finished their road schedule with a 6-6 record, which is a vast improvement from the 1-30 mark they accumulated during the Tom Crean era before the 2011-12 campaign started.\u00a0 Indiana is 8-3 ATS at home this season and the \u201cover\u201d is 7-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Hoosiers are one of the best offensive teams in the country, ranking third nationally in shooting 42.6 percent from beyond the arc, while leading all conference teams in scoring 77.6 points per game.\u00a0 Indiana will certainly be seeking revenge from an embarrassing 80-65 loss in its first meeting as six-point road underdogs against Michigan State.\u00a0 The two teams have alternated covers in the last five meetings overall.\u00a0 Freshman Cody Zeller is definitely a player to watch offensively, leading the team in averaging 15.4 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Spartans due to their 6-1 ATS mark in the last seven games, while the Hoosiers are 1-4 ATS at home versus winning road teams.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 5 Michigan State Spartans at No. 20 Indiana Hoosiers Tuesday, 2\/28\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan State -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan State -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 139 Current Total:\u00a0 139 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Michigan State travels to Indiana for its final Big Ten Conference road game of the year, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[4011,3442,5922,5832,2485,500,4114,778],"class_list":["post-21876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-assembly-hall","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-cody-zeller","tag-draymond-green","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-tom-crean","tag-tom-izzo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21876","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=21876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21877,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21876\/revisions\/21877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}