{"id":27392,"date":"2013-01-20T10:33:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T15:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27392"},"modified":"2013-01-20T10:33:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T15:33:06","slug":"college-basketball-picks-indiana-hoosiers-vs-northwestern-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-indiana-hoosiers-vs-northwestern-wildcats-27392\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Indiana Hoosiers vs. Northwestern Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers at Northwestern Wildcats
\nSunday, 1\/20\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Indiana -11.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Indiana -12
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 137
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 137
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indiana Hoosiers center Cody Zeller scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds last time out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indiana will look to bounce back from its second loss of the year, as it suffered a 64-59 setback to the Wisconsin Badgers as 10.5-point home favorites five days ago, while going UNDER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cWhen we weren\u2019t making shots, especially the ones that were open, we also didn\u2019t come down and stay as disciplined as we needed to be defensively,\u201d stated Hoosiers coach Tom Crean.\u00a0 The Hoosiers still lead the nation in averaging 85.4 points per game.\u00a0 Indiana is 18-23 ATS versus Big Ten Conference foes the last two-plus years, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Hoosiers received 23 points and 10 rebounds from sophomore center Cody Zeller, but he was held to 1 of 7 shooting from the field in the final 20 minutes versus the Badgers.\u00a0 Indiana has won its first two conference road games, while it aims to snap a three-game skid away from home against Northwestern, which includes a 93-81 loss as 6.5-point underdogs on Jan. 9, 2011.<\/p>\n

Northwestern aims for back-to-back wins over ranked opponents, as it comes off an impressive 68-54 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini as 10-point road underdogs, while going UNDER the total in three of its last four games.\u00a0 \u201cWe just went out and executed,\u201d stated Wildcats senior Jared Swopshire.\u00a0 The Wildcats have five players score in double figures, with Reggie Hearn leading the way with 20 points.\u00a0 He is averaging a team-high 14.1 points per game.\u00a0 Northwestern is 18-18 ATS as an underdog since 2010, something to consider when making your college basketball picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are ninth in the nation this year with a 1.41 assist-to-turnover ratio, with sophomore guard Dave Sobolewski being the main reason for that success, as he ranks fifth in the Big Ten in averaging 4.6 assists per game.\u00a0 Northwestern is also averaging 8.2 3-point makes per game, which ranks 28th among all teams in NCAA basketball, but is still slightly below its average of 9.0 last year.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Hoosiers due to their 5-0 ATS mark following a straight-up loss, while the Wildcats are 1-4 ATS following a victory.<\/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. 2 Indiana Hoosiers at Northwestern Wildcats Sunday, 1\/20\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Indiana -11.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Indiana -12 Opening Total:\u00a0 137 Current Total:\u00a0 137 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indiana will look to bounce back from its second loss of the year, as it suffered a 64-59 setback […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,5922,2485,7326,3119,7204,4114],"class_list":["post-27392","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-jared-swopshire","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-reggie-hearn","tag-tom-crean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27392","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=27392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27393,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27392\/revisions\/27393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}