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Harvard vs. Indiana odds, picks and predictions

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7 months ago

November 25, 2023

Kevin Erickson
| Staff Writer

The Harvard Crimson (5-1) and Indiana Hoosiers (4-1) meet Sunday at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET (BTN). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s lines around the Harvard vs. Indiana odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.

The Crimson rebounded their 1st setback of the season at Boston College, topping Colgate 76-70 on the road as a 5-point underdog on Wednesday. Harvard has covered 4 of the 5 games it has played with a spread, while hitting the Over in 4 of those 5 contests.

The Hoosiers were dropped 77-57 against UConn at Madison Square Garden last Sunday, but Indiana quickly rebound with a nice 74-66 win against Louisville on Monday. However, the Hoosiers just missed the cover as an 8.5-point favorite at most shops, and IU is a dismal 0-5 against the spread (ATS) so far, with the Under outpacing the Over at a 3-1-1 clip.

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Harvard vs. Indiana odds

Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Saturday at 5:25 p.m. ET.

Moneyline (ML): Harvard +240 (bet $100 to win $240) | Indiana -310 (bet $310 to win $100)
Against the spread (ATS): Harvard +6.5 (-102) | Indiana -6.5 (-120)
Over/Under (O/U): 139.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)

Harvard vs. Indiana picks and predictions

Prediction

Indiana 75, Harvard 66

Moneyline

Indiana (-310) is a little too expensive for my liking, as my personal moneyline limit for a standalone wager is -180.

While IU is basically at home, playing in Indianapolis, that’s still too much risk for not enough reward.

PASS, and look to the spread instead.

Against the spread

INDIANA -6.5 (-120) faced a couple of measuring stick games against top competition from the Big East and ACC, and it had mixed results. However, the Hoosiers should have a tremendous size advantage, and a home crowd advantage, against the smallish Harvard +6.5 (-102) side.

Harvard had difficulty matching up with Boston College in its place on Nov. 18, and we should see more struggles against Indiana. The Crimson has played well, but it’s not quite ready to tackle the mid-tier teams of the power conferences just yet.

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Over/Under

OVER 139.5 (-110) is the lean, but go with a half-unit play at most.

The Over has hit in 4 of 5 games for Harvard overall, going for 76 or more points in 4 of the past 5 outings. However, it did manage a season-low 64 points in the loss at B.C., so be careful.

Indiana has had mixed results on offense. It is a pretty efficient shooting team, hitting 49.4% from the field. But IU is a terrible 3-point shooting team, and another concern is the struggles from the free-throw line for the Hoosiers, as this squad hits just 69.9% from the charity stripe, leaving a lot of points on the floor.

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Caitlin Clark Sets Indiana Fever Franchise Record in Half a Season

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1 hour ago

June 30, 2024

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Caitlin Clark Sets Indiana Fever Franchise Record in Half a Season

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Caitlin Clark broke an Indiana Fever rookie record with half of the WNBA season still to go.

The No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft notched her 129th assist in a game against the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, June 30. The helping hand came on a well-run pick-and-roll with center Aliyah Boston.

After Boston set a screen for a rapidly advancing Clark, the rising star found Boston as she peeled away and ran toward the basket. The end result was an easy layup for Boston and Clark’s new record.

Clark’s record is only within the Fever organization, and specifically for rookies, but she’s playing well enough to avoid needing any qualifiers. Her average of 6.6 assists per game is good for 4th-best in the entire league. She’s on pace to blow past the Fever’s all-time single-season assists record – 201, set just last year by Erica Wheeler – before the season is out.

Clark brought newfound attention to the WNBA after setting the NCAA record for points scored in basketball, men or women’s. She led her Iowa Hawkeyes to two straight NCAA championship games in 2023 and 2024, which they lost to the LSU Tigers and South Carolina Gamecocks, respectively.

At the first of those two championships, a seeming rivalry was born between Clark and her superstar counterpart on the Tigers: Angel Reese. While the pair have long denied that there’s any rivalry between them, games where Clark’s Fever play Reese’s Chicago Sky set ticket price and TV viewership records. Reese denied the rivalry in an interview in March.

“I don’t think people realize it’s not personal,” Reese said. “Once we get out between those lines, if I see you walking down the street, it’s like, ‘Hey, girl, what’s up? Let’s hang out.’ I think people just take it like we hate each other. Me and Caitlin Clark don’t hate each other. I want everybody to understand that.”

Clark agreed earlier this month, speaking during a post-game press conference.

“I’m pretty sure the only people that view this as a rivalry is all of you,” she said. “Like, to us it’s just a game of basketball.”

Reese set a rookie record on June 23 in a game against Clark when she recorded her eighth-straight double-double. She broke the single-season WNBA record for consecutive double-doubles on June 30 when she managed a 10th straight double-double. Prior to her 10-point, 16-rebound performance, she was tied with two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker.

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Apparent fireworks malfunction leaves 7 injured, several homes damaged in Griffith, Indiana: police

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9 hours ago

June 30, 2024

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Apparent fireworks malfunction leaves 7 injured, several homes damaged in Griffith, Indiana: police

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GRIFFITH, Ind. (WLS) — A fireworks incident left seven people injured and several houses and vehicles damaged in Northwest Indiana on Saturday night, police said.

Griffith police said officers were dispatched to the 900-block of North Arbogast Street at about 9:30 p.m.

It appears that a private fireworks show at home there had an accidental malfunction, injuring seven people and damaging four houses and 10 vehicles, police said.

Information about the ages and conditions of those injured was not immediately available.

Police are investigating the incident and asked anyone with information to contact them at 219-924-7503. Anonymous tips can be left by calling 219-922-3085.

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Pleasant air moves in

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16 hours ago

June 30, 2024

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Many locations in central Indiana picked up beneficial rain with yesterday’s storms. Pleasant air will now move in following this system.

TODAY: Mostly sunny skies. Dew points will drop into the comfortable category by the afternoon. Winds will be sustained out of the north at 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. High temperatures in the mid-70s.

TONIGHT: We will have our coolest morning since June 11. Mostly clear skies remain. Low temperatures in the low to mid-50s.

TOMORROW: Another refreshing day. The first day of July will feature plenty of sunshine with high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s.

8-DAY FORECAST: Our pleasant air is only temporary. Temperatures will build after Monday as a warm front crosses Indiana. This will also drive up our rain chances Wednesday to Friday with the frontal boundary stalling out in the Midwest. Unfortunately, the 4^th of July will be included in these rain chances, but we should know more about the timing of rain as we get closer.