Opening Line: No. 13 Indiana Heavy Favorite in Season Opener vs. Morehead State

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The purpose unfold is out for Indiana’s season opener towards Morehead State on Monday, and the No. 13-ranked Hoosiers are an enormous favourite.

In response to the FanDuel.com web site, the Hoosiers are 21.5-point favorites over Morehead, a faculty based mostly in japanese Kentucky that performs within the Ohio Valley Convention. The over-under is 134.5.

The sport begins at 7 p.m. ET at Simon Skjodt Meeting Corridor. Listed here are all the main points on watch the sport on the streaming service BTN-Plus. CLICK HERE

A yr in the past, Indiana was a great guess in residence video games at Meeting Corridor. The Hoosiers had been 14-4 at residence straight up and 12-6 vs. the unfold in Bloomington. In the course of the nonconference portion of their schedule, they performed 5 video games the place they had been favored by 17 factors or extra. They gained all 5, but additionally lined in 4 of them, all however the season opener towards Jap Michigan. For a look-back on how Indiana fared towards the unfold in all 35 video games final yr, CLICK HERE

Indiana opens the season with two residence video games. They will play Bethune-Cookman on Thursday as effectively earlier than hitting the highway on Nov. 18 to tackle Xavier. Here’s a hyperlink to the Hoosiers’ full 2022-23, with dates, gametimes, places and TV data. CLICK HERE

Indiana completed 21-14 a yr in the past, however have 4 starters returning and are including a top-five recruiting class. The Hoosiers are ranked No. 13 within the Related Press preseason ballot and are No. 12 within the first KenPom rankings. (Morehead is No. 221). Indiana was chosen by the media to win the Massive Ten, which might be their first league title since 2016.

Morehead State went 23-11 general and 13-5 in Ohio Valley Convention play final yr. The Eagles misplaced to Murray State within the OVC Match Championship to finish the season. Morehead performed three video games on the highway towards Energy-6 groups final yr, shedding at Auburn, Mississippi State and Xavier. Additionally they didn’t cowl in all three video games.

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