STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Indiana’s historical past in Massive Ten street video games hasn’t been excellent the previous a number of years, and it is no totally different thus far this season.

The Hoosiers have misplaced their first two league street video games — at Rutgers and at Iowa. They’re again on the street on Wednesday evening, touring to State School to tackle Penn State. However this time, the injury-depleted Hoosiers are underdogs. Penn State is a 2.5-point favourite, in accordance with the SISportsbook.com playing web site. The over/below is 142.5. 

Indiana is 10-5 on the season, and simply 1-3 within the Massive Ten, shedding at Iowa by two final Thursday and to Northwestern by 1 on Sunday, its first residence lack of the season. They fell out of the Related Press top-25 rankings on Monday, the primary time they have not been ranked in 10 weeks. 

The Hoosiers have struggled of late, and have been lacking start line guard Xavier Johnson since Dec. 17 with a foot harm that required surgical procedure. He is no less than a month away from returning. And beginning ahead Race Thompson went down early in Thursday’s loss with a knee harm, and can also be out ”indefinitely,” in accordance with the college. Thompson was strolling round with out crutches on Sunday, and stated he hopes to be again in ”weeks, not months,”

Indiana began the season 7-0, together with spectacular wins at Xavier and towards North Carolina. They’re simply 3-5 since then, although, and have didn’t cowl in six straight video games. Penn State has lined in simply three of its final 10 video games, and misplaced a Massive Ten recreation at residence as a favourite to Michigan State. They received and lined at residence towards Iowa. They misplaced and didn’t cowl on Sunday towards Purdue in Philadelphia, and the NCAA has deemed that as a house recreation as nicely as a substitute of a impartial web site recreation. 

Here is what Indiana has finished all season versus the unfold:

Indiana by the numbers

• Indiana total report: 10-5
• Indiana total vs. unfold: 7-8
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• Indiana residence report: 8-1
• Indiana residence vs. unfold: 5-4
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• Indiana street report: 1-3
• Indiana street vs unfold: 1-3
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• Indiana impartial court docket report: 1-1
• Indiana impartial court docket vs. unfold: 1-1
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• Indiana report as favourite: 10-2
• Indiana vs. unfold as favourite: 7-5
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• Indiana report as underdog: 0-2
• Indiana vs. unfold as underdog: 0-2

Indiana vs. the unfold

Here is what Indiana has finished this season, straight up and towards the unfold::

• Nov. 7 — Beat Morehead State 88-53 as a 24.5-point favourite (received)
• Nov. 10 — Beat Bethune-Cookman 101-49 as a 32.5-point favourite (received)
• Nov. 18 — Gained at Xavier 81-79 as a 1.5-point favourite (received)
• Nov. 20 — Beat Miami of Ohio 86-56 as a 27.5-point favourite in Indianapolis (received)
• Nov. 23 — Beat Little Rock 86-67 as a 29..5-point favourite (misplaced)
• Nov. 25 — Beat Jackson State 90-51 as a 28.5-point favourite (received)
• Nov. 30 — Beat No. 18 North Carolina 77-65 as a 4.5-point favourite (received)
• Dec. 3 — Misplaced at Rutgers 63-48 as a 3-point favourite (misplaced)
• Dec. 7 — Beat Nebraska 81-55 as a 12.5-point favourite (received)
• Dec. 10 — Misplaced to No. 10 Arizona 89-75 in Las Vegas as a 1.5-point underdog (misplaced)
• Dec. 17 — Misplaced at No. 8 Kansas 84-62 as a 5.5-point underdog (misplaced)
• Dec. 20 — Beat Elon 96-72 as a 28.5-point favourite (misplaced)
• Dec. 23 — Beat Kennesaw State 69-55 as a 17.5-point favourite (misplaced)
• Jan. 5 — Misplaced at Iowa 91-89 as a 1.5-point underdog (misplaced) 
• Jan. 8 — Misplaced to Northwestern 84-83 as a 7.5-point favourite (misplaced)

Penn State vs. the unfold

Penn State — who’s 11-5 on the season, and 2-3 within the Massive Ten — misplaced final week at Michigan and towards then No. 1-ranked Purdue. They’re 9-7 towards the unfold this season, however simply 3-7 of their final 10 after overlaying the primary six video games of the yr. 

In true residence video games on the Bryce-Jordan Middle. they’re 5-4 towards the unfold. Here is what Penn State has finished this season, straight up and towards the quantity:

• Nov. 7 — Beat Winthrop 93-68 as a 13.5-point favourite (received)
• Nov. 10—Beat Loyola-Maryland 90-65 as an 18.5-point favourite (received)
• Nov. 14— Beat Butler 68-62 as a 5.5-point favourite (received)
• Nov. 17 — Beat Furman 73-68 in Charleston, S.C. as a 3.5-point favourite (received)
• Nov. 18 — Misplaced to Virginia Tech 61-59 in Charleston, S.C. as a 3.5-point underdog (received)
• Nov. 20 — Beat Colorado State 68-56 in Charleston, S.C.  as a 5.5-point favourite (received)
• Nov. 25 — Beat Lafayette 75-56 as a 21.5-point favourite (misplaced)
• Nov. 29 — Misplaced at Clemson 101-94 in 2-OT within the ACC/Massive Ten Problem as 2.5-point underdog (misplaced)
• Dec. 7 — Misplaced to Michigan State 67-58 as a 3.5-point favourite (misplaced)
• Dec. 10 — Gained at No. 17 Illinois 74-59 as a ten.5-point underdog (received)
• Dec. 18 – Beat Canisius 97-67 as an 18.5-point favourite (received)
• Dec. 22 — Beat Quinnipiac 77-68 as an 14.5-point favourite (misplaced)
• Dec. 29 — Beat Delaware State 60-46 as a 28,.5-point favourite (misplaced)
• Jan. 1 – Beat Iowa 83-79 as a 2.5-point favourite (received)
• Jan. 4 — Misplaced at Michigan 79-69 as an 4.5-point underdog (misplaced)
• Jan. 8 — Misplaced to No. 1 Purdue 76-63 in Philadelphia as a 5,.5-point underdog (misplaced)

• TOM BREW COLUMN: After Penn State misplaced to Purdue Sunday on the Palestra in Philadelphia, Nittany Lions coach Micah Shrewsberry went off on the inconsistent officiating within the Massive Ten, and he figures there may be some blow-back after they face Indiana on Wednesday evening in State School. CLICK HERE
• POWER RANKINGS (Vol. 3): Each Massive Ten staff has no less than one loss now after Purdue, Wisconsin and Michigan all misplaced final week, and for the Boilermakers, they’re nonetheless No. 1 regardless of shedding at residence to Rutgers. They bounced again properly with wins over Ohio State and Penn State. Here is Quantity 3 ofr our Massive Ten Energy Rankings. CLICK HERE
• BRACKETOLOGY: Within the newest ESPN Bracketology by Joe Lunardi, Indiana basketball fell to a No. 8 seed after losses to Iowa and Northwestern final week. The Massive Ten and Massive 12 conferences are battling for essentially the most groups within the NCAA Event, every with 9 on this week’s bracket. CLICK HERE
• BENCH NEEDS TO STEP UP: Indiana basketball gave up 175 whole factors in losses to Iowa and Northwestern, struggling fixed defensive breakdowns in each video games. Dropping Xavier Johnson and Race Thompson hurts the Indiana protection, however a number of Hoosiers have to step up shifting ahead. CLICK HERE
• INDIANA SCHEDULE: Right here is the whole Indiana basketball schedule for the 2022-23 season, with areas, gametimes and TV data, plus hyperlinks to all of the tales on video games performed thus far. It is an important analysis software. CLICK HERE
• ALL-TIME SCORERS: Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis is now No. 8 on the Hoosiers’ all-time scoring record with 1,800 factors, with the good Alan Henderson subsequent on his method up the ladder. Here is a present record of all 1,000-point scorers in IU historical past. CLICK HERE