The Rutgers Scarlet Knights (7-6 overall, 3-6 Big Ten) visit the Indiana Hoosiers (9-6, 4-4) Sunday for a noon ET tip-off. Below, we analyze the Rutgers-Indiana college basketball odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
Rutgers at Indiana: Odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Rutgers +140 (bet $100 to win $140) | Indiana -165 (bet $165 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Rutgers +3.5 (-110) | Indiana -3.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 133.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Rutgers at Indiana: Three things to know
- Rutgers enters on a 5-game slide, most recently dropping a 75-67 decision at Penn State Thursday. The Scarlet Knights, who were 2.5-point favorites, trailed the entire game after the Nittany Lions scored the first basket en route to their first Big Ten victory of the season. Junior G Ron Harper Jr. leads Rutgers with 18.6 points per game, and junior C Myles Johnson averages a team-high 8.6 rebounds per game.
- Indiana is coming off a surprising 81-69 road upset of No. 4 Iowa Thursday as a 10-point underdog. Sophomore F Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 23 points with 7 rebounds and the Hoosiers defense held the nation’s second-highest scoring team to a season low – the Hawkeyes were averaging 92.2 PPG. Indiana trailed 53-44 with 12 minutes to go before going on a 23-3 run and holding Iowa without a field goal for an 11-minute stretch. Jackson-Davis leads IU with 20.6 PPG and 8.8 RPG.
- Rutgers won the lone meeting between the two schools last season 59-50 as a 4-point home favorite. Indiana leads the all-time series 7-3, including 3-0 at home and 6-3 in Big Ten games – Rutgers joined the Big Ten for the 2014-15 season.
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Rutgers at Indiana: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Indiana 69, Rutgers 58
Money line (ML)
AVOID. Look for Indiana to follow up its biggest win of the season with an impressive showing at home; however, I’m going to PASS on the -165 juice and focus on the spread.
Against the spread (ATS)
INDIANA -3.5 (-110) is the STRONGEST PLAY – 1½ times your usual wager. The Scarlet Knights are on an 0-4 ATS run and now they have to face a Hoosiers squad that might have just figured things out.
Plus, the home team is 5-2 ATS in the last seven of this series. This doesn’t bode well for Rutgers.
ATS: Rutgers 5-7-1 | Indiana 10-5
Over/Under (O/U)
The UNDER 133.5 (-110) is worth a HALF-UNIT wager. If Indiana can duplicate the defense it threw at Iowa, Rutgers, which is 1-4 O/U in its last five games, might not reach the 60’s.
O/U records: Rutgers 7-5-1 | Indiana 7-8
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| Johnny’s 2020-21 CBK record / Strongest plays | 38-29-1 / 16-17 |
| CBK record since Jan. 1 / Strongest plays | 23-12-1 / 11-7 |
| 2021 overall record (all sports) / Strongest plays | 35-17-1 / 18-9 |
| 2020 overall record (all sports) / Strongest plays | 178-147-4 / 87-61-1 |
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