The Indiana Hoosiers (3-1) are in Tallahassee, Fla., to battle the Florida State Seminoles (1-0) Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Indiana-Florida State college basketball betting odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
Florida State is No. 21 in the Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Indiana at Florida State: Betting odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Indiana +155 (bet $100 to win $155) | Florida State -190 (bet $190 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Indiana +4 (-110) | Florida State -4 (-110)
- Over/Under: 139.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Indiana at Florida State: Three things to know
- Florida State has lost three key performers from what was a 26-5 team a year ago. Gone are PG Trent Forrest, G Patrick Williams, and G Devin Vassell. Williams and Vassell were selected fourth and 11th, respectively, in the 2020 NBA Draft. FSU opened its season Dec. 2 with an 86-58 win over North Florida.
- Indiana is playing a ranked team for the second time this season. Dec. 1, the Hoosiers met then-22nd-ranked Texas in a neutral-site game, and things did not go well at all for head coach Archie Miller’s IU squad. Posting its lowest single-game point total since Jan. 24, 2010, Indiana was bludgeoned 66-44 by the Longhorns. The Hoosiers went just 11-for-46 (23.9%) from the floor and were out-rebounded, 45-29.
- Florida State typically excels in several analytic havoc stats. A year ago, FSU led the ACC in defensive possessions ending in turnovers, blocks and steals. In their season opener against North Florida, the Seminoles were a robust plus-13 in the turnover margin (FSU 10, UNF 23). A year ago, FSU forced 18-or-more turnovers 13 times.
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Indiana at Florida State: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Florida State 73, Indiana 70
Money line (ML)
PASS on what is an early-season game with week-long layoffs on both sides.
Against the spread (ATS)
‘Noles head coach Leonard Hamilton rolled over his NBA-depleted roster by bringing in the highest-rated recruit of his tenure at FSU (G Scottie Barnes) and a top junior college prospect (G Sardaar Calhoun). The Seminoles remain a tremendously athletic, ball-hawking team, and that figures as a change of pace compared to what the Hoosiers have seen so far.
Dating back to last season, Florida State is 5-1 ATS over its last six at home. Indiana brings back a solid roster and looks to be improved this winter. The Seminoles are a likable play by 2.5-3 points, but STEER CLEAR OF FSU -4 (-110).
Over/Under (O/U)
The more athletic ‘Noles want to play at a faster pace. IU was dragged into that type of game in its last outing, and that one went 10.5 points over the projection. The Hoosiers can do enough damage at the charity stripe to drag this combined score into the mid-140s.
BACK THE OVER 139.5 (-115).
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