Indiana vs UCLA Prediction 2/14/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The UCLA Bruins and the Indiana Hoosiers meet Friday in college basketball action from Bloomington Assembly Hall. Here’s an Indiana vs UCLA prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Indiana vs UCLA pick.

UCLA Bruins Betting Preview

The Bruins have one rough patch of games in December/January in the books, but otherwise, they’re playing quite well overall. UCLA opened on a 10-1 run, falling to only New Mexico with wins versus Rider, Boston U, Lehigh, Idaho State, Cal State Fullerton, Southern Utah, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Prairie View during that time. A 1-5 run came next with a lone win over Gonzaga mixed among losses to North Carolina, Nebraska, Michigan, Maryland, and Rutgers. The Bruins were able to kick off another win streak from there, taking out Iowa, Wisconsin, Washington, USC, Oregon, Michigan State, and Penn State in the next seven games. That gave UCLA a solid 18-6 overall run through their first 24 games of the year.

In their Tuesday matchup with Illinois, UCLA went into the locker room with a 31-25 deficit. The Bruins kept the pace from there on 53 more points but couldn’t close the gap in the end during a loss 83-78 in the end. Tyler Bilodeau topped the team with his 25 points, three rebounds, and two steals in the losing effort. Kobe Johnson added 14 points with four rebounds in 23 minutes, while Sebastian Mack led the bench scoring with 11 points, six rebounds, and five assists in 29 minutes out on the court.

Indiana Hoosiers Betting Preview

Over on the Indiana side, they got off to a pretty impressive start this year but they’ve struggled since mid-January amid a tricky Big Ten slate. The Hoosiers opened on a 13-3 run, falling to only Louisville, Gonzaga and Nebraska. The wins otherwise were versus SIU Edwardsville, Eastern Illinois, South Carolina, UNC Greensboro, Providence, Sam Houston, Miami Ohio, Minnesota, Chattanooga, Winthrop, Rutgers, Penn State, and USC during that time. Indiana’s next eight games were a rough 1-7 skid. The lone win came versus Ohio State in OT. The losses were versus Iowa, Illinois, Northwestern, Maryland, Purdue, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Through 24 games the result was a 14-10 overall record for Indiana this year.

Matched up against Michigan State on Tuesday, the Hoosiers came into the second half with a three-point edge. Indiana posted a 39-38 advantage the rest of the way and pulled off a nice road victory 71-67. Malik Reneau posted 19 points with 12 rebounds for a double-double off the bench. Oumar Ballo doubled up as well on 14 points with 10 boards and two assists. Luke Goode chipped in with 10 points, four steals and three rebounds also.

Indiana vs UCLA Prediction

I’ll lean toward UCLA. The Bruins are coming off a tough loss on the road versus a good Illinois team though, so they’ll need to get some spring in their proverbial step quickly. UCLA shot well (48.3 percent) in that defeat and only had eight total turnovers. The main issue was the 36-23 drubbing on the boards—not to mention the 50.9 percent shooting allowed by the Bruins. The loss snaps a seven-game win streak, during which the Bruins had scored 78 or more points in five of those outings. Another big total like that would put UCLA right in it Friday.

As for Indiana, they bagged a nice road win versus a tough Michigan State team in their last outing. The Hoosiers shot 48 percent from the field in that one, while allowing the Spartans just 38.2 percent on the other side. It was Indiana’s first win over a ranked team this year, and they’ll be riding high for a while. That said, if UCLA can get off to a quick start and hit the glass a little better I think the Bruins will be right in this matchup the whole way.