Iowa vs Indiana 3/12/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Indiana Hoosiers and Iowa Hawkeyes meet Saturday in the college basketball Big Ten Semifinal at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Indiana Hoosiers look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Iowa Hawkeyes look for a win after winning seven of their last eight games.

The Indiana Hoosiers are averaging 71.4 points on 45.8 percent shooting and allowing 66.5 points on 39 percent shooting. Trayce Jackson-Davis is averaging 17.6 points and 8.2 rebounds, while Xavier Johnson is averaging 12 points and 4.8 assists. Race Thompson is the third double-digit scorer and Parker Stewart is grabbing 2.1 rebounds. The Indiana Hoosiers are shooting 33.7 percent from beyond the arc and 69.2 percent from the free throw line. The Indiana Hoosiers are allowing 32.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33.3 rebounds per game.

The Iowa Hawkeyes are averaging 83.3 points on 45.9 percent shooting and allowing 71 points on 43.6 percent shooting. Keegan Murray is averaging 23.4 points and 8.6 rebounds, while Jordan Bohannon is averaging 11.1 points and 1.3 rebounds. Patrick McCaffery is the third double-digit scorer and Kris Murray is dishing 1 assist. The Iowa Hawkeyes are shooting 35.9 percent from beyond the arc and 74.6 percent from the free throw line. The Iowa Hawkeyes are allowing 33.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 34.7 rebounds per game.

The Hoosiers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 neutral site games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The Hawkeyes are 16-6-2 ATS in their last 24 neutral site games and 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The under is 5-1 in Hoosiers last 6 Saturday games. The over is 23-11-1 in Hawkeyes last 35 overall. The underdog is 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings.

At this point, we should be giving the Indiana Hoosiers some love, and it’s hard to bet against them given what they’ve done up to this point. However, usually a Cinderella story comes to an end, and it’s hard to expect Indiana to keep this up. The Iowa Hawkeyes have been a buzz saw offensively their last few games, and they had no issues scoring against the Hoosiers a few months ago. Reasonable line. I have to side with Iowa.