Indiana vs. Michigan State Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 1/22/23

The Michigan State Spartans and the Indiana Hoosiers meet in college basketball action from the Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Sunday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Indiana is listed as a 3.5-point home favorite with an attached ML price of -165. The total for this game is set at 138.5 points.

Injuries

For Michigan State, Malik Hall is out indefinitely with a leg injury while Indiana still has Race Thompson listed as out until Early February with a knee injury.

Matchup history

Michigan State has won the last three meetings between these two teams after a 76-61 win over Indiana back on February 12^th, 2022.

Trends

Michigan State is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win while the over is 17-8-1 in their last 26 games against a team with a winning record. Indiana is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games while the over is 7-2-1 in their last 10 games overall.

Pick

I’m backing Michigan State in this game. I get why Indiana’s favored at home here, but they’re missing two of their key pieces in this game in Thompson and Xavier Johnson and while MSU is missing Malik Hall, I think the Spartans have the greater depth and will be able to push past Indiana here. Not sure the Spartans win outright, but I like the value of MSU and the points here.