Minnesota vs Indiana Game Information

Minnesota vs Indiana Preview

Minnesota (6-4, 0-1 in Big Ten) heads to the Hoosier State to face Indiana (7-2, 0-0 in Big Ten) in this Big Ten Conference meeting on Monday. The Golden Gophers head in losers of 3 of their last 4, falling to Wichita State (68-66, OT), Wake Forest (57-51), and to Michigan State (90-72) in its last game and the conference opener for both schools. The Hoosiers have won 3 straight, beating Providence (89-73), Sam Houston State (97-91), and Miami of Ohio (76-57) after losing to Gonzaga (89-73) and Louisville (89-61). Last year in Big Ten Conference play, Minnesota went 9-11 SU and lost its last 3 while Indiana was 19-14. The Hoosiers won both Regular Season meetings vs the Golden Gophers, winning by 12 at Home (74-62) and also by 12 on the Road (70-58).

Minnesota Now Having Trouble Covering ATS

Minnesota (1-7-2 ATS, 3-7-0 O/U) was an ATS darling last season, going 25-9-0 (73.5%), but this season has started out with just 1 ATS cover in 9 games for the Golden Gophers, so bettors may be best auto-fading this team this time around as opposed to auto-backing them like last year when it seemed they couldn’t lose at the betting window. This year Minnesota is led by team leader F Dawson Garcia (19.0 ppg, 7.4 rpg), G Lu’Cye Patterson (10.0 ppg), G Mike Mitchell Jr. (10.0 ppg, 4.7 apg), F Parker Fox (7.0 ppg), G Brennan Rigsby (6.7 ppg), G Isaac Asuma (5.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg), and G Femi Odukale (4.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg). This team will have to improve on its Road record (3-9) to make any noise in the Big Ten. The Golden Gophers were great at Home though last season (16-4).

Minnesota Betting Trends

• Minnesota is 1-7 2 ATS in its last 10 games overall
• The Under is 7-3-0 in the Golden Gophers last 10 games
• The Golden Gophers have lust 4 SU straight in the Big Ten
• The Over is 2-0-0 in Minnesota’s last 2 games
• Minnesota was an amazing 22-3 ATS (88%) at one point last season

Indiana Opening up Big Ten Play on Monday Night

Indiana (5-4-0 ATS, 5-4-0 O/U) has enjoyed an early season stretch of games of playing 8 of its first 10 games at Home at Assembly Hall and the Hoosiers won’t hit the Road until a December 13 Big Ten Conference date at Nebraska (FOX, 8 EST/5 PST). Indiana has been led in scoring by F Malik Reneau (15.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg), F Mackenzie Mgbako (15.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg), C Oumar Ballo (12.7 ppg, 9.3 rpg), G Myles Rice (11.8 ppg, 3.3 apg), G Trey Galloway (6.7 ppg, 3.8 apg), F Luke Goode (6.3 ppg), and F Bryson Tucker (5.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg). The Hoosiers went 12-5 at Home last season (4-6 on Road). Indiana lost two key players to the NBA Draft—Trayce Jackcon David (Warriors) and Jalen-Hood Schifino (Lakers)—and saw four other players leave in the Transfer Portal and three other graduate, so this season is a bit of a rebuilding project for Head Coach and former IU player Mike Woodson.

Indiana Betting Trends

• Indiana is 7-3 SU over its last 10 games overall 
• The Hoosiers have played 3 Overs in 4 games
• Indiana is 3-0 ATS in its last 3 games
• The Hoosiers average 80.2 ppg (Tied-#91) while allowing 69.3 ppg
• The First Half Over is 15-9 in last 24 IU Home games (+5.90 Units, 21% ROI)

Minnesota vs Indiana Prediction

Looking at the last 10 meetings in this series we see that the Crimson and Cream are 9-1 SU and a profitable 8-2 ATS, having covered the betting number in 7 of the last 8 and winning the last 8 straight with the Golden Gophers last win coming on February 16, 2019 at Home. The Hoosiers have won those eight by 12, 5, 10, 13, 5, 4, 12, and 12 points. The Under has won the last 3 meetings after 4 Overs in a row. With those series Trends in mind and the Golden Gophers having just one ATS win all season (a 23-point Home win over Oral Roberts, 80-57 in their first game of the season) this Minnesota vs Indiana NCAAB pick will stick with the Hoosiers. Minnesota is 0-7-2 ATS in its last 9 games overall and just can’t be trusted.

Kevin’s Pick: Indiana -9.5