Iowa at Penn State: How to watch, odds, predictions from ESPN, KenPom

It’s Monday night and you know what that means — time for some Big 10 college hoops. Penn State (8-9) hosts Iowa (14-6) Monday at 7 p.m. ET. Here’s how to watch, odds, ESPN BPI predictions and KenPom game predictions as well for both teams ahead of Monday’s conference clash.

How to watch Iowa at Penn State

Time: 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT

Channel: BTN

Location: University Park, PA

Odds

Iowa has been favored anywhere from 3.5 points to five, according to VI’s consensus line movements.

Money line: Iowa -200, Penn State +175.

Spread: Iowa -4.5, -110. Penn State +4.5, -110.

Total: Over/Under 138.5, -110.

Check out the rest of Vegas’ odds ahead of Monday’s college game day slate.

ESPN BPI predictions 

Matchup quality: 77.7%

Win probability: Iowa, 71.4%

Predicted point differential: 5.8

‘The College Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of performance going forward. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team’s W-L record is to achieve. 

Game predictions account for opponent strength, pace of play, site, travel distance, day’s rest and altitude, and are used to simulate the season 10,000 times to produce season projections. Numbers update daily,’ per ESPN.

For the rest of ESPN’s BPI predictions, click here.

KenPom predictions

Score prediction: Iowa 71, Penn State 68. 

Win probability: Iowa, 68%. 

Check out the rest of KenPom’s predictions for Iowa at Penn State here.

Iowa at Penn State Preview

The Iowa Hawkeyes entered Big 10 play with a 10-1 non-conference record. After a month of conference matchups, Iowa sits at 4-5 and in the bottom half of all Big 10 teams, a far cry from where they were one season ago.

They’ve dropped two of their last three games to Rutgers and No. 6 Purdue, respectively. Against the Scarlet Knights, Iowa only managed to put up 46 points. The one game they’ve won — was against Penn State 68-51 on Jan. 22 in impressive fashion.

Penn State (3-6, Big 10) is sitting directly behind Iowa in the standings, but remains fifth from the bottom. The Nittany Lions relied heavily on their leading score Jalen Pickett in their losing efforts to the Hawkeyes two Saturdays ago — no other player scored more than eight. If Penn State doesn’t want a repeat of their last meeting, production from more than just Pickett is mandatory.