Michigan at Indiana: How to watch, odds, predictions from ESPN, KenPom

Michigan (8-7) is looking to keep their momentum going from Tuesday as they hit the road to take on the white-hot Indiana Hoosiers later this afternoon.

How to watch Michigan at Indiana

Time: 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT

Channel: CBS

Location: Bloomington, Indiana

Odds

Indiana has opened Sunday as four-point favorites, according to the VI consensus.

Money line: Indiana -180, Michigan +160

Spread: Indiana -4 (-110), Michigan +4 (-110)

O/U: 133.5

Check out the rest of Vegas’ odds ahead of Sunday’s college basketball slate.

ESPN BPI predictions 

Matchup quality: 84.4

Win probability: 69.4%, Indiana

Predicted point differential: 5.1

‘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.

KenPom predictions

Score prediction: Indiana 69, Michigan 65

Win probability: 65%, Indiana

Check out the rest of KenPom’s advanced analysis of college basketball here.

Before you watch

Michigan hasn’t had the most glorious of seasons thus far sitting at 8-7 after being named a preseason top-10 team, per AP. Despite bringing back Hunter Dickinson and having a top recruiting class, but it just hasn’t clicked yet.

The Wolverines are, however, coming off a dominant 83-64 win over Maryland on Tuesday that saw Dickinson score 21 points on 10-of-14 shooting to go with six rebounds and six assists. He’s now averaging 16.4 points and 8.5 rebounds per game this season and the 7-foot-1 center will only cause problems for an undersized Indiana squad that doesn’t utilize anybody taller than 6-foot-9 consistently in their rotation.

Indiana, on the other hand, is coming off a huge upset win 68-65 over No. 4 Purdue that saw the Boilermakers miss a game-tying shot at the buzzer. Hoosier fans stormed the court as their team improved to 14-4 on the season — they’ve now won four of their last five.

The Hoosiers have failed to cover the spread in two of their last three contests while Michigan has covered the spread in nearly 60 percent of their games. Be weary of these teams streakiness down the stretch, especially a Michigan team that has only scored above 67 points once this month.