Indiana Hoosiers basketball ranked No. 16 in latest AP Top 25 Poll

The Indiana Hoosiers men’s basketball program remains ranked No. 16 in this week’s Associated Press Top

25 college basketball poll.

Sophomore guard Myles Rice scored 23 points to lead the No. 16-ranked Hoosiers to an 87-71 win over South

Carolina (2-2) at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Saturday.

Four Hoosiers were in double figures along with Rice, Mgbako had a 17 points, Reneau had 13 and Carlyle had 12 in

their win versus the Gamecocks.

Indiana is 3-0 in this early 2024 season overall, following their double-digit home wins over SIU-Edwardsville,

Eastern Illinois and South Carolina. The Hoosiers are averaging 85.7 points per game through three games with a

+23.3 scoring margin.

Indiana host UNC-Greensboro at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 21 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The game will

be broadcast on FS1.

Next week, Indiana travels to the Bahamas for Battle 4 Atlantis, where they open the first round of the tournament

against Louisville.

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Indiana Hoosiers vs Michigan Game Preview and Prediction

The IU offense has scored 46.6 points per game with 284.3 passing yards and 191.9 rushing yards per game, while the defense has allowed 13.7 points against per game this season. Kurtis Rourke has completed 73.3% of his passes for 2,204 yards, 19 touchdowns, and three interceptions, while Justice Ellison has rushed for 669 yards and nine scores.

The Michigan offense has struggled all season they have started three different quarterbacks including Davis Warren, Alex Orji and Jack Tuttle. Michigan has scored 21 points per game with 134.3 passing yards and 165.1 rushing yards per game, while the defense has allowed 23.3 points against per game this season. Senior walk-on Davis Warren has completed 65.2% of his passes for 731 yards, five touchdowns, and six interceptions, while Kalel Mullings has rushed for 710 yards and seven scores this year.

The keys for Indiana :

• Indiana ranks 1st among FBS teams for Q1 opponent points per game this season (1.1) they will need to keep Michigan down early. Since the Wolverines struggle in the passing game it” be tough for them to get back in the ball game if they are down by too much early on.

• Michigan has gone 1-3 since their 4-1 start and all three losses came by double-digits. Michigan (3-3 Big Ten record) won’t make the playoffs, and even a bowl game isn’t guaranteed, will they show up or have they packed it in ?

• Defense! Indiana has been dominate on both sides of the ball. They’re allowing the second-fewest yards (261.0) and points (13.7) in conference play. Only two teams have scored more than 17 against the Hoosiers. They allow the fewest rushing yards per game in the nation (72.6) and the second-fewest yards per carry (2.5).

The keys for Michigan :

• Michigan is stout in the trenches, led by first round prospects Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant limiting teams to 3.6 yards per carry and 109.3 rushing yards per game.

• Feed the stars, Colson Loevland, Donovan Edwards and Kalel Mullings all three are projected top 100 picks on this upcoming NFL Draft and all have tons of quality breakout games left in them.

• Davis Warren has to play well, take care of the football and make plays down field which no quarterback against IU’s defense has done. Warren had this to say about his play recently “I got to be better on third downs, gotta be able to convert. Third down’s a money down. And we talked about it all week

Indiana vs Michigan Game Information & Odds

• Date: Saturday, November 9, 2024
• Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
• TV Channel: CBS
• Live Stream: Watch this game on Paramount+(Regional restrictions may apply)
• City: Bloomington, Indiana
• Venue: Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)

Indiana is favorite as of Friday morning (11/1). Indiana is a 14.5-point favorite against Michigan and the over under is 49.5 points, according to the FanDuel Sportsbook. Indiana is a minus -670 favorite on the money line, and Michigan State’s money line odds are plus +470.