This East Region game matches No. 5 seed Indiana versus the is the No. 4 Kentucky.
It’s the Indiana Hoosiers vs. Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday March 19, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. Tipoff for this match is scheduled for 5:15 ET at Wells Fargo Arena.
Indiana improved to 26-7 on the season with a 99-74 win over Chattanooga in their first round match. The victory sent their ATS record to 18-15 ATS after getting the money as an 11-point favorite. The Hoosiers have now covered the spread in four of their last five games. The total points scored of 173 crushed the 147 total hung by the lines-makers to break off a mini two-game UNDER streak by Indiana.
Kentucky in their opening road game improved their record to 28-7 with an easy 85-57 win over Stony Brook. The 28-point winning margin easily covered the 13.5 handicap set by the odds makers for their seventh straight point spread cover and brought their record against the betting line to 19-16 on the season. The two teams racked up 142 points failing to reach the 143.5 total for the Wildcats first UNDER in six games.
These two teams met last in the 2012 NCAA Tournament when Kentucky beat Indiana 102-90 as a 10-point favorite and the 192 points put on the board crushing the 144.5 total. Kentucky is 4-1 ATS in the last five games facing Indiana and in the last 14 games between these two teams the favorite has covered the spread 12 times.
Indiana ranks 11th in the nation averaging 82.3 PPG and 99th in giving up an average of 68.9 PPG. In their win over Chattanooga in the first round of the NCAA Tournament the Hoosiers outscored the Mocs by 16 points in the 2nd half and for the game they shot a scorching FG% of 64.9%.
Kentucky ranks tied for 29th in the nation in scoring (79.6 PPG) and tied for 182nd in opponents’ points allowed (68 PPG). The Wildcats have won six straight games. In their blowout win over Stony Brook in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Kentucky dominated on both sides of the floor shooting a FG% of 52.4% and holding the Seawolves to a FG% of only 26.3%.
Indiana: 89.39
Kentucky: 90.25
- IND is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall.
- IND is 12-5 ATS in their last 17 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- IND has an Over record of 20-7 in their last 27 non-conference games.
- UK is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games overall.
- UK is 3-8 ATS in their last 11 non-conference games.
- UK has an Over record of 5-1 in their last 6 games.
On the season Indiana has an O/U record of 16-17 and Kentucky has an O/U record of 19-15-1.
This season in games held at a neutral site Indiana is 3-3 and Kentucky is 6-1.