Watch the No. 1 seed Bradley Braves (24-8, 16-4 MVC) play in the MVC Tournament against the No. 5 seed Indiana State Sycamores (22-11, 13-7 MVC). The teams will square off Saturday at 3:30 PM live on CBS Sports Network.
The Braves head into their game as a 3-point favorite against the Sycamores. The game’s point total is set at 140.
Bradley’s record against the spread this season is 19-12-0, and Indiana State’s is 21-11-0. The Braves have a 15-16-0 record hitting the over, while games involving the Sycamores have a record of 15-17-0 when it comes to hitting the over. The teams combine to score 151.2 points per game, 11.2 more points than this matchup’s total. Over the past 10 contests, Bradley is 8-2 against the spread and 10-0 overall while Indiana State has gone 9-1 against the spread and 8-2 overall.
Ahead of this college hoops matchup, here’s everything you need to prepare for Saturday’s action.
How to watch Bradley vs. Indiana State
- Game Day: Saturday, March 4, 2023
- Game Time: 3:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: CBS Sports Network
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Indiana State at Bradley odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Bradley -3
- Total: 140
- Moneyline: Bradley -156, Indiana State +133
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Bradley vs. Indiana State prediction
Indiana State 71, Bradley 70
Moneyline
- Bradley is 21-3 in games when it was favored on the moneyline (winning 87.5%).
- When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -156 or shorter, the Braves have a 19-2 record (winning 90.5% of their games).
- Bradley has a 60.9% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- This season, Indiana State has been the underdog six times and won two of those games.
- This season, the Sycamores have won one of their two games when they’re the underdog by at least +133 on the moneyline.
- Indiana State has a 42.9% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Against the spread
- Bradley has put together a 19-12-0 record against the spread this season.
- Indiana State has won 21 games against the spread this year, while failing to cover 11 times.
- The 71.5 points per game the Braves put up are just 2.3 more points than the Sycamores allow (69.2).
- Bradley is 14-3 against the spread and 17-1 overall when scoring more than 69.2 points.
- Indiana State has a 16-5 record against the spread and a 16-6 record overall when allowing fewer than 71.5 points.
- The Sycamores’ 79.7 points per game are 18.2 more points than the 61.5 the Braves allow to opponents.
- Indiana State is 19-8 against the spread and 20-8 overall when it scores more than 61.5 points.
- Bradley has an ATS record of 19-8 and a 23-5 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 79.7 points.
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Over/Under
- The average implied total for the Braves this season is 71.2 points, 0.8 fewer points than their implied total of 72 points in Saturday’s game.
- This season, Bradley has scored more than 72 points in 18 games.
- The average implied point total on the season for the Sycamores (77.5) is 8.5 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (69).
- So far this season, Indiana State has scored more than 69 points in 24 games.
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