This December 17, NCAA Basketball will have another busy Saturday, as usual. This time, it will be the Indiana vs Kansas the game that will open the day, and it will also be one of the most watched.
This will be just the second time in history that these teams will be meeting, the previous time being in November 2016, when Indiana came away with a 99-103 win at this venue.
The best preview for the Indiana Hoosiers vs Kansas Jayhawks game can be found at JefeBet, where you can also enjoy the most accurate predictions and odds for the main event of the year, the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Predictions and Betting Preview for the Indiana vs Kansas College Basketball Game on December 17, 2022
- Where: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas.
- When: Saturday, December 17, 2022, 12:00 PM E.T.
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Betting on the Indiana Hoosiers
The Hoosiers are in the midst of a very good season in which they have lost only two of ten games. Although that has barely helped them to stay alive in the fight for the top of their zone, as they find themselves in sixth place in the tight Big Ten Conference, which is led by an inspired Purdue team.
Indiana comes to this game with the intention of recovering after a tough loss on neutral ground against the Arizona Wildcats. In this game, its defense suffered the whole game by allowing more than 40 points in each half to end up falling by a score of 89-75, with Xavier Johnson being one of the most outstanding players of the team with 11 points and 11 assists.
Despite this latest performance, the Hoosiers’ defense has been pretty decent this campaign, averaging 63.8 points allowed per game, and limiting their opponents to 38.4 % shooting from the field. Meanwhile, on offense, the team has been even better, averaging 81.4 points scored per game..
Betting on the Kansas Jayhawks
Like the Hoosiers, the Jayhawks are having a remarkable season, coming into this game being in second place in one of the league’s best conferences, the Big 12. This is all thanks to recording just one loss in 10 games, and a current positive streak of three consecutive wins.
The most recent of those victories was a 95-67 away win over the Missouri Tigers, achieved by the outstanding performances of Jalen Wilson and Kevin McCullar Jr. who registered 24 and 21 points respectively.
It was also the second consecutive game in which the Jayhawks have scored more than 90 points,which reinforces the power of an offense that is among the best in the nation with an average of 79.4 points scored per game. Also, they have not neglected their defensive efforts either, averaging 65.6 points allowed.
JefeBet Prediction
The Jayhawks come to this Indiana vs Kansas game on an offensive surge. Even if those two previous games were against lower-profile teams than the Hoosiers, they are also likely to be able to hurt a visiting defense that struggled a bit in their previous game played.
However, Indiana is a team that has given even better offensive performances throughout the campaign, and it has shown it has the ability and the elements to hurt any of the league’s defenses.
Therefore, in this opportunity we expect to see a very entertaining and worthy game between these two teams, but a game that will also have the offenses being slightly protagonists and leaving a scoreboard with many points, as it was in their previous clash.
Prediction: Over.
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