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Temple Owls vs. Indiana Hoosiers Odds & Free NCAA Tourney Pick

Temple vs Indiana March Madness Betting!

Indiana had no problem winning their opening round game in the Big Dance and to advance to the Sweet 16 they will need to beat a Temple team that is coming off a great win over NC State.

NCAA Tournament – East Bracket
Venue/ Stadium: University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OH
Time/Date: 2:45 PM EST Sunday, March 24, 2013
NCAAB Odds From: JustBet
Moneyline: OFF
Spread: Indiana -11.5  
Over/Under:  OFF

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The winner of this game will be heading to the Sweet 16 and NCAAB lines have Indiana as big 11.5-point favorites.

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In their last Big Dance games Indiana beat James Madison 83-62 and Temple beat NC State 76-62.

On the season Temple is 15-16 ATS and they have an Over/Under record of 16-9 and Indiana is 17-14-1 ATS and they have an Over/Under record of 15-15.

The Hoosiers ended the season as the 4th ranked team in this game and this season facing team ranked in the top 25 Temple was 3-2.

Temple shot 48% from the floor in their win over NC State and leading scorer Khalif Wyatt scored 31 points. The Owls were solid in attacking the basket and getting to the charity stripe where they hit on 21 of their 33 free throws. [ad-6571516]

While Temple won they did not play good D with NC State shooting a FG% of 55.8%. That has to be a HUGE concern for the Owls since the Hoosiers are not only the 3rd highest scoring team in the nation, but they also rank 7th in team FG%.

Indiana outscored James Madison 43-22 in the first half and put the game away early. No starting player played more than 27 minutes, but every starter still scored at least 9 points. Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo are both Player of the Year candidates and this duo combined for 22 points in the game.

The Hoosiers shot over 52% from the field in the James Madison game, they had 11 more rebounds than JMU, and they shot nearly 40% from behind the 3-point arc. For Temple to win they will have to slow the pace of the game and make this a low scoring affair.

Even in the win Temple was out rebounded by 12 boards in the NC State game and it is key that they body up on the Hoosiers, especially on the 7′ Zeller, who is averaging 8.1 rpg.

In some betting trends for this NCAA tourney game Temple is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record and they have an Over record of 10-3 in their last 13 games.

Indiana is 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 neutral site games, 16-5-1 ATS in their last 22 non-conference games, and they have an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.

Jason’s Pick: I think Indiana will win this game, as they have too much firepower on offense, but the Owls will slow the pace and they will not get blown out meaning they will cover the spread.

By Jason Green

Jason Green is back with Cappers Picks again to give out his free sports plays. As always he's hoping the Braves and Redskins can win a championship since their last one in the 90’s was long ago. He’s starting to know the pain of Cubs fans.