ATTENTION: "2 for 1" Saturday NIGHT college basketball Best Bet special including ESPN action in the GUARANTEED section!!!

"1 UNIT" PRIMETIME COLLEGE INTANGIBLE (Indiana +16 at Minnesota in a 8:05 eastern tipoff broadcast on the Big-10 TV Network): It has been a very rough season at Minnesota marred by both injuries and suspensions. But on Thursday evening in front of an ESPN national audience the Gophers had a chance to basically salvage the campaign as they drilled visiting Wisconsin resounding 68-52 count. On the other hand an ESPN national audience back on Tuesday saw Indiana get pummeled by Michigan State 72-58 on their own home floor. Since these two teams are coming off radcically different ESPN televised results this week, the oddsmakers have seriously "inflated" the price tag and I am taking advantage. Indiana seemingly has hit an all-time low as they are riding a current 0-7 SU/2-5 ATS skid which includes four consecutive "double digit" setbacks. One of the reasons why the Hoosiers have had such a tough time is due to their overall youth as head coach Tom Crean continues to overhaul this once-proud program.

Crean arrived in 2008 finding an Indiana program in complete chaos on the heels of former mentor Kelvin Sampson''s recruiting scandal. Crean also saw the Hooisers dealing with drug problems and an overall disdain for academic achievement. While Crean continues his overhaul of the program, Minnesota veteran head coach Tubby Smith has had to deal with a myriad of off-the-court issues which has led to suspensions. Prior to Thursday night''s rout of Wisconsin, the Golden Gophers had actually FAILED to cover the spread in an amazing EIGHT consecutive outings.

Turning to this Big-10 series early last month we saw a very close thriller that ultimately was decided in OVERTIME. Despite of all their problems Indiana is on a 5-1 ATS roll in the past six head-on clashes with Minnesota. My database research indicates that "double digit" road underdogs like Indiana off a "double digit" home loss have actually COVERED the spread a positive 63% of the time in the past five years (114-68) when taking the court on a SATURDAY. That means the latest humiliation suffered by Indiana actually works in their favor this evening