The Associated Press national player of the week in men’s college basketball for Week 12 of the season: Julian Reese, Maryland The senior forward from Baltimore,
College Park, Maryland; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Maryland hosts No. 17 Wisconsin after Rodney Rice scored 23 points in Maryland's 79-78 victory over the Indiana Hoosiers. The Terrapins are 12-1 in home games.
The Wisconsin Badgers (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten) visit the Maryland Terrapins (16-5, 6-4) in Monday Big Ten action in College Park. The opening tip at the Xfinity Center will be at 7 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network).
Willard is in his third season at Maryland with a 53-35 overall record and a 23-26 mark in Big Ten play with the Terrapins. Maryland reached the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 in Willard’s first season, but went 16-17 and missed the tournament last year. He has a 1-3 record against Indiana.
Maryland is 4-1 outright in its last five, while Indiana is 1-3 outright in its last four. Find more college basketball betting trends for Maryland vs. Indiana.
Conference play in the Big Ten continues Sunday when Indiana plays host to Maryland on CBS. This weekend will mark the first and only scheduled meeting between the Big Ten programs this season. Maryland has been one of the hottest teams in the Big Ten since falling to 1-3 in conference play earlier this month.
Here are three things the Hoosiers need to do when they face the Terrapins: Indiana has an on-again, off-again relationship with turnovers. Avoidance of turnovers has been improved in Big Ten games after Indiana had 10 or more in its first 10 games, but at Northwestern on Wednesday the Hoosiers had an unwelcome reunion with an old flame.
Maryland faces Indiana. Our college basketball odds series has our Maryland Indiana prediction, odds and pick for Sunday.
Indiana basketball hosts Maryland on Sunday afternoon at Assembly Hall.