For every Division I college basketball game across the country, ESPN’s analytics-based Basketball Power Index (BPI) crunches the numbers, picks a winner and computes the win probability. In what may come as a surprise to some,

Michigan State basketball dropped a stinker early this week so its no surprise they dropped in the latest batch of "Bracketology" from ESPN's Joe Lunardi.

MSU and Illinois meet on Fox primetime. We resume our College Basketball odds series with a Michigan State-Illinois prediction and pick.

Now Indiana’s 7 p.m. ET game at Michigan takes on added weight. The Wolverines are a half-game ahead of Indiana. Indiana needs to get a split in this road swing, but Michigan has been playing well. The Wolverines are fresh off of a 71-61 road win at No. 20 Michigan State, and they have won six of their last nine games.