College Basketball Odds, Pick for Indiana State vs Southern Illinois on Thursday

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The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament gets underway Thursday at 1 p.m. ET (ESPN+) with 9-seed Indiana State taking on 8-seed Southern Illinois.

Indiana State hammered Southern Illinois, 95-77, just four days ago, however, it's the Salukis favored by 1 point for Thursday's matinee.

This begs the question: What's up with with college basketball odds for Indiana State vs. Southern Illinois?

Should bettors expect a similar result today and take Indiana State as an underdog? Or was Sunday's game a fluke and Southern Illinois is ripe with bounce-back value?

And is the over/under, not the spread, attracting smart money?

Thanks to Action PRO's cutting edge betting tools, we can quickly answer these burning questions.

College Basketball Odds, Sharpest Pick for Indiana State vs. Southern Illinois

*Odds as of Thursday morning

As mentioned above, live college basketball odds show Southern Illinois at -1 against Indiana State with the over/under sitting at 156.5.