Bulls, Pacers meet at Conseco Fieldhouse

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02/27/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Bulls will try to stop a two-game slide when they close out a three-game road trip tonight against the Central Division- rival Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse.

The Bulls have lost the first two tests of the trip and four straight away from the Windy City. They fell to 10-20 as the guest this season following Monday's 102-94 setback to the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center. Ben Gordon scored 25 points for the Bulls, losers of five of their last seven games overall. Drew Gooden had 17 points and eight boards, while Larry Hughes scored 14 points in a losing cause.

Thabo Sefolosha and Luol Deng added 10 points apiece for Chicago. Deng is probable for Wednesday's game with a sore left Achilles.

Indiana will close out a short two-game homestand on Wednesday, and is 11-17 at Conseco Fieldhouse this season. It opened the stand with a 102-98 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Monday, as Danny Granger and Marquis Daniels scored 20 points apiece to lead Indiana.

The Pacers, who fell for the fifth time in the last six games, are 3-12 over their previous 15 contests.

Chicago and Indiana are playing the third of four matchups this season on Wednesday. Both teams split the first two meetings, while the Bulls have won five of seven and six of the last nine encounters with the Pacers.

Chicago has lost three of four, 17 of 19 and 18 of its last 21 trips to Conseco Fieldhouse.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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