A Big Ten battle is on tap between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the No. 6 Purdue Boilermakers at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa is 14-5 overall and 11-1 at home, while the Boilermakers are 16-3 overall and 2-2 on the road. Purdue is ranked fifth in the Big Ten; Iowa is ranked ninth. 

The Boilermakers are favored by 2.5 points in the latest Iowa vs. Purdue odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over-under is set at 158.5. Before you make any Purdue vs. Iowa picks and predictions, you'll want to see what the SportsLine Projection Model is saying.

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Now, it has simulated Iowa vs. Purdue 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Under, and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in almost 80 percent of simulations. You absolutely need to see it before locking in your own picks.

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