The No. 5 UConn Huskies are set to face the No. 13 Illinois Fighting Illini in an elite non-conference matchup at Madison Square Garden on Friday.,SportsLine’s model, which has a history of profitable college basketball picks, has simulated the game 10,000 times and revealed its predictions, favoring the over on the total points.An elite non-conference matchup unfolds Friday at Madison Square Garden when the No. 5 UConn Huskies take on the No. 13 Illinois Fighting Illini.
UConn is 5-1 with its loss coming against Arizona, while Illinois is 6-1, only falling to Alabama. Both sides are 1-3 against the spread in their last four outings.
Tipoff is at 12:30 p.m. ET. The latest UConn vs. Illinois odds list the Huskies as 1.5-point favorites, while the over/under is 154.5.
The SportsLine Projection Model, which simulates every college basketball game 10,000 times and has returned over $2,000 in betting profit for $100 players on its top-rated college basketball picks over the past three seasons, has simulated UConn vs. Illinois 10,000 times.
Here are several men’s college basketball odds and men’s college basketball betting lines for Illinois vs. Connecticut:
UConn vs. Illinois spread: UConn -1.5
UConn vs. Illinois over/under: 154.5 points
UConn vs. Illinois money line: UConn -140, Illinois +120
SportsLine’s model is going Over on the total (154.5 points). Both teams have a high-level scorer: Alex Karaban (14.3 ppg) for Illinois and Andrej Stojakovic (18.5 ppg) for UConn lead their respective squads. Illinois averages 94.6 points per game, while UConn averages 83.8. The model projects 156 combined points as the over hits more than 50% of the time. The model also says one side of the spread hits well over 50% of the time.
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