Illinois Fighting Illini versus Michigan Wolverines ESPN TV College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on February 23, 2010 by admin · No Comments

The Illinois Fighting Illini will take it on the road in Big Ten conference play when they tackle the Michigan Wolverines in a college basketball game on Tuesday night. They tip off this contest in Michigan at 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage by ESPN.

The LVSC college basketball odds makers opened the line in this game with the Michigan Wolverines opening up as a 1 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 128.

The bettors have brought in their early money on the side of the home favorite, as the Michigan Wolverines are currently a 3-point betting favorite. The total has seen no early movement as the over under is lined at 128 for the bettors to play into.

Those looking to back the favored Michigan Wolverines on the money line will be dealt –155 odds with the road underdog Illinois Fighting Illini bringing back +135 to win this game with no need for the points on their side.

These Big Ten conference foes are meeting for the first time this regular season. They met three times last season with Illinois winning 2 of 3. Illinois won at home 66-51 and in the Big Ten conference tournament 60-50. But the lone victory for Michigan against Illinois came on their home court. It was Michigan with the 74-64 home victory as a 2-point favorite last season. The Wolverines had a good shooting night in their home win as the club hit on over 49% of their shots in victory.

Michigan is having a disappointing season with a 13-13 straight up record and 6-8 versus the Big Ten with 4 games remaining. They are way outside the bubble and most likely will need to win the Big Ten conference tournament to earn a bid into the NCAA Tournament. They have not defended the home court this season with a 9-5 record. Michigan is coming off a 55-51 home loss as an 8-½ point favorite to the Penn St Nittany Lions on Saturday. The team could only hit on 35.8% of their shots and allowed Penn St 49% shooting in defeat. On a positive note junior guard Manny Harris is coming off his third straight 20-point game in the loss to Penn St.

Illinois sits with a 17-10 straight up record and are 5-3 on the highway this season. The team has covered spreads on the road this season with an ATS record of 6-1. The school has dropped two straight games and is coming off a 75-65 road loss to Purdue as a 12-½ point favorite. Illinois was very competitive in this game but let it get away in the final two minutes of that contest. Illinois was extremely sloppy in that performance with 14 turnovers to the Boilermakers 5. Leading scorer Demetri McCamey is running badly. The junior guard has 16 turnovers over his past 3 games. He has had only 15 points on 6 of 18 shooting over his past two games.

Trend: Illinois Fighting Illini is 6-1 ATS in their past 7 road games

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