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Published: March 7, 2010
The Wisconsin Badgers will conclude their Big Ten conference regular season play when they travel to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini in a college basketball game on Sunday afternoon. Tip off time in Illinois is set for 2PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening point spread in this contest and it was opened as a pick with the over under coming in at 120 ½.
The early money from the college basketball betting public has come in on the road team, as the Wisconsin Badgers are currently a 2-½ point favorite. The total has seen the early movement towards the over, as the game is hung at 121 for the bettors to wager into.
Wisconsin Badgers money line bettors will find this team at –145 odds.
Those wishing to back the home underdog Illinois Fighting Illini on the money line will find +125 odds on the team to win outright without taking the points.
These Big Ten conference foes will be battling for the second time in the regular season. Back on February 9th in Wisconsin it was the Illinois Fighting Illini pulling out the 63-59 upset victory over the Badgers as a 9 point underdog. Illinois was hot from the field hitting on 53.3% and held the Badgers to just 35.7%. The Fighting Illini won the hustle points by out rebounding Wisconsin by a 35-27 margin.
Wisconsin is a lock for the NCAA tournament as they sit with a 22-7 overall record and 12-5 in Big Ten conference play. The team is just 4-5 straight up in true road games this season. Wisconsin enters this road contest with a 3 game winning streak. The Badgers is coming off a 67-40 home victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes as 18-point favorites on Wednesday night. The Badgers dominated the shooting hitting on 54.9% of their shots and allowing the Hawkeyes just 37.2%. The Badgers has shot well during this win streak hitting no worse than 51.3% during this span. Junior forward Jon Leuer is coming off an outstanding game with 18 points on 8 of 9 shooting against the Hawkeyes.
Illinois is clearly on the bubble as the team sits at 18-12 overall and 10-7 in Big Ten conference play. An 11-7 record and 5th place in the Big Ten could get the team into the dance. Illinois is 12-3 straight up at home on the season. Illinois has not played well of late as the team has lost 4 of their past 5 games with three losses coming by double digits. The team is coming off a 73-57 road loss to Ohio St on Tuesday night as a 9 ½ point road underdog. Illinois continued their poor shooting hitting on 38.3% in defeat. That 38.3% shooting night was the best shooting night for the Fighting Illini over their past three games. Leading scorer Demetri McCamey is coming off an 18 point shooting night on 6 of 13 from the field in defeat on Tuesday.
Trend: Illinois Fighting Illini is 1-5 to the under in their past 6 games
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