Ohio State vs. Illinois Betting Preview

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The line on the Ohio State vs. Illinois game has dipped from -6 to -5 but with 70% of the money on the Buckeyes, according to the AcePerHead odds feed, so this trend does make some degree of sense.

The Fighting Illini are 9-3 in home games. Illinois is second in the Big Ten scoring 85.2 points while shooting 44.1% from the field.

The Buckeyes are 5-5 against Big Ten opponents. Ohio State ranks fourth in the Big Ten shooting 37.0% from 3-point range.

Illinois makes 44.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.0 percentage points higher than Ohio State has allowed to its opponents (40.1%). Ohio State has shot at a 48.2% clip from the field this season, 8.5 percentage points above the 39.7% shooting opponents of Illinois have averaged.

The Fighting Illini and Buckeyes square off Sunday for the first time in Big Ten play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kasparas Jakucionis is scoring 16.0 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Fighting Illini. Ben Humrichous is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

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Before You Bet

  • Recreational and sharp books alike have brought this line down from 7, where Illinois was clearly seeing more lopsided betting action, to 5.5, with action more balanced.
  • Top cappers are backing Ohio State here.
  • Illinois has won five of the last seven in this series but only two of those covered the current spread.

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