Nebraska vs Illinois -12.5 O/U 144.5
- This is a massive spread for Illinois here but I like their spot here. This is the Illini’s last home game before a 3 game road trip and I feel that they are not happy with the way that they played vs Nebraska last game. The Cornhuskers have been more competitive since that Illinois game a few weeks back and the game after, they finally got a B10 win but I can’t see much motivation for this team to finish out when they are a lock for one of the bottom two seeds of the big 10 tournament. Ayo Dosunmu is out with a broken nose but that also could mean that the other players step it up. I think that Illinois will want to put one on this team after that Michigan state loss.
Illinois -15 – 2 stars
Ohio State vs Michigan State +4 O/U 145.5-
- Michigan State just ripped a nice win at home vs Illinois. That was a rough game and lots of fouls were had.
- Ohio State is coming off of a loss against Michigan and they will be ready for this game.
- Michigan State has really improved over the past 2 games and it’s because they stepped up their defense. You can tell they are making a run to make the tournament.
- Ohio State is the much better shooting team at 46.4% to 43.1%
- Michigan State has the better defense at at 95.2% effective efficiency on Bart Torvik to Ohio State’s 98.1% but that hasn’t stopped the Buckeyes from shutting down most of the Big teams.
- Both teams are equal in assists to turnover rate at 1.3 but the key for me is that Ohio State is coming off of a tough loss to a great team, and they will want to bounce back big. I think that this spread last week would have been 7 if Michigan State hasn’t won 2 in a row here.
Ohio State -4 – 2.5 stars
