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Wisconsin vs Illinois -7.5 O/U 135.5
This should be a great game to night with the Fighting FIBs hosting the relentless Sconnies. Illinois is finally healthy with Kofi Cockburn back in the lineup after a nasty concussion he took from a Zach Edey elbow to the head a few weeks back. Since he came back, they played one game at Northwestern and won by three points. It also looks like the Illini will be getting their best guard back in Andre Curbello, who was in Covid Protocols. Will he be rusty? Remains to be seen. The Illini are stacked once again this year, but they might have some issues matching up against a strange Wisconsin team here at home. The Badgers are not that physical inside but they are tall with four guys in the rotation that are 6’9 and higher. They should at least be able to slow Cockburn down some who dominates inside and tends to shoot free throws like Shaq. The other issue for the FIBs is that Wisconsin has some star power themselves with Johnny Davis who averages 21.4 points per game and plays a heck of a lot of D. Brad Davison is the senior leader of this team shooting a nice 38.9% from three point land. Lastly, Wisconsin is that strange team that is only ranked 25th on Kenpom yet has a great record quality ranking 4th in the nation. This means that Wisconsin does great against the good teams and tends to play bad against the bad teams. Well, Illinois is look at as a very good team and they fit the bill for a close game here. Lastly, Wisconsin isn’t the greatest shooting team but they do take care of the ball ranking number two in offensive turnovers. Illinois can be sloppy at times ranking 213th turning the ball 19.2% of the time. Grab the Badgers +7.5 here and hope for an all out win.
Wisconsin +7.5 – 2.5 stars and sprinkle ML
