Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Wisconsin Badgers (15-5) and the #25 Illinois Illini (15-4) are scheduled to meet up in a 2:00 PM ET college basketball game on Sunday, and this one looks like it could go either way.
The home-team Illini are the ranked team here, but Las Vegas actually has them as 1-point underdogs.
Bet-tracking websites are showing that the action is split right down the middle on the spread, while the total of 111.5 has been bet up quite a bit since debuting at 106.
There are few teams in college basketball that play defense as well as Wisconsin, and the Badgers come into this game allowing just 49.0 points per game on 35.4% shooting.
Illinois allows 60.6 points on 40.6% shooting and has a nice defense of their own, and the Illini are stronger offensively despite having some issues with long range shots.
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The home team has won just 2 of the last 5 head-to-head meetings between these teams, while the over has hit in 3 of the last 4 after going under in 4 straight previously.
The Illini have covered the odds in 3 of the last 5 meetings and were 69-61 winners as 2.5-point favorites the last time they played host to Wisconsin.
The Badgers won 76-66 in last year’s matchup as 6-point home favorites, and the underdog has covered the spread in just 2 of the last 9 games played between these squads.
Wisconsin is on a 3-game winning streak currently, and they’ve recovered nicely after dropping 3 in a row to start 2012.
Illinois is coming off of a 52-54 loss at Penn State that broke up a 3-game winning streak, and the Illini have gone under the total in 3 of their last 4.
Wisconsin has actually gone over the total in 4 of their last 6 despite playing some incredible defense during that span
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