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Illinois Fighting Illini vs Northwestern Wildcats Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: January 4, 2023 at 9:00 PM ET

Venue: Welsh-Ryan Arena — Evanston, IL

Article updated Jan 3, 10:14 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Illinois is on the road playing Northwestern at the Welsh-Ryan Arena stadium on Wednesday, 1/4/2023 @ 9:00pm EST. Illinois -1.75 was the opening favorite and current line is

Game outlook

Illinois is on the road playing Northwestern at the Welsh-Ryan Arena stadium on Wednesday, 1/4/2023 @ 9:00pm EST. Illinois -1.75 was the opening favorite and current line is Illinois -3.5.

Illinois Highlights

With a power ranking of 124, Illinois is ranked #58 in offense (scoring an average of 78.08 per game), #61 in defense (allowing an average of 63.69 points to be scored against them per game) and are 9-4 (7-6 ATS) this season.

Northwestern Highlights

Northwestern Wildcats has a power ranking of 11 and are #278 for offense (scoring an average of 68.17 per game), #7 for defense (giving up an average of 63.69 points per game) and 10-3 (7-6 ATS) overall. Illinois went 0-3 (3-0 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Northwestern.

Curated Picks & Predictions

From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be ILL 63.75, NWEST 70.75. 50% of SportsJaw predicts Northwestern Wildcats to cover. OddsShark predicts Illinois will win, cover the spread, and the total will go over.

split down the middle on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Fighting Illini 76 to Wildcats 74.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Fighting Illini 76 to Wildcats 74.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NCAAB Predictions

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SportsJaw published this archived preview from its original game-day article. Its prediction and quoted lines are preserved as written.

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SportsJaw Fighting Illini vs Wildcats archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Fighting Illini vs Wildcats matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Illinois Fighting Illini+100 → -170Moved
  • Moneyline · Northwestern Wildcats-120 → +145Moved
  • Spread · Illinois Fighting Illini-1.75 (-110) → -3.5 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · Northwestern Wildcats+1.75 (-110) → +3.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over132 (-110) → 134.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under132 (-110) → 134.5 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

Illinois Fighting Illini
28-9 matchup record · 6-4-0 ATS · 5-5-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Northwestern Wildcats
15-19 matchup record · 6-4-0 ATS · 3-7-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2023-01-04T03:14:46.644Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-02-13Northwestern Wildcats 66 · Illinois Fighting Illini 73
  • 2022-01-29Illinois Fighting Illini 59 · Northwestern Wildcats 56
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Northwestern Wildcats defeated Illinois Fighting Illini 73-60

Northwestern Wildcats defeated Illinois Fighting Illini 73-60 on January 4, 2023, a 13-point decision in the series. Northwestern Wildcats' strongest period was the 2nd half, when it outscored its opponent 42-33. Against SportsJaw's recorded Illinois Fighting Illini -3.5 (-110) spread, Northwestern Wildcats covered, while the 133 combined points finished under the recorded total of 134.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • CoolioSpread · Illinois Fighting Illini -3.5 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioTotal · Over 134.25 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkSpread · Illinois Fighting Illini -3.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkTotal · Over 134.25 (-110)Loss
  • CoversSpread · Northwestern Wildcats +3.5 (-110)Win
  • HitmanhartSpread · Northwestern Wildcats +3.5 (-110)Win