And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
Illinois Fighting Illini
77 – 74
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Ohio State Buckeyes
Big Ten Conference · Target Center (Neutral) · March 15, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -5.5 Away covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money ILL -250 / OSU +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual ILL +3 151 Won
Massey ILL -5.7 (-2.7) — —
Massey Totals — 153.7 (-2.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 70% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 75% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ILL -3.8 (-0.8) 149.2 (+1.8) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ILL -4.1 (-1.1) 150.0 (+1.0) 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -3.6 (-0.6) 150.0 (+1.0) 64% ✓
Baseline ML ILL -3.8 (-0.8) 150.7 (+0.3) 64% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 10, 2025 ILL 88 – 80 OSU
Feb 2, 2025 ILL 87 – 79 OSU
Jan 31, 2024 ILL 87 – 75 OSU
Feb 26, 2023 OSU 72 – 60 ILL
Jan 25, 2023 ILL 69 – 60 OSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILL OSU
Overall 29-9 22-14
Conference 14-6 9-11
Home 15-3 15-5
Away 6-5 2-8
Neutral 8-1 5-1
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 83.4 75.5
Avg Pts Against 73.3 70.2
Massey 17.0 (#14) 11.3 (#47)
Bradley-Terry 2.46 (#14) 1.63 (#58)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.25 (#9) 2.16 (#52)
RPI 0.606 (#16) 0.562 (#66)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL OSU
FG% 47.1% 45.3%
3PT% 35.0% 34.7%
REB / G 41.4 36.5
OREB / G 12.7 10.6
AST / TO 1.18 1.29
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.9% 51.4%
TOV% 15.3% 15.7%
ORB% 35.7% 31.2%
FT Rate 27.4% 26.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.7% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 12.4% 15.9%
DRB% 74.6% 71.2%
Opp FT Rate 19.1% 21.7%

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