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Illinois Fighting Illini
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FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Wisconsin Badgers
Big Ten Conference · Target Center (Neutral) · March 17, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -3.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Over
Money ILL -163 / WIS +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual ILL +6 180 Won
Massey ILL -3.0 (+3.0)
Massey Totals 155.6 (+24.4)
Bradley-Terry 60%
Weighted B-T 64%
Efficiency Plus ML ILL -2.9 (+3.1) 154.0 (+26.0) 61%
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -2.4 (+3.6) 154.9 (+25.1) 64%
Baseline ML ILL -2.4 (+3.6) 153.2 (+26.8) 64%
Baseline Plus ML ILL -0.6 (+5.4) 151.8 (+28.2) 50%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 13, 2026 WIS 9188 ILL
Feb 11, 2026 WIS 9290 ILL
Feb 19, 2025 WIS 9574 ILL
Dec 11, 2024 ILL 8680 WIS
Mar 2, 2024 ILL 9183 WIS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILL WIS
Overall 29-9 22-14
Conference 14-6 11-9
Home 15-3 14-3
Away 6-5 3-9
Neutral 8-1 5-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 83.4 74.7
Avg Pts Against 73.3 70.0
Massey 17.0 (#14) 14.1 (#22)
Bradley-Terry 2.57 (#11) 2.18 (#26)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.35 (#8) 2.76 (#23)
RPI 0.608 (#13) 0.590 (#30)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL WIS
FG% 47.0% 46.3%
3PT% 35.0% 34.8%
REB / G 41.5 34.1
OREB / G 12.9 10.0
AST / TO 1.20 1.29
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.7% 52.4%
TOV% 15.2% 14.7%
ORB% 36.0% 30.3%
FT Rate 27.7% 25.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.8% 52.0%
Opp TOV% 12.4% 17.0%
DRB% 74.2% 76.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.1% 23.4%

Game Analysis

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