The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Illinois Fighting Illini
93 – 87
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% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ILL -0.5 (+5.5) 149.9 (+30.1) 53% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ILL -1.8 (+4.2) 151.3 (+28.7) 58% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -1.0 (+5.0) 152.2 (+27.8) 57% ✓
Baseline ML ILL -1.2 (+4.8) 152.8 (+27.2) 56% ✓

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 91 – 88 ILL
Feb 11, 2026 WIS 92 – 90 ILL
Feb 19, 2025 WIS 95 – 74 ILL
Dec 11, 2024 ILL 86 – 80 WIS
Mar 2, 2024 ILL 91 – 83 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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