In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
(1) UConn Huskies
77 52
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(3) Illinois Fighting Illini
TD Garden (Neutral) · March 30, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -8.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money CONN -450 / ILL +310
Model Predictions
Spread Total CONN win
Actual CONN +25 129 Won
Massey CONN -5.2 (+19.8)
Massey Totals 155.6 (-26.6)
Bradley-Terry 75%
Weighted B-T 75%
Efficiency Plus ML CONN -6.6 (+18.4) 149.3 (-20.3) 76%
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -7.8 (+17.2) 153.1 (-24.1) 73%
Baseline ML CONN -6.1 (+18.9) 152.2 (-23.2) 74%
Baseline Plus ML CONN -8.6 (+16.4) 152.2 (-23.2) 76%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Apr 4, 2026 CONN 7162 ILL
Nov 28, 2025 CONN 7461 ILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CONN ILL
Overall 37-3 29-9
Conference 18-2 14-6
Home 17-0 15-3
Away 8-3 6-5
Neutral 12-0 8-1
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak W13 L1
Avg Pts For 81.4 83.4
Avg Pts Against 63.4 73.3
Massey 23.1 (#2) 17.8 (#11)
Bradley-Terry 4.00 (#1) 2.88 (#7)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.70 (#2) 3.61 (#6)
RPI 0.634 (#3) 0.624 (#8)
Shooting & Four Factors CONN ILL
FG% 49.7% 47.5%
3PT% 36.2% 35.1%
REB / G 38.8 41.0
OREB / G 11.8 12.8
AST / TO 1.90 1.27
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.1% 54.3%
TOV% 14.8% 15.0%
ORB% 36.8% 35.9%
FT Rate 24.1% 27.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.5% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 12.4%
DRB% 73.3% 73.7%
Opp FT Rate 23.0% 19.3%

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