And then my good friend Shaggy says "Come spend some time, family" "44/876" -- Shaggy & Sting
Big Ten Conference · State Farm Center · February 6, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -4.5 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money ILL -163 / WIS +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual ILL +15 135 Won
Massey ILL -7.7 (+7.3) — —
Massey Totals — 140.0 (-5.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 73% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -6.3 (+8.7) 139.3 (-4.3) 76% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ILL -5.3 (+9.7) 134.8 (+0.2) 75% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ILL -6.5 (+8.5) 140.1 (-5.1) 78% ✓
Baseline ML ILL -6.7 (+8.3) 138.5 (-3.5) 79% ✓

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 17, 2024 ILL 93 – 87 WIS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILL WIS
Overall 24-7 18-13
Conference 16-4 10-10
Home 11-2 11-5
Away 9-3 5-6
Neutral 4-2 2-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.5 69.9
Avg Pts Against 68.6 64.6
Massey 20.1 (#3) 14.9 (#15)
Bradley-Terry 2.89 (#11) 2.68 (#21)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.31 (#7) 3.84 (#11)
RPI 0.607 (#25) 0.584 (#44)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL WIS
FG% 50.1% 43.9%
3PT% 39.7% 37.6%
REB / G 40.2 35.1
OREB / G 10.5 8.1
AST / TO 1.27 1.50
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.6% 51.4%
TOV% 18.3% 13.8%
ORB% 33.0% 24.1%
FT Rate 26.5% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.5% 46.0%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 17.2%
DRB% 76.8% 77.0%
Opp FT Rate 21.3% 19.0%

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