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Northwestern Wildcats vs Illinois Fighting Illini Preview March 13, 2019

Northwestern Wildcats (13-18) is visiting Illinois Fighting Illini (11-20) on March 13, 2019, 9:14 PM ET and playing at the United Center.

The Illinois Fighting Illini are favored by vegas at a line of -3. The opening line was -2 so the public has been betting on Northwestern Wildcats causing the ILL line to shift +1. Get the consensus from the top 10 users most likely to be right on tonight's matchup below.

No. 11 Illinois (7-13) takes on No. 14 Northwestern (4-16) in a battle of Chi-town rivals in The Second City on Wednesday at 9pmET in the first round of the Big 10 Tournament. Both squads have had disappointing seasons. They split the series this season with the Illini winning, 81-76 on March 3 at home and the Wildcats taking the first game, 68-66 from Evanston.

Northwestern Highlights

Total Score
248th
65.77
Field Goal %
257th
40.46
Three Point %
231st
31.78
Free Throw %
63rd
73.51
Total Rebounds
206th
33.65

ATS Trends

  • Northwestern is 1-5-2 ATS in its last 8 games
  • Northwestern is 1-11 SU in its last 12 games
  • The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Northwestern's last 8 games
  • Northwestern is 0-4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Illinois
  • Northwestern is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games when playing Illinois
  • The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Northwestern's last 6 games when playing Illinois

Player Injuries

  • Vic Law is downgraded to doubtful Wednesday vs Illinois (Leg)
  • Ryan Taylor is upgraded to probable Wednesday vs Illinois (Illness)

Illinois Highlights

Total Score
129th
72.97
Field Goal %
205th
42.82
Three Point %
133rd
34.55
Free Throw %
141st
70.18
Total Rebounds
226th
32.84

ATS Trends

  • Illinois is 0-4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
  • Illinois is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
  • Illinois is 7-0-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Northwestern
  • Illinois is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing Northwestern
  • The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Illinois's last 6 games when playing Northwestern

Player Injuries

  • No player injuries reported.