Michigan vs. Illinois prediction, odds, unfold, time: 2026 faculty basketball picks from confirmed mannequin

The third-ranked Michigan Wolverines will look to clinch the outright Massive Ten common season title on Friday after they tackle the Tenth-ranked Illinois Combating Illini. Michigan is coming off a 77-67 win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Tuesday, whereas Illinois dropped a 95-94 resolution at UCLA on Saturday. The Wolverines (26-2, 16-1 Massive Ten), who’re 6-1 in opposition to ranked opponents, are 9-0 on the street this season. The Combating Illini (22-6, 13-4 Massive Ten), who’re tied for second within the convention, are 13-2 on their house ground.

Tipoff from the State Farm Middle in Champaign, Unwell., is about for 8 p.m. ET. Michigan is a 1.5-point favourite within the newest Michigan vs. Illinois odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, whereas the over/beneath for complete factors scored is 157.5. Earlier than making any Illinois vs. Michigan picks, take a look at the lads’s faculty basketball predictions and betting recommendation from the SportsLine Projection Mannequin.

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The SportsLine Projection Mannequin simulates each faculty basketball recreation 10,000 occasions and it entered Week 17 on a scorching 11-1 run on its top-rated over/beneath faculty basketball picks relationship again to final season, and is on a 20-11 run on top-rated CBB aspect picks. Anybody following its faculty basketball betting recommendation at sportsbooks and on betting apps might have seen robust returns.

Now, the mannequin has simulated Michigan vs. Illinois 10,000 occasions and simply revealed its coveted males’s faculty basketball picks and betting predictions. You may head to SportsLine now to see the mannequin’s picks. Listed below are a number of males’s faculty basketball odds and males’s faculty basketball betting traces for Illinois vs. Michigan:

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High Michigan vs. Illinois predictions

SportsLine’s mannequin is going Beneath on the overall (157.5 factors). The Beneath has hit in three of Michigan’s previous 4 video games and the Wolverines are hitting the Beneath at a 61% charge this season. Illinois, in the meantime, has seen 58% of its video games go Beneath.

The mannequin initiatives Michigan to have three gamers rating 10.2 factors or extra, together with Yaxel Lendeborg‘s projected 14.1 factors. Illinois is projected to have 5 gamers rating 11.1 or extra factors, led by Keaton Wagler, who’s projected to attain 17.7 factors. The mannequin is projecting 157 mixed factors because the Beneath hits 51% of the time.

The right way to make Illinois vs. Michigan picks

The mannequin additionally says one aspect of the unfold hits properly over 70% of the time. You may solely see that choose at SportsLine.

So who wins Illinois vs. Michigan and which aspect of the unfold hits properly over 70% of the time? Go to SportsLine now to see which aspect of the Michigan vs. Illinois unfold to again, all from the superior mannequin that has simulated this recreation 10,000 occasions, and discover out.