Florida Atlantic heads north to Madison Square Garden for the Jimmy V Classic in New York. The Owls are 16-31 ATS away from home against teams that shoot 45% or better from the field, with a defense that allows 42% shooting or less. They're also 10-24 ATS away from home after scoring 85+ points in the last game. Illinois is also playing well, off a 76-58 victory over Rutgers as an underdog. Their only loss was to then-No. 4 Marquette, 71-64. The Illini are the winningest team in the Big Ten since the start of 2019-20. They currently lead the nation in field goal percentage defense (.339%) and rank seventh in scoring defense (58.6 points per game allowed). Illinois is 14-5 ATS after scoring 75+ points in consecutive games, plus 9-1 ATS after two straight contests giving up nine or fewer offensive rebounds. Play Illinois.
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Who was the public on? 53% of the public bets were on Illinois Fighting Illini on the +2 ATS. And, 51% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Florida Atlantic would win by a score of 75.7 to 72.0 with Florida Atlantic winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 57% of the public bets were on Illinois Fighting Illini on the -14 ATS. 65% of the public money was on Florida Atlantic Owls to win on the moneyline. And, 58% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Illinois would win by a score of 79.4 to 66.9 with Illinois winning on the moneyline, Florida Atlantic winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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