Illinois is coming off an 80-74 win against North Dakota State as Mike Thorne Jr. led the Illini with 21 points and Jalen Coleman-Lands added 15. This followed a surprising 93-81 loss against North Florida in the season opener. It's clear that Illinois is struggling due to injuries and adjusting to new transfers and freshmen. Illinois has gone UNDER the total in 36 of its last 53 road games. Providence is 1-0 in beating Harvard 76-64 on Friday. Kris Dunn, a top NBA prospect, scored 32 points and Rodney Bullock contributed 20 but the Friars shot just 39.7 percent from the field overall, including 4-of-16 from three-point range. The posted total is in the 150 range and too high for this matchup at this point in the season. Play Illinois and Providence to stay UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 53% of the public bets were on Providence Friars on the -7 ATS. 64% of the public money was on Providence Friars to win on the moneyline. And, 59% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Providence would win by a score of 75.6 to 68.0 with Providence winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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