Purdue at Illinois

Great matchup in Champagne tonight as a pair of 16-9 Big-10 teams collide. This one should certainly have NCAA Tournament implications as the loser here will be on life support. The Boilermakers have already delivered a 15 point win vs. the Illini and that was when they were playing well. Illinois has really struggled in Big-10 play and stands at 1-6 in their last seven games. This team, even when things were going their way, has not been better than any team on their schedule in regulation by more than five points all the way back to December 11th of last year and have now gone 1-7 ATS in their last eight as a favorite.  These teams are heading in opposite directions, play on Purdue.