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Need this game badly to stay in the hunt for the B1G title. Still good odds to be out on top if Kofi and everyone else is healthy which hasnt been a given at all this year. I like us to win this one not sure why the veags odds are so high on us even with a health kofi this MSU team has been...

With Kofi out this game becomes a lot closer unfortunately. Hopefully he gets healthy and get to see him against MSU which we will need. The line originally was 7 for us but has now moved down all the way to 3. The model pre Kofi injury had us as an 8 point favorite. Lets win this game and get...

Biggest game of the year with a national audience. I think it will be a similar type of game to Arizona with hopefully a different outcome. Model prediction: #12 ILL 75 61% #7 PUR 73 Season schedule projection: https://collegebasketball-ai.com/teamstats/Illinois%20Fighting%20Illini/Schedule...

Never an easy game when playing a B1G rival. Its great to see us win even with subpar shooting. Still favorties to win the B1G according to the model but lots of competition between us, wisconsin, msu, purdue, and osu. Need to win our home games to keep pace. Model prediction: #13 ILL 75...

Last time out the model was 1 pt off a perfect score!!! The team is playing amazing basketball and getting better each game. Even with an off shooting night we are cabable of finding other means to score. Limiting turnovers and keeping Kofi out of foul trouble seems to be the key. Todays game...

Very good win last time out, the model liked it so much it has us as current favorites to win the B1G. Tonights game should be smooth sailing and get the maryland monkey off of our back. #14 ILL 75 #72 MLD 64 Season projections...

Minnesota has been playing well with a bunch of new guys and coach. I think we match up really well here and will blow out this game. The model thinks itll be closer though: #17 ILL 71 64.11% #62 MIN 65 Updated projections...

Even though the model has us favored big, these boarder war games always seem to be close no matter rankings (Missouri ranked 195...). Glad Bello is back to at least lifting weights. This team imo is hitting its stride right into the B1G season. (15) ILL 75 89% (195) MIZZ 61 Tournament Seed: 4...

Shouldn't be too hard of a game today hopefully guys like Goode and RJ get some shots in. (17) ILL 83 97% (243) SF 62 Updated season prediction: https://collegebasketball-ai.com/teamstats/Illinois%20Fighting%20Illini/Schedule Updated B1G projections...

Doesnt get any better than this. Statefarm center will be rocking today with an undefeated Arizona coming into town. A big chance for us to get our NET rating up with a quad 1 win at home. Model Projection: (16) ILL 75 64% (7) AZ 72 Season Projection as of today...

Finally starting to show an offensive identity with our 3pt shooting and Kofi playing cleanup/postup. This is the kind of offense that can get streaky and go deep in the tourney hopefully. We are also very versatile and deep except for maybe Kofis position where he needs to stay out of foul...

Like Homecoming said I had us winning 76-67

I actually do you can check it our here: https://collegebasketball-ai.com/search/2021-2022/ALL/Illinois%20Fighting%20Illini/ALL Or go to the model results tab and do your own search. Remember as the season goes on the model is updated daily and gets better ober time

If we can win with Jon Ekey, id say 32% isnt bad.

Probably our most complete game against Notre Dame with some really nice sets for Kofi to get the ball. I thought we did a really great job limiting turnovers and the super seniors stepped up big time. It will be interesting to see when Belo comes back how Brad will incorporate him back, a...