Illinois vs. Nebraska: College Basketball Betting Picks & Predictions (Tuesday)
The Houston Cougars were anointed as the No. 1 team in the AP poll for the second time this season, receiving 34 of the 60 first place votes. The most eye-popping thing about the AP poll was Kansas State going from unranked to 11th, despite being picked to finish last in the Big 12 this year. The Wildcats play their first game as a ranked team this season today when hosting Oklahoma State.
Here are our best bets for Tuesday’s college basketball action. And here’s a closer look at Illinois vs. Nebraska.
(Odds courtesy of DraftKings)
Top College Basketball Betting Odds, Picks & Predictions: Illinois vs. Nebraska
There are stark differences between the home/road splits for Illinois and Nebraska, which has us believing that a Cornhuskers home upset is possible. The Fighting Illini lost their two true road games to Maryland and Northwestern by a combined 18 points. Conversely, Nebraska held Iowa to a season-low 50 points in its last home game (12 points lower than the Hawkeyes’ season-low before that) and took No. 1 Purdue to overtime at home in mid-December.
Illinois is still figuring out a rotation, just one game removed from freshman point guard Skyy Clark leaving the team. And Nebraska’s Derrick Walker is shooting 62.4% from the floor this season. He should expose an Illinois interior defense that was just torched for 20 points by Wisconsin’s Steven Crowl, his second-highest scoring output of the season.
The home team is 6-1 ATS in the previous seven meetings between these teams, and the underdog is 4-1 ATS in the last five.
Bet: Nebraska +3 (-110 at DraftKings)
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