WHO: Illinois Fighting Illini (17-11, 9-8 Big Ten)
WHEN: 8:00 PM CT (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)
WHERE: State Farm Center (Champaign, IL)
TV: FS1 (Brandon Gaudin, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Gary Dolphin, Bobby Hansen)
MOBILE: foxsports.com/mobile
ONLINE: foxsports.com/live
FOLLOW: @HawkeyeBeacon | @IowaHoops | @IowaonBTN
LINE: Illinois -10.5 (total of 170.5)
KENPOM: Illinois -11 (83% chance of winning)
Illinois enters Tuesday night's game against Iowa in the midst of a three-game losing streak, the worst stretch of the Illini's season so far. Still, those struggles might say more about who the Illini have been playing than the Illini themselves -- that three-game losing streak has involved a loss to Michigan State, a loss at Wisconsin, and a neutral-site loss to Duke, three teams all ranked in the KenPom top-10.
Granted, all three of those losses came by double-digits (average margin of defeat: 26 points) and the Illini are just 9-8 overall in Big Ten play, including road losses to the likes of Northwestern, Nebraska, and Rutgers. Chalk them up as a "talented, but flawed" team this season.
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WHEN: 8:00 PM CT (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)
WHERE: State Farm Center (Champaign, IL)
TV: FS1 (Brandon Gaudin, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Gary Dolphin, Bobby Hansen)
MOBILE: foxsports.com/mobile
ONLINE: foxsports.com/live
FOLLOW: @HawkeyeBeacon | @IowaHoops | @IowaonBTN
LINE: Illinois -10.5 (total of 170.5)
KENPOM: Illinois -11 (83% chance of winning)
Illinois enters Tuesday night's game against Iowa in the midst of a three-game losing streak, the worst stretch of the Illini's season so far. Still, those struggles might say more about who the Illini have been playing than the Illini themselves -- that three-game losing streak has involved a loss to Michigan State, a loss at Wisconsin, and a neutral-site loss to Duke, three teams all ranked in the KenPom top-10.
Granted, all three of those losses came by double-digits (average margin of defeat: 26 points) and the Illini are just 9-8 overall in Big Ten play, including road losses to the likes of Northwestern, Nebraska, and Rutgers. Chalk them up as a "talented, but flawed" team this season.
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