Purdue vs Illinois Prediction, Odds & Best Bet for March 5 (Defenses Shine in Big Ten Showdown)
Purdue vs Illinois Prediction, Odds & Best Bet for March 5 (Defenses Shine in Big Ten Showdown)

Purdue vs Illinois Game Info

  • 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Regular Season Game
  • No. 5 Purdue (25-5, 14-5 Big Ten) vs . Illinois (20-10, 11-8 Big Ten)
  • Date: Sunday, March 5, 2023
  • Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
  • Venue: Mackey Arena — West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Coverage: FOX

The 2022-23 college basketball season continues on Sunday with an exciting matchup between the Illinois Fighting Illini and No. 5 Purdue Boilermakers. Illinois is coming off a 91-87 double-overtime win against Michigan on Thursday. Matthew Mayer logged 24 points (8-of-20 shooting) and 7 rebounds.

Meanwhile, Purdue bounced back from a tough conference loss with a 63-61 win over Wisconsin on Thursday. Zach Edey showed why he is a Wooden Award fina list in that one as he tallied 17 points, 19 rebounds and 3 assists. Which Big Ten team will earn a momentous win to end the regular season?

Purdue vs Illinois Odds & Spread

  • All college basketball betting lines, odds and prop bets are from FanDuel Sportsbook.
  • Moneyline: PURDUE: (-320) | ILL: (+255)
  • Spread: PURDUE: -7.5 (-110) | ILL: +7.5 (-110)
  • Total: 139.5 — Over: (-110) | Under: (-110)

Purdue enters this contest as a clear home favorite on the moneyline and spread per FanDuel Sportsbook's odds. This 12:30 p.m. ET clash also features an over/under of 139.5 points, which is about average compared to Sunday's projected totals.

Purdue vs Illinois Betting Trends

  • Against the spread, Purdue is 13-17-0 this season.
  • The Boilermakers are 7-11 as 7.5-point favorites or more.
  • There have been 12 Purdue's games (out of 30) that hit the over this season.
  • Illinois has 17 wins in 30 games against the spread this year.
  • Out of Illinois' 30 games so far this year, 13 have hit the over.
Purdue Rank Purdue AVG Illinois AVG Illinois Rank
145th 73.1 Points Scored 74.7 112th
17th 62.2 Points Allowed 66.3 70th
8th 36.7 Rebounds 35.9 16th
17th 11.0 Off. Rebounds 10.2 45th
234th 6.9 3pt Made 7.7 141st
40th 15.3 Assists 12.4 234th
50th 10.6 Turnovers 12.5 238th

  
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