Ohio State vs. Illinois: College Basketball Best Bets, Picks & Predictions (Tuesday)
Kansas being dealt its second-worst home loss in the Bill Self era (83-60 to TCU) and Arizona staying alive for a Pac-12 regular-season title with a home win over UCLA were some of the weekend’s highlights around the college basketball landscape.
Here are our best bets for Tuesday’s college basketball action. Below is a closer look at Ohio State vs. Illinois.
YTD (as of 1/21): 1-2
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Best College Basketball Bets for Tuesday: Ohio State vs. Illinois
Odds courtesy of DraftKings
Ohio State vs. Illinois
Entering Ohio State’s last game against Iowa, the Buckeyes had lost five consecutive games, and suddenly questions about its roster had it in serious jeopardy of dropping six straight. Sean McNeil was questionable because of emergency dental work, and Justice Sueing was relegated to the bench after recent struggles, and those two are two of their top-four scorers. However, the Buckeyes got ten points apiece from both players en route to a 16-point rout of Iowa, and their 93 points were 20 more than they had scored in any Big Ten game this season. Illinois has looked vulnerable in two separate 15-point home losses to Penn State and Indiana, and the Buckeyes’ shooting prowess (Big Ten-best 41.8% from 3-point range in league play) has had them due for positive regression for quite some time.
The underdog and road team is 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings between these teams. In addition, four of Ohio State’s five losses in its recent losing streak were by four or fewer points, and we’re looking for its beatdown of Iowa to spur a winning streak.
Bet: Ohio State +4 (-110 at DraftKings)
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