Northwestern vs Illinois on 02/23 by Mike_Jones
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FINAL
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Game Illinois
-5½ -120
LOSS
Loss 1
Handicapper Analysis
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Illinois' Big Ten losses have come on the road, at home against hot-shooting Penn State, or at home against an Indiana team led by a star scorer around the basket.
Northwestern's best chance of winning will come from making threes.
While the Wildcats love to attempt threes, Illinois is one of the best teams at limiting three-point attempts partly due to the length that its opponents constantly have to deal with.
On the other side, the Illini will use their advantage on the glass to create second-chance points against a bad Northwestern rebounding unit in case they don't take advantage of the Wildcat defense's vulnerability to efficient inside scoring.
Northwestern's best chance of winning will come from making threes.
While the Wildcats love to attempt threes, Illinois is one of the best teams at limiting three-point attempts partly due to the length that its opponents constantly have to deal with.
On the other side, the Illini will use their advantage on the glass to create second-chance points against a bad Northwestern rebounding unit in case they don't take advantage of the Wildcat defense's vulnerability to efficient inside scoring.
