Authored by College Basketball Against The Spread Expert Analyst Charlie McDougall and produced by Charliessports.com for their 2014 Basketball game on Saturday December 13, 2014 at 7:00 pm EST on the Big-Ten television network.
The (5-3) Oregon Ducks of the PAC-Twelve will make the trip from the Beaver State to the Windy City to take on the (7-2), and 25th ranked Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big-Ten Conference in 2014 NCAA Basketball action. The team will play at the United Center on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. This Sports Handicapper believes the Oregon Ducks will struggle this season and get left out of the 2015 NCAA March Madness Tournament due to many reasons. The Illinois Fighting Illini have one of the best guard tandems in all of College Basketball. The betting line has Illinois as a seven-point home favorite Against The Spread on a neutral court and the betting odds total in not posted for Saturday’s game.
The 2014-15 Oregon Ducks will have to overcome adversity, something fifth-year head coach Dana Altman must seem to be prepared to do. The Ducks made it into the round of 32 in last season’s NCAA March Madness Tournament where they lost to Wisconsin. Oregon is 13-6-1 vs. The number their last twenty and the Ducks got a 71-64 win over the Illini last year. Illinois is 4-3 Against The Point Spread, going over the betting odds total twice and staying under four times on NCAA Basketball Expert ATS Predictions this season. Oregon had to suspend three prominent players due to an on campus scandal. Senior guard Joseph Young is the teams best player and will run the show. Oregon may be out-manned this season, but they will compete and should win nearly twenty games.
The 2014-15 Illinois Fighting Illini will again be very good on defense, the experts predict them to finish is the upper-third on the Big-Ten conference. The over is 9-4 their last thirteen vs. The Pac Twelve and are 12-4 ATS their last sixteen overall. Illinois is 4-3 Against The Point Spread, going over the betting odds total twice and staying under three times this season. Illinois fans in the biggest city in the Land of Lincoln will get the see their team play on the West Side. The key to an Illini win is to play their signature defense, which will keep them in games all year.
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Free Pick: Illinois-7.
The (5-3) Oregon Ducks of the PAC-Twelve will make the trip from the Beaver State to the Windy City to take on the (7-2), and 25th ranked Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big-Ten Conference in 2014 NCAA Basketball action. The team will play at the United Center on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. This Sports Handicapper believes the Oregon Ducks will struggle this season and get left out of the 2015 NCAA March Madness Tournament due to many reasons. The Illinois Fighting Illini have one of the best guard tandems in all of College Basketball. The betting line has Illinois as a seven-point home favorite Against The Spread on a neutral court and the betting odds total in not posted for Saturday’s game.
The 2014-15 Oregon Ducks will have to overcome adversity, something fifth-year head coach Dana Altman must seem to be prepared to do. The Ducks made it into the round of 32 in last season’s NCAA March Madness Tournament where they lost to Wisconsin. Oregon is 13-6-1 vs. The number their last twenty and the Ducks got a 71-64 win over the Illini last year. Illinois is 4-3 Against The Point Spread, going over the betting odds total twice and staying under four times on NCAA Basketball Expert ATS Predictions this season. Oregon had to suspend three prominent players due to an on campus scandal. Senior guard Joseph Young is the teams best player and will run the show. Oregon may be out-manned this season, but they will compete and should win nearly twenty games.
The 2014-15 Illinois Fighting Illini will again be very good on defense, the experts predict them to finish is the upper-third on the Big-Ten conference. The over is 9-4 their last thirteen vs. The Pac Twelve and are 12-4 ATS their last sixteen overall. Illinois is 4-3 Against The Point Spread, going over the betting odds total twice and staying under three times this season. Illinois fans in the biggest city in the Land of Lincoln will get the see their team play on the West Side. The key to an Illini win is to play their signature defense, which will keep them in games all year.
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Free Pick: Illinois-7.
