Quick Guess the Illinois Line Contest

[Morrischiano2]

I’m thinking Illinois-3.5

 

[RUBigFrank]

-5

 

[patk89]

-1. Indiana's giving 3.5 to Wisconsin tonight at Indy.

 

[CJ1987]

Illinois -4

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

-3

 

[Morrischiano2]

-3

RU -3?

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Indiana -3.5 Wisconsin
OSU -13 Minnesota
MSU -2.5 PSU

 

[zebnatto]

Illini -2

 

[RUChoppin]

Illinois -6.5

 

[RUsojo]

Illinois -8.5

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Illinois -6.5

No way

 

[bac2therac]

-5

 

[WPUknight]

Illinois -3

 

[Plum Street]

Illinois -5.5

 

[rubigtimenow]

Illinois - somewhere between 2.5 and 3.5 highly likely. Everybody and their mother talking about Rutgers right now and the power of the RAC. Based on that and that nobody else has said it yet I’ll go with 2.5!

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

-5

Is that for the Illinois-RU game? Or is it for something else whose differential is very similar?

 

[GORU2014]

-5

 

[jerzeyguy]

-4 Illi

 

[RUBOB72]

-3.5 Illini

 

[kt124]

illinois -2.5

 

[RUJMM78]

Illinois - 5

 

[Hope4RU]

Illinois -5

 

[rubigtimenow]

We covered everything around 4.5 but nobody called 4.5. Wow that’s high!

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

O/U 133.5 seems low.

 

[RUChoppin]

So initial line is Illinois -4.5

Bart has Illinois -5.8
Kenpom's AdjEM has Illinois -7.5 (adjusting for his 3.75 home court advantage)
Sagain's Predictor has Illinois -3.9 (adjusting for his 3.0 home court advantage)

 

[hbbsm713_rivals]

Just saw that it is -4 Illinois on ESPN

 

[RUJMM78]

We covered everything around 4.5 but nobody called 4.5. Wow that’s high!

Its not high based on first game between the teams and the fact Illinois is the number one ranked team in the Big Ten with scoring threats at many positions.

 

[motorb54]

I’m thinking Illinois-3.5

The Sports Book at Beau Rivage in Biloxi Mississippi has Illinois -3.5
Beau Rivage is an MGM casino property. Borgata is their N.J. property

 

[phlop87]

Just picked up the money line at plus 149 ... the spread was 4

 

[fluoxetine]

So initial line is Illinois -4.5

Bart has Illinois -5.8
Kenpom's AdjEM has Illinois -7.5 (adjusting for his 3.75 home court advantage)
Sagain's Predictor has Illinois -3.9 (adjusting for his 3.0 home court advantage)

You are computing Kenpom incorrectly. That number is per 100 possessions, but the game is only ~66 so Kenpom would predict roughly Illinois -5