THE OFFICIAL RUTGERS-ILLINOIS PREDICTION THREAD

[TDIrish27]

RU 65-61

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

If we can get Kofi into foul trouble we will compete and lose by 5. If Cliff gets in foul trouble we will lose by 23.

 

[RUJMM78]

Not sure why so many people are predicting a win here.

Illinois 75
Rutgers 66

Some fans are picking who they want to win rather than who they think will win.

 

[fluoxetine]

Line is out at RU +8, O/U 133.5. That's an opening line equating to approximately 71-63.

Pinnacle hasn't posted a ML yet but the ones out there that I see range from

Illinois -333/+260 (~ 25% chance for Rutgers)

to

Illinois -400/+300 (~ 22.5% chance for Rutgers)

"Vegas" continues to like us better than the computer models, by a little:
The current Pinnacle spread is basically RU +7.75 (+8 is -114 for Rutgers / -102 for Illinois, +7.5 is -104 for Rutgers/-114 for Illinois) while the computer spreads are:

Massey +8.5
Torvik +9.8
Kenpom ~+10.5 (? someone with a subscription can verify this, I calculated it myself from the info on his front page)
Sagarin +7.65
My LOL System +15.3 (don't take this seriously, it phases out the preseason stuff extremely quickly [completely gone already] and provides bonuses for wins/losses that absolutely do not help predictive quality. It's designed for entertainment, not good predictions)

 

[RedTeamUpstream94]

100% chance ru defenders get fouls when breathing in kofis direction and he fouls indiscriminately on both ends of the floor without a whistle.

Happens EVERY time ru plays a Big10 team with a star center. Literally every time

 

[Booty Maximus]

Frazier is also a bit banged up.

Yeah, Trent is still wearing a shoulder brace from an injury in an exhibition game and also has a bone bruise in one knee. Plus several Illini have been battling the flu this week though I believe they should be recovered from that. Still have yet to play a game at full strength this season. They did have all their guys available vs Cincy but several (i.e. Curbelo) were not 100%. If the Illini can avoid having a 15+ turnover game then I think they should win.

 

[cRURah]

we win

 

[rob kight]

Hey, B1G (k)night for RU sports. BB, Final 4 Women’s soccer and wrestling. Would be great to go 3 and 0.

 

[MADHAT1]

RU 67
Illini 64

 

[BeantownKnight]

The color guy during the Clemson game kept on talking about how much bigger our guys were than theirs. Yet - we certainly didn't play like it. I'm unclear why our team cannot drive to the basket, yet - every other team seems to know how to do this.

If we continue to play like this - I see a lot more losses than wins in our future .. starting with tonight.

Land of Lincoln - 88
Garden State - 72

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

Rutgers 76
Illinois 72

 

[GeneF]

Illinois 87
RU 65

 

[rob kight]

Question? After we win tonight, will some of the people who gave up on Pike and the season return?

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

Can't believe Purdue is a -12 fav on Iowa