A champion will be crowned on Sunday when the Illinois Fighting Illini battle the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2024 Big Ten Tournament championship game on CBS and Paramount+. The Fighting Illini erased an 11-point halftime deficit by outscoring Nebraska by 22 points to secure their spot in Sunday's title game. Meanwhile, Wisconsin knocked off the top-seeded Purdue Boilermakers 76-75 in overtime on Saturday. The Badgers are looking for their first Big Ten Tournament title since 2015. Illinois last won the Big Ten Tournament in 2021.
Tipoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Illinois is favored by 3.5 points in the latest Wisconsin vs. Illinois odds, while the over/under is 148 points via SportsLine consensus. You can watch Sunday's game on CBS and stream the game on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME.
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How to watch Wisconsin vs. Illinois
- Wisconsin vs. Illinois date: Sunday, March 17
- Wisconsin vs. Illinois time: 3:30 p.m. ET
- Wisconsin vs. Illinois TV channel: CBS
- Wisconsin vs. Illinois live stream: Paramount+
College basketball picks for Illinois vs. Wisconsin
Before tuning into the Illinois vs. Wisconsin game, you need to see the college basketball picks from SportsLine's advanced computer model. The model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. It entered Week 18 of the 2023-24 season on a 145-104 roll on all top-rated college basketball picks dating back to last season, returning more than $1,700 for $100 players. It also has a strong 28-18 (+820) record on top-rated spread picks this season. Anyone following has seen huge returns.
For Wisconsin vs. Illinois, the model predicts the Fighting Illini to cover the spread as 3.5-point favorites. Illinois enters Sunday's showdown having won six of its last seven games. The Fighting Illini have also had tremendous success against the Badgers, securing seven consecutive wins over Wisconsin. Illinois is 8-0 against the spread in its last eight meetings against the Badgers.
Illinois secured a 91-83 win on the road against Wisconsin on March 2 behind an impressive performance from Marcus Domask. The senior forward finished with 31 points in that victory and he's coming off another strong showing in Saturday's win over Nebraska. Domask stuffed the stat sheet against the Cornhuskers, finishing with 16 points, eight assists and seven rebounds. He's a big reason why the model is projecting the Fighting Illini to cover the spread in over 50% of simulations on Sunday. Stream the game here.
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