Thursday College Basketball Odds
(The Spread) – What are some of the big matchups in the top-25 on Thursday night in college basketball? Continue reading for our NCAA college basketball opening odds, spreads and totals report.
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Illinois brings its 12-3 record into action at 9:00PM EST against a 9-3 Northwestern team in need of a win after dropping its first two Big 10 games. Illinois is 8-0 at home this season and is looking for its third straight conference win. According to online sports book SBGGlobal.com, the Illini are currently a 9-point favorite and the over-under is set at 144.5.
Illinois has played more lines games thus far this season as they are 8-7 against the spread, while Northwestern sits at 4-3 ATS according to the latest college basketball trends.
The Illini are averaging 76.6 points per game through its first 15 contests and are allowing 65.7 points per game. The Wildcats score 76.8 points per game and are allowing an average of 65.3. The game features two of the Big 10’s most prolific scorers as Demetri McCamey puts in 16.3 points per game for Illinois and John Shurna averages 21.2 on Northwestern’s side. Also figuring into the Wildcats’ scoring are Michael Thompson (14.8) and Drew Crawford (14.6).
Moving to an in-state rivalry, undefeated Cincinnati (14-0) hosts Xavier (8-4) at 7:00PM EST where the Bearcats are a 8.5-point favorite. Seventh-ranked Villanova is a 6.5-point favorite at South Florida for a 7:00PM EST tip, while Washington is a big 22-point favorite against Oregon at 8:30PM EST.
For complete top-25 college basketball odds for Wednesday, January 4, 2011, see below.
505 Xavier +8.5
506 Cincinnati -8.5
507 Villanova -6.5
508 South Florida +6.5
527 Oregon +22
528 Washington -22
531 Northwestern +9
532 Illinois -9
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