Last Updated on March 6, 2009 12:04 pm by Anthony Rome
Southern Illinois hits the road to take on Bradley Friday night. Let’s take a look at the odds, trends, injuries and hand out a College Basketball Free Pick for this matchup.
Bet Southern Illinois at Bradley
Tip off: 3:30PM ET
Odds: Oddsmakers from online sports book Sportsbetting have made Bradley 2.5-point favorite.
Over/Under Total: 127
Top Public Betting Trends:
All games in this series since 1997
BRADLEY is 15-13 against the spread versus S ILLINOIS since 1997
S ILLINOIS is 17-11 straight up against BRADLEY since 1997
6 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1997
Games over the last 3 seasons
S ILLINOIS is 4-3 against the spread versus BRADLEY over the last 3 seasons
S ILLINOIS is 5-2 straight up against BRADLEY over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Key Injuries:
S ILLINOIS
[G] 03/05/2009 – Bryan Mullins is doubtful Friday vs. Bradley. (Foot)
[G] 01/03/2009 – Brandon Allen is expected to miss the rest of the season. (Knee)
[F] 01/03/2009 – Christian Cornelius has left the team (None)
[G] 01/03/2009 – Torres Roundtree has left the team (None)
BRADLEY
[G] 03/05/2009 – Dodie Dunson is expected to play Friday vs. So Illinois. (Hand)
[G] 12/19/2008 – Andrew Warren expected to miss the rest of the season (Foot)
[F/C] 12/07/2008 – Will Egolf expected to miss the rest of the season. (Knee)
Free Pick: Our free pick for this game is Penn State +4.
Bet Southern Illinois at Bradley
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Posted: 3/6/09 12:04PM ET