Illinois at Northwestern 8:00 ET
Illini (+) over Wildcats- Northwestern dropped to 7-3 in the Big Ten last time out as they were out-classed by Purdue 80-59 while Illinois lost at home to Minnesota their sixth loss in their last seven games. The Wildcats were without leading scorer Scottie Lindsey who had the flu but should return here but him stamina might be lacking. There are a pair of conflicting trends surrounding this contest as Northwestern is 19-7 ATS in their last 26 games while the road team is 7-2 ATS in the last nine meetings. The Illini are 0-5 straight-up in true road games with year and it's time for that to change. Take ILLINOIS!