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Nebraska vs. Illinois odds, line: 2025 college basketball picks, January 30 best bets by proven model

SportsLine's model has locked in its best bets for Thursday's game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and Nebraska Cornhuskers

 No. 18 Illinois will try to avoid falling in the Big Ten standings when it travels to Nebraska on Thursday night. The Fighting Illini snapped a two-game losing streak with an 83-74 win over Northwestern on Sunday, moving into fifth place in the conference. Nebraska is ahead of only Washington at the bottom of the Big Ten, entering this matchup on a six-game skid. 

Tipoff is set for 8:30 p.m. ET on Thursday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Illinois is favored by 4.5 points in the latest Nebraska vs. Illinois odds, while the over/under is 154.5 points, per SportsLine consensus. Before entering any Illinois vs. Nebraska picks, you'll want to see the NCAA Basketball predictions from the model at SportsLine.

The model simulates every Division 1 college basketball game 10,000 times. It enters Week 13 of the 2024-25 season on a 202-142 betting roll (+2468) on all top-rated college basketball picks dating back to 2023. Anyone following at sportsbooks and on betting apps could have seen huge returns.

The model has simulated Nebraska vs. Illinois 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Under, and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in well over 50% of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.

So who wins Nebraska vs. Illinois? And which side of the spread hits well over 50% of the time? Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the spread you need to jump on, all from the computer model that has crushed its college basketball picks.

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