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Northwestern at Illinois Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Northwestern at Illinois preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Wednesday, February 23

Northwestern at Illinois prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Wednesday, February 23

Northwestern at Illinois How To Watch

Date: Wednesday, February 23
Game Time: 9:00 ET
Venue: State Farm Center, Champaign, IL
How To Watch: BTN
Record: Northwestern (20-7), Illinois (18-9)
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Northwestern vs Illinois Game Preview

Why Northwestern Will Win

Who’s the hottest thing going in college basketball right now?

Okay, there might be others on better winning streaks, but Northwestern went from being an easy out with a 12-6 record to a possible 5 seed – or higher – after going 8-1 in the last nine games.

Having a slew of home games has helped, but it’s afar more than that. The defense has been amazing at stopping teams from three, there aren’t a ton of turnovers, and the D is forcing a ton of mistakes. All of that, and it’s living on the defensive boards – there aren’t a lot of second chance points allowed.

But …

Why Illinois Will Win

It’s not like Northwestern can shoot.

It wins games ugly. It can score – it put up 80 on Iowa’s bad defense when everything was dropping – but it’s the worst shooting team in the Big Ten connecting on 1st 41% of its chances.

It doesn’t do enough from three, it’s just okay on the move, and it has to win games by forcing mistakes and playing great D.

Northwestern is 12-1 when hitting 43% or better from the field, Illinois allows teams to make 41% of their shots. That, and …

What’s Going To Happen

The Illini might be struggling just when they need to kick it all in, but the problems have mostly been on the road. They’ve won their last four at home and are 13-2 overall in Champaign.

Northwestern is playing with extreme confidence and the defense is terrific enough to make the Illini go cold for long stretches. Illinois will still find a way to come through by doing a strong job on the offensive boards.

Northwestern vs Illinois Prediction, Line

Illinois 69, Northwestern 65
Line: Illinois -5, o/u: 136
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Must See Ranking: 3.5
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Illinois vs Northwestern Prediction Game Preview

Illinois vs Northwestern game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 13 game on Saturday, November 26

Illinois vs Northwestern prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 13, Saturday, November 26

Illinois vs Northwestern Prediction Game Preview

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Illinois vs Northwestern How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 26
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL
How To Watch: BTN
Record: Illinois (7-4), Northwestern (1-10)
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Why Illinois Will Win

Northwestern hasn’t been able to figure out that whole scoring thing as the season has gone on.

The offense will move the ball a bit, but turnovers are a massive problem – two or more in eight games and six in the last two – and it’s having an impossible time putting the biscuit in the basket.

Northwestern lost to Maryland 31-24. That was the only time in the last eight games it scores more than 14 points, and now it’s going against the No. 2 defense in college football that allows 259 points and 13 points per game.

As long as the Illini can get up fast and don’t royally screw up, it should have this, but …

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Why Northwestern Will Win

Can Northwestern throw a bit?

It couldn’t do it against Ohio State or Purdue, but the defense was able to keep the score in check – the weather conditions had everything to do with that against the Buckeyes – but the passing game has occasionally been okay enough to be at least accurate.

That’s how you bother the Illinois defense – you have to throw against it. Michigan State, Purdue, and Michigan were all able to run in their wins against Illinois, but that was set up by being decent enough through the air to be a bother.

The Wildcats have to mix up the offense a little bit and the run defense has go one up with a special day.

There’s no shot without holding the Illini to under 160 rushing yards, but …

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What’s Going To Happen

There won’t be enough from the the Northwestern offense, and there won’t be enough big plays from the defensive side to make up for it.

Illinois might have lost its last three games, but it doesn’t turn the ball over – just three in the last five games.

It won’t be anything pretty, but Illinois will take its second win in a row over Chicago’s Hometown Team.

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Illinois vs Northwestern Prediction, Line

Illinois 26, Northwestern 13
Line: Illinois -14.5, o/u: 37.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Illinois vs Northwestern Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5

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Results So Far
Straight Up 79-19, ATS 63-33, o/u 53-42

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Friday, November 25

Nebraska at Iowa

4:00 BTN
Line: Iowa -10.5, o/u: 38.5

Saturday, November 26

Michigan at Ohio State

12:00 FOX
Line: Ohio State -7.5, o/u: 57.5

Rutgers at Maryland

12:00 BTN
Line: Maryland -14.5, o/u: 48.5

Illinois at Northwestern

3:30 BTN
Line: Illinois -14.5, o/u: 37.5

Minnesota at Wisconsin

3:30 ESPN
Line: Wisconsin -3.5, o/u: 35.5

Purdue at Indiana

3:30 BTN
Line:Purdue -10.5, o/u: 54.5

Michigan State at Penn State

4:00 FS1
Line: Penn State -18.5, o/u: 52.5

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Northwestern vs Purdue Prediction Game Preview

Northwestern vs Purdue game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 12 game on Saturday, November 19

Northwestern vs Purdue prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 12, Saturday, November 19

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Northwestern vs Purdue How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 19
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
How To Watch: FS1
Record: Northwestern (1-9), Purdue (6-4)
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Why Northwestern Will Win

Could Purdue be looking ahead a wee bit?

It came up with the win it had to have against Illinois to have an outside shot of winning the Big Ten West, and the rivalry game against Indiana is up next.

Northwestern is the layup. As long as Purdue doesn’t make a slew of mistakes it shouldn’t have a problem, but Northwestern might be able to pound away a little bit.

The ground game hasn’t been anything special, but it rumbled for over 200 yards in the horrible weather against Ohio State, hit 215 yards and two scores in the fight on the road against Maryland. Now it goes against a Purdue defensive front that’s been hit a bit over the last month allowing over five yards per carry.

But …

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Why Purdue Will Win

The Northwestern offense just doesn’t work.

The ground game might have been good a times over the last month, but the passing attack didn’t do anything. The passing game wasn’t bad against Minnesota, but the O went nowhere and the ground attack didn’t do anything.

Purdue should be able to throw at will. It doesn’t have to take a slew of chances and can dink and dunk all it wants to. Northwestern has a bigger problem against the teams that can run well, but it went 0-4 against anyone who connected on at least 60% of their passes.

Purdue will connect on at least 60% of its passes, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

The defense will rise up and keep Northwestern from coming up with anything steady as the game goes on.

It’s been a stretch for the Wildcats to score more than one touchdown, and they won’t have much luck as they stall on third down after third down.

In their final home game of the year, the Boilermakers will methodically march to their seventh win.

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Northwestern vs Purdue Prediction, Line

Purdue 31, Northwestern 13
Line: Purdue -19.5, o/u: 47.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Northwestern vs Purdue Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Big Ten Predictions Schedule Game Previews Lines TV Week 12

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Results So Far
Straight Up 74-17, ATS 59-30, o/u 47-41

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Saturday, November 5

Illinois at Michigan

12:00 ABC
Line: Michigan -17.5, o/u: 42.5

Wisconsin at Nebraska

12:00 ESPN
Line: Wisconsin -13.5, o/u: 39.5

Northwestern at Purdue

12:00 BTN
Line: Purdue -19.5, o/u: 47.5

Indiana at Michigan State

12:00 BTN
Line: Michigan State -10.5, o/u: 47.5

Ohio State at Maryland

3:30 ABC
Line: Ohio State -27.5, o/u: 64.5

Penn State at Rutgers

3:30 BTN
Line: Penn State -19.5, o/u: 44.5

Iowa at Minnesota

4:00 BTN
Line: Minnesota -2.5, o/u: 32.5

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Results So Far
Straight Up 74-17, ATS 59-30, o/u 47-41

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Saturday, November 5

Illinois at Michigan

12:00 ABC
Line: Michigan -17.5, o/u: 42.5

Wisconsin at Nebraska

12:00 ESPN
Line: Wisconsin -13.5, o/u: 39.5

Northwestern at Purdue

12:00 BTN
Line: Purdue -19.5, o/u: 47.5

Indiana at Michigan State

12:00 BTN
Line: Michigan State -10.5, o/u: 47.5

Ohio State at Maryland

3:30 ABC
Line: Ohio State -27.5, o/u: 64.5

Penn State at Rutgers

3:30 BTN
Line: Penn State -19.5, o/u: 44.5

Iowa at Minnesota

4:00 BTN
Line: Minnesota -2.5, o/u: 32.5

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Minnesota vs Northwestern Prediction Game Preview

Minnesota vs Northwestern game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 11 game on Saturday, November 12

Minnesota vs Northwestern prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 11, Saturday, November 12

Minnesota vs Northwestern How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 12
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Huntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
How To Watch: BTN
Record: Minnesota (6-3), Northwestern (1-8)
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Minnesota vs Northwestern Game Preview

Why Northwestern Will Win

The wind and awful conditions certainly helped – there wasn’t anything happening through the air – but the Wildcats still gave Ohio State a push in a 21-7 loss.

Again, the weather, but Northwestern outgained the Buckeyes 285-283. That’s a massive reach for something nice, but in the midst of a miserable season that could potentially be 1-11, the effort is still there.

Minnesota has been wildly inconsistent. The running game rocked against Rutgers, and sputtered against Nebraska. The Cats have to make the Gophers throw, keep them to under four yards per carry, and …

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Why Minnesota Will Win

Yeah, that holding Minnesota to under four yards per carry thing. That’s not happening.

The Northwestern defensive front has fallen off the map with games against better ground games over the last month. It was okay at times, but it’s allowing well over five yards per pop in Big Ten play.

Minnesota is fine at keeping things conservative and boring. It wasn’t great against the Huskers, but there weren’t any turnovers, the defense stuffed the Huskers in key moments, and all turned out to be fine.

Northwestern hasn’t forced a takeaway since October 1st – it took a brutal rain storm to come up with five against Penn State.

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What’s Going To Happen

The Minnesota defense will rise up at home.

There won’t be anything flashy about this. The four best Gopher ground games this year were in Huntington Bank – all wins.

Assume 200 rushing yards, assume dominating third downs on both sides of the ball, and assume Minnesota gets a win to make a bigger push into a stronger bowl slot.

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Minnesota vs Northwestern Prediction, Line

Minnesota 31, Northwestern 10
Line: Minnesota -17.5, o/u: 40.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Minnesota vs Northwestern Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Results So Far
Straight Up 68-16, ATS 55-27, o/u 44-37

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Saturday, November 12

Indiana at Ohio State

12:00 FOX
Line: Ohio State -40.5, o/u: 57.5

Purdue at Illinois

12:00 ESPN2
Line: Illinois -6.5, o/u: 44.5

Rutgers at Michigan State

12:00 BTN
Line: Michigan State -10.5, o/u: 40.5

Nebraska at Michigan

3:30 ABC
Prediction: Michigan 40, Nebraska 13
Line: Nebraska -29.5, o/u: 49.5

Maryland at Penn State

3:30 FOX
Line: Penn State -10.5, o/u: 59.5

Wisconsin at Iowa

3:30 FS1
Line: Wisconsin -1.5, o/u: 35.5

Northwestern at Minnesota

3:30 BTN
Line: Minnesota -17.5, o/u: 40.5

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Ohio State vs Northwestern Prediction Game Preview

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Ohio State vs Northwestern prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 10, Saturday, November 5

Ohio State vs Northwestern How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 5
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL
How To Watch: ABC
Record: Ohio State (8-0), Northwestern (1-7)
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Ohio State vs Northwestern Game Preview

Why Ohio State Will Win

It’s not like Ohio State is going to take it easy in this early on.

It wasn’t sharp enough against Penn State, the secondary got bombed on, there were turnover issues – that’s a tad bit of an overstatement, but two were too many for this team – against Rutgers and Iowa, and …

It’s fine, but there’s work to do.

That’s all nitpicking for a team that might be the most complete in college football, but it’s all about working out every possible issue with what’s likely coming for the team over the next few weeks and months.

Basically, Northwestern is about to be used as a scrimmage. The home side doesn’t have the offensive pop to come close to keeping up. But …

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Why Northwestern Will Win

The Wildcats are able to complete their midrange throws and keep the offense moving a little bit.

Sophomore QB Brendan Sullivan stepped in over the last three games and it connecting on the safe and easy plays. He’s completing 73% of his passes and had two touchdown passes against Iowa, and against Ohio State he’s going to get the ball out of his hands in a hurry and see if anything can happen.

The running game that worked against Maryland in the 31-24 loss has to get going right away, Sullivan has to get into a groove to hit his third down throws, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Uh oh.

What’s the last thing a struggling team like Northwestern needs? More football games, but even more it doesn’t need this miserable season to suddenly become tougher.

The Wildcat defense made Iowa look like the Greatest Show on Turf, the run defense hasn’t been close, and it’s all going to get ugly fast as Ohio State puts this away going into halftime.

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Ohio State vs Northwestern Prediction, Line

Ohio State 49, Northwestern 10
Line: Ohio State -37.5, o/u: 60.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5
Ohio State vs Northwestern Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Results So Far
Straight Up 66-13, ATS 51-26, o/u 41-35

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