TOM'S 16-0 RARE 4* NCAA BASKETBALL BEST BET
- Handicapper
- Tom Stryker
- League
- NCAAB
- Competition
- Nebraska vs Illinois
- Release Date
- 12/13/2025 10:16 AM
- Event Date
- 12/13/2025 04:00 PM
- Bet Type
- Point Spread
- Pick
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Illinois -10.5 (-110)
(Consensus Line)
- Outcome
- Loss
- Analysis
- #670 ILLINOIS (-) over Nebraska at 4 PM EST
Off back-to-back SU and ATS wins over Tennessee and Ohio State, Illinois will stay hot and pick up another dub and cover when undefeated Nebraska comes to town. Head coach Fred Hoiberg and the Cornhuskers have won all 10 games they have played this season and this they will have their hands full in this their first true road game of the season.
Revenge motivation will have the Fighting Illini focused on the task at hand. Last year, Illinois (-4) traveled to Lincoln and left with an 80-74 loss in its pocket. Thankfully, head coach Brad Underwood and his troops own a solid 7-0 SU and 6-1 ATS record in this series when playing in a payback mode. Also, when priced as a home favorite of -10 or more and carrying a team won/loss percentage of .750 or higher, the Fighting Illini sport a tremendous 32-14-2 ATS mark provided their opponent checks in with confidence off a blowout win of 10 points or more. In this situation facing a Big 10 foe, Illinois improves to an elite 16-1-1 ATS including a phenomenal 16-0-1 ATS provided it is favored by -2 or more.
This is a horrible wagering spot for the Huskers. For starters, in its first true road game of the season, Nebraska owns a feeble 5-23 SU and 10-16 ATS record including a miserable 3-19 SU and 7-14 ATS provided it slips in with momentum off a straight up win. Additionally, on foreign soil arriving with steam off two or more straight up victories, Coach Hoiberg and his boys hold a horrible 39-83 SU and 43-70-2 ATS mark including a surprising 14-36 SU and 10-35-1 ATS provided they sport a team won/loss percentage greater than .750. With those two parameters live and Nebish off a blowout victory of 14 points or more, this angle crashes to a disturbing 7-25 SU and 4-25-1 ATS.
The Fighting Illini have won all six inside the State Farm Center this season by an average of 29.7 points per game and they will have no trouble extending the margin in this revenge opportunity. Take Illinois. Thanks and best of luck, Tom.
