Big Ten College Basketball Predictions & Picks Today – February 17

Written By PlayPicks Staff on February 17, 2024

The Illinois Fighting Illini versus the Maryland Terrapins is one of four games on the Saturday college basketball slate that features a Big Ten team. If you look below, you can see our best bets for that conference action.

Scroll down to find the best spread, total, and moneyline bets in the Big Ten based on our computer projections and make your bets with DraftKings Sportsbook.

Spread Pick: Illinois (-2.5) at Maryland

Both DraftKings and the model expect Illinois to walk away with the win, but the model spread (4.6) is 2.1 points further in their direction.

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ATS Record Favorite ATS Record Underdog ATS Record Home ATS Record Away ATS Record Conference ATS Record
Illinois 12-10-1 9-9-1 3-1-0 6-8-1 4-2-0 6-5-1
Maryland 9-15-0 5-8-0 4-7-0 5-8-0 4-5-0 6-8-0

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Total Pick: Illinois at Maryland Over (139)

The DraftKings point total for this game is 4.3 points lower than the model projection.

O-U-P Home O-U-P Away O-U-P Conference O-U-P
Maryland 7-17-0 3-10-0 4-5-0 4-10-0
Illinois 16-7-0 8-7-0 6-0-0 10-2-0

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Moneyline Pick: Wisconsin (-102) at Iowa (-118)

Score Prediction: Wisconsin 77, Iowa 76

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ML Fave. Record ML Und. Record Home ML Fave. Record Home ML Und. Record Away ML Fave. Record Away ML Und. Record Conf. ML Fave. Record Conf. ML Und. Record
Wisconsin 10-4 4-5 8-0 1-2 1-4 2-3 7-3 2-3
Iowa 9-3 2-8 9-2 0-1 0-1 2-6 5-3 2-5

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Today’s Big Ten Schedule

Matchup Game Time TV Favorite Total
Penn State (12-14) at Nebraska (18-8) 12:00 PM ET BTN Nebraska (-8) 151.5
Wisconsin (17-9) at Iowa (15-11) 2:15 PM ET BTN Iowa (-1) 151.5
Illinois (18-6) at Maryland (14-11) 5:30 PM ET FOX Illinois (-2.5) 139
Michigan State (16-9) at Michigan (8-17) 8:00 PM ET FOX Michigan State (-6) 144.5

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