NCAA basketball betting heats up on ESPN U on Tuesday as #21 Illinois hosts Wofford. The Illini are heavily favored at home in college basketball betting as they look to stretch their season opening win streak to four. Here is a look at some NCAA basketball betting numbers to consider for this Tuesday night prime time matchup.
NCAA basketball betting has Illinois being led by Demetri McCamey who is second in the country in assists, averaging 8.3 per game. Mike Davis is 10th in the country in rebounds, averaging 12 per game. You would think with those numbers that Illinois would be good in scoring and it is true as they rank 9th in the country in scoring at 90 points per game this college basketball season.
Illinois rarely loses non-conference games. Under head coach Bruce Weber the Illini is 72-11 in regular season non-conference games and that includes 42-4 at home. In their last NCAA basketball betting game, Illinois routed Presbyterian by a score of 94-48.
Wofford has some interesting NCAA basketball betting numbers. They are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 Tuesday games. The Terriers are 6-0 in NCAA basketball betting in their last 6 non-conference games. The Terriers are 8-1 vs. the college basketball betting odds in their last 9 games overall and they are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 road games.
The Fighting Illini are 5-2 in NCAA basketball betting in their last 7 Tuesday games. The Fighting Illini are 2-5 vs. the college basketball betting line in their last 7 games overall.
Many of Wofford’s road games have been going under the NCAA basketball betting total. 9 of their last 13 on the road have gone under. Four of Illinois’ last four games have gone over. At home though, the Illini have gone under the college basketball betting total in 13 of their last 18.
Wofford may be just 2-2 this season but they are a profitable 3-0 in NCAA basketball betting. They covered at Bradley, won at Georgia outright and covered at Pittsburgh, losing by just three as 15 point NCAA basketball betting underdogs.
Wofford was led last time out by Junior Salters who had 15 points. Noah Dahlman added 11 points. Illinois was led in their last NCAA basketball betting game by D.J. Richardson who had 15 points while Mike Davis added 12 point and nine rebounds.