{"id":19967,"date":"2010-03-12T13:36:20","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T18:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=19967"},"modified":"2010-03-12T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T18:37:24","slug":"fighting-illini-vs-badgers-lines-pick-120310","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/fighting-illini-vs-badgers-lines-pick-120310\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Illini vs. Badgers Preview | Free Pick (Mar. 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010 &#8211; Illinois Fighting Illini vs Wisconsin Badgers<\/h2>\n<p>Welcome to the CappersPicks.com college hoops weekly predictions pages! We KNOW you will find our FREE weekly <a href=\"\/ncaab\/\"><strong>March Madness picks<\/strong><\/a>, tips, betting advice, strategies, CBB gambling articles and more to help you become the best College Hoops bettor on your block!!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST NCAA BASKETBALL CAPPERS ON THE PLANET &amp; DAILY PLAYS!! \u2014&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Illinois @ Wisconsin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Records<\/strong>:<br \/>\nIllinois: 18-13 SU, 12-17 ATS<br \/>\nWisconsin: 23-7 SU, 17-11 ATS<\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 12, 2:25 p.m. ET<br \/>\nSportsbook favorite: Wisconsin -8.5<br \/>\nBIG TEN MEN&#8217;S TOURNAMENT &#8211; QTR FINALS &#8211; INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Badgers have been just the kind of team bettors like to ride this year. Not only are they legitimately good, sporting a 23-7 record and winning seven of their nine games, they tend to win decisively and beat the spread often. They\u2019ve beaten the spread three straight times, winning by 15 or more points in all three games. <\/p>\n<p>The most recent win came against none other than Illinois \u2013 72-57 \u2013 at Illinois. <\/p>\n<p>The Badgers play smothering defense, ranking third in the nation with just 56.1 points allowed per game. Given that Illinois is just OK offensively and lacks an elite scorer, I don\u2019t see it keeping up with the Badgers. <\/p>\n<p>This week has taught us that nothing is for certain in college hoops. But the Badgers do look like one of Thursday\u2019s safer conference tourney bets. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmaker.ag\/latest-promo\/?cmpid=17435_3889\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #FFFFFF;\" src=\"http:\/\/banners.bmaker.ag\/images\/book_basketball_260_180_0.gif?cmpid=3052_1355\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gambling Trends:<\/strong><br \/>\nIllinois is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing Wisconsin<br \/>\nWisconsin is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of Wisconsin&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Illinois<br \/>\nWisconsin is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Illinois<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of Illinois&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Wisconsin<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 5 of Illinois&#8217;s last 7 games<br \/>\nIllinois is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 16 of Wisconsin&#8217;s last 21 games <\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Pick: Wisconsin -8.5<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmaker.ag\/latest-promo\/?cmpid=17435_3889\">CLICK HERE NOW TO BET AT BOOKMAKER.COM &#8211; THE #1 SITE ONLINE FOR NCAA BASKETBALL BETTING ODDS AND GAMBLING PROMOTIONS!!!!!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Shea Matthews lives and breathes sports. 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