{"id":3229,"date":"2009-01-04T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/illinois-michigan-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-01-04T10:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T15:48:00","slug":"illinois-michigan-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/illinois-michigan-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois-Michigan Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Crisler Arena will be treated to a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Michigan Wolverines when they take their seats on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Wolverines listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Fighting Illini, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> gave Purdue all they could handle on Tuesday and came away with a 71-67 upset victory. Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won the game as 8-point underdogs, and the 138 points made it OVER the posted total of 127. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike Tisdale had a game-high 18 points to lead the way, while Mike Davis and Alex Legion added 12 apiece in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> was upset 73-61 by Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> on Wednesday as 3.5-point favorites at home. That game’s 134 points made it OVER the posted total of 126. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Zack Novak shot 7-for-11 with 20 points and seven rebounds in a losing effort. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 7 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 13-1 SU, 7-4 ATS
Michigan: 10-3 SU, 5-2-1<\/st1:date> ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
A few trends to consider:
Illinois is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Illinois is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Illinois is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Illinois is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing Michigan
Michigan is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Illinois
Michigan is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
Michigan is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Michigan is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Illinois<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, January 10
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, January 7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Crisler Arena will be treated to a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Michigan Wolverines when they take their seats on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Wolverines listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Fighting Illini, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Illinois gave Purdue all they could … Continue reading Illinois-Michigan Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}