{"id":3557,"date":"2009-02-22T09:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/illinois-ohio-state-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-22T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-22T14:08:00","slug":"illinois-ohio-state-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/illinois-ohio-state-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois-Ohio State Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Illinois Fighting Illini and the Ohio State Buckeyes will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Value City Arena. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Trent<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Meacham<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Chester Frazier were the high scorers for <st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> with seven points apiece in its 38-33 loss to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Wednesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> cashed as 9-point road underdogs as the game played under the 120.5-point total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> blew a nine point lead and fell 72-69 to Northwestern last time out, as a slight 1.5-point underdog on the road. That game&#8217;s 141 points sailed OVER the posted total of 125. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Diebler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> shot an impressive 9-for-11 from the field with a game-high 28 points in a losing effort. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 21-6 SU, <st1:date Month=\"10\" Day=\"13\" Year=\"2001\">13-10-1<\/st1:date> <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName> <br \/><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 17-7 SU, 12-8 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Illinois most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 7-3<br \/>After playing Penn State are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Penn State are 7-3<br \/>After playing Northwestern are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Illinois&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Illinois&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Illinois&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Ohio State<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Illinois&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Ohio State<br \/>Ohio State is 20-2 SU in its last 22 games at home<br \/>Ohio State is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Illinois<br \/>Ohio State is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Illinois<br \/>Ohio State is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Thursday, February 26<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Tuesday, February 24<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Fighting Illini and the Ohio State Buckeyes will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Value City Arena. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Trent Meacham and Chester Frazier were the high scorers for Illinois &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/illinois-ohio-state-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Illinois-Ohio State Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-3557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557","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=3557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}