Fighting Illini vs. Wildcats
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Jan 01 | CBB AI Picks
Updated: 2025-12-30T03:31:50.923562ZBy Remi at Leans.AI — AI picks for ATS, ML, OU & props
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Date: Jan 01, 2026
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Remi, our AI sports genius, has been pouring over exorbitant amounts of data from every angle between the Fighting Illini and Wildcats and using recursive machine learning and impressive AI to boil down the data to a single cover probability.
The Algorithm has been most watching on the trending factor knucklehead sportsbettors often put on Illinois’s strength factors between a Fighting Illini team going up against a possibly unhealthy Wildcats team. In reality, the true game analytics might reflect a moderate lean against one Vegas line specifically.
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Below is our current AI Illinois vs Northwestern picks, computer picks Fighting Illini vs Wildcats, best bets, model edges, confidence ratings.
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| CBB |
   LEAN |    %WIN |    UNITS | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRAKE@MIZZOU | DRAKE +6.5 | 53.50% | 2 | WIN |
| XAVIER@TEXAS | XAVIER -2.5 | 53.40% | 2 | WIN |
| UAB@MEMP | MEMP -3.5 | 54.00% | 2 | WIN |
| LVILLE@DUKE | LVILLE +6.5 | 53.10% | 2 | LOSS |
| ECU@UAB | UAB -5 | 53.60% | 2 | WIN |
| PURDUE@MICH | MICH +3 | 54.60% | 3 | WIN |
| CLEM@LVILLE | CLEM -120 | 56.10% | 3 | LOSS |
| COL@HOU | ANDREJ JAKIMOVSKI PTS + REB + AST - UNDER 15.5 | 53.70% | 2 | LOSS |
| FORD@GWASH | FORD +7 | 53.80% | 2 | WIN |
| SEATTLE@ABIL | ABIL +6 | 54.50% | 3 | WIN |
| BAMAST@TEXSOU | BAMAST -110 | 55.40% | 4 | WIN |
| OHIO@TOLEDO | TOLEDO +3 | 56.70% | 4 | WIN |
| UVA@GATECH | GATECH +1.5 | 53.70% | 2 | WIN |
| COLO@WVU | COLO +7.5 | 53.20% | 2 | WIN |
| USC@RUT | USC -115 | 54.00% | 2 | WIN |
| TEXAS@VANDY | VANDY -130 | 56.50% | 3 | LOSS |
| BUTLER@PROV | BUTLER -115 | 55.20% | 3 | WIN |
| IDAHO@MONTANA | MONTANA -6 | 53.50% | 2 | WIN |
| TROY@JMAD | TROY -125 | 55.60% | 2 | WIN |
| BELMONT@DRAKE | DRAKE -7.5 | 53.50% | 2 | LOSS |
| UCSD@UCDAV | UCSD -12.5 | 53.40% | 2 | LOSS |
| SIUE@SEMO | SEMO -2.5 | 54.80% | 3 | LOSS |
| ALCORN@ARKPB | ARKPB +6.5 | 56.00% | 4 | WIN |
| NORFLK@HOWARD | HOWARD +5.5 | 53.70% | 2 | LOSS |
| NKY@CLEVST | NKY +4.5 | 54.40% | 3 | LOSS |
| STNFRD@ND | STNFRD -125 | 56.40% | 3 | LOSS |
| TENN@OLEMISS | OLEMISS +2.5 | 54.30% | 3 | WIN |
| LSALLE@GMASON | GMASON -12 | 54.30% | 3 | LOSS |
| PITT@NCST | NCST +2.5 | 56.70% | 4 | WIN |
| IND@OREG | OREG -6.5 | 53.60% | 2 | WIN |
| FSU@UVA | UVA -4 | 54.40% | 3 | LOSS |
| ARK@VANDY | ARK +7.5 | 54.40% | 3 | WIN |
| SDGST@UNLV | UNLV +2.5 | 54.10% | 3 | WIN |
| EKTY@JVILLE | JVILLE -135 | 58.90% | 3 | WIN |
| MANHAT@NIAGARA | MANHAT -115 | 54.70% | 3 | WIN |
| MEMP@UAB | MEMP -115 | 54.90% | 3 | WIN |
| ILL@MICH | MICH -2.5 | 56.00% | 4 | LOSS |
| OKLA@OLEMISS | OKLA +7.5 | 54.50% | 3 | WIN |
| ARIZST@UTAH | ARIZST +8.5 | 54.60% | 3 | LOSS |
| GC@SEATTLE | GC -110 | 55.00% | 3 | WIN |
| PENN@CLMBIA | CLMBIA -122 | 57.50% | 4 | LOSS |
| IONA@NIAGARA | NIAGARA +1.5 | 54.30% | 3 | LOSS |
| MARIST@SACHRT | SACHRT -120 | 55.40% | 3 | WIN |
| CLEVST@WRIGHT | CLEVST +1.5 | 54.30% | 3 | LOSS |
| NDAK@STTHOM | STTHOM -10 | 54.30% | 3 | WIN |
| USD@WASHST | WASHST -12.5 | 55.20% | 4 | LOSS |
| CSBAK@LBEACH | CSBAK -130 | 59.70% | 4 | WIN |
| BU@LEHIGH | LEHIGH -135 | 57.70% | 3 | LOSS |
| DUQ@LSALLE | DUQ -125 | 56.70% | 3 | WIN |
| BYU@ARIZST | ARIZST +7.5 | 54.60% | 3 | LOSS |
| UTAHST@BOISE | BOISE -4 | 55.50% | 4 | WIN |