Scarlet Knights vs. Fighting Illini
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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 mountains of data from every simulation between the Scarlet Knights and Fighting Illini and using recursive machine learning and industry leading AI to boil down the data to a single cover probability.
The Algorithm has been most fixated on the trending factor knucklehead sportsbettors tend to put on Illinois’s strength factors between a Scarlet Knights team going up against a possibly strong Fighting Illini team. We’ve found the true game analytics might reflect a strong lean against one Vegas line in particular.
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Below is our current AI Rutgers vs Illinois picks, computer picks Scarlet Knights vs Fighting Illini, 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 |