{"id":329468,"date":"2025-02-18T15:30:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=329468"},"modified":"2025-02-18T15:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:31:13","slug":"college-mens-basketball-best-bet-february-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/college-mens-basketball-best-bet-february-18\/","title":{"rendered":"College basketball best bet Feb. 18: Fade offence in Illinois vs. No. 11 Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Big Ten is front and centre for my Tuesday night college basketball best bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: When the Illinois Fighting Illini visit the No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers, I expect a hard fought, defensive battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my college basketball best bet for Feb. 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">College basketball best bet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10530\">college basketball betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Illinois\/Wisconsin under 161.5 points (-110)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When No. 16 Wisconsin travelled to Illinois in December, the teams hit the over in an 86-80 victory for the Illini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But given how the Badgers have been battening down the hatches at home lately, I don&#8217;t anticipate that happening again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unders are 7-1 in Wisconsin&#8217;s past eight home games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unders are 4-1 in Illinois&#8217; past five road games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Both teams rank in the bottom 60 defensively in terms of turnover rate, so there shouldn&#8217;t be many fast-break points. The Badgers and Illini also both rank in the top 70 in effective field goal percentage allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Illinois plays at the 17th-quickest pace in NCAA Division I, but I expect Wisconsin to do its best to dictate the tempo in front of what will be a raucous Kohl Center crowd in Madison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> In Wisconsin&#8217;s past four home games, the average total was 138.8 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pick made at 3:20 p.m. ET 02\/18\/2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Big Ten is front and centre for my Tuesday night college basketball best bet. The pregame narrative: When the Illinois Fighting Illini visit the No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers, I expect a hard fought, defensive battle. Check out my college basketball best bet for Feb. 18. 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