Illinois vs Arkansas Basketball Prediction, Best Bets, Spread & Odds - November 28

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The Illinois Fighting Illini (5-1) hope to extend a five-game home win streak when they host the Arkansas Razorbacks (5-1) on November 28, 2024.

Before you place your bet on this matchup at FanDuel Sportsbook, here are the NCAA basketball odds and spreads you need to know.

Illinois vs. Arkansas Game Info and Odds

All college basketball win probability predictions and picks are according to numberFire.
Prediction: Illinois win (82.3%)

Read these betting insights and trends before you bet on Thursday's Illinois-Arkansas spread (Illinois -3.5) or over/under (155.5 points).

Illinois has covered four times in six matchups with a spread this season.
Arkansas has put together a 3-3-0 ATS record so far this year.
Illinois covers the spread when it is a 3.5-point favorite or more 80% of the time. That's more often than Arkansas covers as an underdog of 3.5 or more (never covered this season).
The Fighting Illini covered the spread in a lower percentage of their home games than road games last season. They covered nine times in 18 games when playing at home, and they covered seven times in 11 games on the road.
Against the spread last year, the Razorbacks had better results away (5-4-0) than at home (9-8-0).

Illinois has yet to lose any of the three games it has been chosen as the moneyline favorite in this season.
The Fighting Illini have yet to lose in three games when named as moneyline favorite of -170 or better.
Arkansas has been the moneyline underdog only one other time so far this season, a game it lost.
The Razorbacks have played as a moneyline underdog of +140 or longer in just one game this season, which they lost.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies Illinois has a 63% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.

Illinois has a +181 scoring differential, topping opponents by 30.2 points per game. It is putting up 89 points per game to rank 14th in college basketball and is allowing 58.8 per outing to rank 12th in college basketball.
Illinois' leading scorer, Will Riley, is 115th in the country scoring 17.2 points per game.
Arkansas puts up 81.2 points per game (93rd in college basketball) while giving up 59.2 per outing (14th in college basketball). It has a +132 scoring differential and outscores opponents by 22 points per game.
Arkansas' leading scorer, Adou Thiero, is 75th in college basketball, averaging 18 points per game.
The Fighting Illini are first in the nation at 46.3 rebounds per game. That's 17.8 more than the 28.5 their opponents average.
Tomislav Ivisic's 8.7 rebounds per game lead the Fighting Illini and rank 48th in college basketball action.
The Razorbacks rank 179th in the country at 33.5 rebounds per game. That's four more than the 29.5 their opponents average.
Thiero's 5.8 rebounds per game lead the Razorbacks and rank 401st in the nation.
Illinois scores 105.4 points per 100 possessions (44th in college basketball), while giving up 69.7 points per 100 possessions (second in college basketball).
The Razorbacks rank 93rd in college basketball with 102.1 points scored per 100 possessions, and seventh defensively with 74.5 points conceded per 100 possessions.

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