Illinois vs. Syracuse prediction, odds: 2022 college basketball picks, Nov. 29 best bets from proven model

college-basketball/teams/ILL/illinois-fighting-illini/">Illinois Fighting Illini host Syracuse Orange in the 2022 ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m. ET in Champaign. Illinis are 11.5-point home favorites. The over/under is 145 in Vegas. SportsLine's proven computer model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. It has made a profit of more than $1,500 for $100 players on its top-rated college Basketball picks against the spread.

Illinois vs. Syracuse is a college basketball game on November 29th. The game is covered 11.5 points. Illinois is 3-2-1 against the spread this season.

Illinois is 3-2-1 against the spread this season and 4-3 against a spread. Syracuse is 4th-place in the ACC this year.

Illinois has a standout in senior guard Terrence Shannon Jr. who is averaging 20.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Illinois is in the top five of the country with 59.5% effective field goal shooting. Syracuse struggles mightily in defensive rebounding and is shooting 35.6% from 3-point range against Syracuse.

Syracuse is keyed by the guard tandem of freshman Judah Mintz and senior Joseph Girard III. No team has a lower percentage of shots blocked than Syracuse (2.7%) and the Orange commit a turnover on only 17% of offensive possessions. Syracuse is also above the national average in 2-point accuracy (50.2%), offensive rebound rate (31.5%) and block rate at 17.9%.

SportsLine's model is leaning Under on the total. It projects 139 combined points. One side of the spread hits well over 50% of time.