Illinois vs. Ohio State prediction: Illinois favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/9/2025]

Ohio State will face Illinois in men's college basketball action at Value City Arena on Tuesday, starting at 7:30PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Illinois as the most likely winner of the Illinois vs. Ohio State game.

This article offers an expanded analysis of Tuesday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Illinois vs. Ohio State prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Tuesday's NCAA basketball game between Illinois and Ohio State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives Illinois a 64% chance of beating Ohio State. Our predicted final score has Illinois winning 80-76.

According to our model, Ohio State (+4.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the 157.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of staying under.

Illinois vs. Ohio State odds

We have sourced the best men's college basketball odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Illinois vs. Ohio State picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities against the best available odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: