Illinois vs. Tennessee prediction: Why Tennessee is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/6/2025]

Tennessee and Illinois will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday, starting at 8:00PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Tennessee as the most likely winner of the Illinois vs. Tennessee game.

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

Illinois vs. Tennessee prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Illinois and Tennessee 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Tennessee a 61% chance of beating Illinois. Our predicted final score has Tennessee winning 76-73.

According to our model, Tennessee (-2.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the 151.5-point over/under has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Illinois vs. Tennessee 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. Tennessee picks and best bet

After matching our predictions 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: