Purdue vs. Illinois Prediction: Illinois Predicted to Win College Basketball Matchup [3/7/2025]

Illinois will face Purdue in college basketball action at State Farm Center on Friday, beginning at 8:00PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model (see Dimers Pro for full access) projects Illinois as the most likely winner of today's game.

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"Employing the latest data, our experts simulated Friday's Purdue-Illinois game 10,000 times," said Dimers' Chief Content Officer, Nick Slade.

"After computing the latest updates and thousands of other inputs, we predict Illinois' chance of winning is 67%, while Purdue's is 33%."

For expanded analysis of Friday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks, visit our interactive Purdue vs. Illinois predictions page.

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Purdue vs. Illinois Prediction: Who Will Win, Cover the Spread?

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

Our famous predictive model currently gives Illinois a 67% chance of beating Purdue. Our predicted final score has Illinois winning 82-77.

According to our model, Illinois (-4.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the 158.5-point over/under has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Pre-Game Probabilities

Last Updated: 12:33AM, Mar 8

Spread

Over / Under

Moneyline

Purdue

Illinois -4.5

45%

55%

-110

-110

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Illinois

Purdue PUR

-110

Illinois -4.5

45%

55%

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Illinois ILL

-110

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Purdue vs. Illinois Odds

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Purdue vs. Illinois Game-Day Updates and Essential Details

Friday's college basketball game between Illinois and Purdue at State Farm Center is scheduled to begin at 8:00PM ET.

• Who: Purdue vs. Illinois
• Date: Friday, March 7, 2025
• Time: 8:00PM ET/5:00PM PT
• Venue: State Farm Center

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Conclusion

We predict Illinois, with a 67% win probability, will likely beat Purdue on Friday.

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