3/30/2024 UConn v. Illinois Game Preview

Illinois Fighting Illini (29-9, 8-6 away)
UConn Huskies (35-3, 26-0 home)
March 30, 2024 at 6:09 PM ET
NCAA Tournament

TD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts

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UConn vs. Illinois Prediction: Odds, Spread & Insights - NCAA Tournament Elite Eight

The No. 1 seed UConn Huskies (34-3) and No. 3 seed Illinois Fighting Illini (29-8) will both look to claim a spot in the NCAA Tournament Final Four when they square off on Saturday at TD Garden. The matchup tips off at 6:09 PM ET.

Against the Fighting Illini, the Huskies are currently strong 8.5-point favorites. The game's over/under has been set at 155.5 by sportsbooks.

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UConn vs. Illinois game info

  • Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024
  • Time: 6:09 PM ET
  • How to Watch on TV: TBS
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  • Location: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Venue: TD Garden
  • Spread: UConn -8.5
  • Moneylines: UConn -450, Illinois +350
  • Total: 155.5

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Prediction: Who will win the UConn vs. Illinois game?

  • Prediction: UConn 78, Illinois 74
  • Pick ATS: Illinois (+8.5)
  • Pick OU: Under (155.5)

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UConn vs. Illinois betting insights

  • UConn has covered 24 times in 35 chances against the spread this season.
  • The Huskies are 15-8 ATS this season when playing as at least 8.5-point favorites.
  • Illinois has won 19 games against the spread this season, while failing to cover 15 times.
  • The Fighting Illini have covered the spread when playing as at least 8.5-point underdogs in their only opportunity this season.
  • In six of 35 games this season, UConn and its opponents have gone over 155.5 points.
  • The Fighting Illini have played 18 games this season that have had more than 155.5 combined points scored.
  • The teams combine to score 165.8 points per game, 10.3 more points than this matchup's total.

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UConn vs. Illinois stat comparison

UConn Rank UConn AVG Illinois AVG Illinois Rank
30th 78.6 Points Scored 74.3 115th
34th 64.1 Points Allowed 67.2 88th
10th 39.3 Rebounds 37.8 35th
7th 11.5 Off. Rebounds 9.9 60th
30th 9.1 3pt Made 7.6 149th
4th 17.5 Assists 12.4 230th
217th 12.2 Turnovers 12.5 249th

UConn top performers

  • Tristen Newton: 15.3 PTS, 6.1 AST, 42.1 FG%, 32.4 3PT% (66-for-204)
  • Cam Spencer: 14.5 PTS, 1.5 STL, 48.8 FG%, 44.1 3PT% (94-for-213)
  • Donovan Clingan: 12.6 PTS, 7.4 REB, 2.4 BLK, 64.1 FG%, 33.3 3PT% (2-for-6)
  • Alex Karaban: 13.6 PTS, 49.5 FG%, 38.5 3PT% (77-for-200)
  • Stephon Castle: 10.9 PTS, 47.7 FG%, 27 3PT% (17-for-63)

Illinois top performers

  • Terrence Shannon Jr.: 23.5 PTS, 1.1 STL, 48.3 FG%, 36.3 3PT% (77-for-212)
  • Marcus Domask: 15.8 PTS, 45 FG%, 28.9 3PT% (39-for-135)
  • Coleman Hawkins: 12.3 PTS, 1.5 STL, 1.1 BLK, 46 FG%, 37.9 3PT% (58-for-153)
  • Quincy Guerrier: 9.6 PTS, 48.2 FG%, 37.8 3PT% (42-for-111)
  • Ty Rodgers: 6.3 PTS, 54.1 FG%

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2023-2024 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Illinois3840.283.429.162.0.4698.323.9.34916.923.0.73611.226.537.713.34.43.810.215.2
UConn4040.081.429.459.2.4978.523.8.35814.118.9.74310.525.736.218.76.25.48.816.3
ILL Opponents3840.373.327.563.6.4326.118.0.34112.317.0.7218.621.730.212.15.73.28.518.6
UConn Opponents4039.963.422.457.0.3925.918.7.31212.917.7.7258.018.726.810.05.43.010.116.6

2023-2024 Illinois Fighting Illini Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Rodgers M. Domask T. Shannon, Jr. Q. Guerrier C. Hawkins
Rotation   J. Harmon   L. Goode D. Dainja
Lim PT D. Gibbs-Lawhorn M. Williams   A. Hansberry  
Lim PT N. Moretti A. Redd      
Lim PT   S. Harris      
Lim PT   K. Kutcher      

2023-2024 UConn Huskies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Newton C. Spencer S. Castle A. Karaban D. Clingan
Rotation   H. Diarra     S. Johnson
Lim PT A. Hurley S. Ball J. Stewart J. Ross Y. Singare
Lim PT   A. Johnson, Jr. A. Roumoglou    

Illinois Fighting Illini Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
42 Dain Dainja F 38 10.7 6.1 2.7 4.0 .669 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.7 .477 1.5 2.1 3.6 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.1
3 Marcus Domask SF 38 34.6 15.9 5.7 12.6 .453 1.1 3.6 .297 3.4 3.9 .872 1.1 3.9 5.0 3.9 0.4 0.3 2.3 1.3
2 Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn G 27 7.3 2.4 1.0 2.8 .342 0.3 1.3 .222 0.2 0.3 .667 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.0
10 Luke Goode F 38 20.2 5.7 1.9 4.7 .397 1.6 4.1 .389 0.4 0.6 .652 1.1 2.5 3.6 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.5 1.8
13 Quincy Guerrier F 38 24.1 9.6 3.3 7.0 .476 1.1 3.0 .374 1.7 3.1 .569 1.7 4.4 6.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.8
35 Amani Hansberry FC 19 7.5 2.4 1.0 2.2 .452 0.2 0.7 .308 0.2 0.3 .667 0.6 1.5 2.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.2
4 Justin Harmon GF 38 18.7 5.6 1.9 4.8 .407 0.6 1.9 .306 1.1 1.2 .915 0.9 1.8 2.7 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.7 1.6
1 Sencire Harris G 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
33 Coleman Hawkins SF 35 31.7 12.1 4.1 9.1 .451 1.7 4.6 .369 2.2 2.7 .792 1.4 4.7 6.1 2.7 1.5 1.1 1.6 2.6
22 Keaton Kutcher G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 Niccolo Moretti PG 16 6.6 1.7 0.5 0.8 .667 0.1 0.2 .667 0.6 0.9 .643 0.1 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.4
5 A.J. Redd G 10 2.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.4 .250 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
20 Ty Rodgers G 38 22.8 6.2 2.6 4.9 .527 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.7 .585 2.3 3.0 5.3 2.0 0.4 0.4 1.3 1.7
0 Terrence Shannon, Jr. F 32 33.9 23.0 6.8 14.4 .475 2.4 6.7 .362 6.9 8.6 .801 0.8 3.2 4.0 2.3 1.0 0.9 2.0 2.2
25 Max Williams SG 10 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.4 .750 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0

UConn Huskies Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
1 Solomon Ball G 38 11.9 3.4 1.2 3.1 .385 0.6 1.9 .319 0.4 0.6 .696 0.4 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.7
5 Stephon Castle G 34 27.0 11.1 4.0 8.5 .472 0.6 2.2 .267 2.4 3.2 .755 1.7 3.0 4.7 2.9 0.8 0.5 1.5 2.4
32 Donovan Clingan C 35 22.6 13.0 5.3 8.3 .639 0.1 0.2 .250 2.3 4.0 .583 2.5 4.9 7.4 1.5 0.5 2.5 0.8 2.0
10 Hassan Diarra SG 40 19.2 6.1 2.1 4.5 .483 0.6 1.8 .357 1.1 1.5 .780 0.8 2.2 3.0 2.4 0.8 0.3 1.1 1.9
20 Andrew Hurley G 17 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.4 .333 0.1 0.3 .400 0.1 0.1 .500 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
40 Andre Johnson, Jr. G 12 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 .500 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
35 Samson Johnson PF 40 15.9 5.4 2.5 3.5 .725 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.9 .432 1.0 1.7 2.8 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.8 3.0
11 Alex Karaban F 39 31.3 13.3 4.9 9.9 .495 2.1 5.5 .379 1.4 1.6 .885 1.4 3.6 5.1 1.5 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.7
2 Tristen Newton SG 40 33.3 15.1 4.5 11.0 .415 1.8 5.5 .321 4.2 5.2 .808 1.4 5.2 6.6 6.2 0.9 0.3 2.5 1.8
23 Jayden Ross F 22 4.8 0.7 0.3 1.0 .273 0.0 0.5 .091 0.1 0.2 .400 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3
33 Apostolos Roumoglou SG 23 2.4 1.0 0.3 0.5 .583 0.2 0.4 .556 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2
24 Youssoufa Singare C 23 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
12 Cam Spencer SG 40 32.8 14.3 4.9 10.1 .484 2.5 5.6 .440 2.0 2.2 .911 1.1 3.8 4.8 3.6 1.5 0.2 1.0 2.1
3 Jaylin Stewart F 37 9.0 2.5 1.0 2.1 .474 0.3 1.0 .270 0.2 0.4 .438 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.8

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