Nebraska is struggling, especially at home, where Huskers are 4-6 ATS, getting thumped recently by USC and Rutgers. ILL;s guards can take over this game while Huskers D is designed to double bigs down low. ILL lost by 2 at Sparty but crushed IND and ORE on road. Best rebounding and scoring team in Big 10; average 11 more rebounds than Huskers. Illinois is +7.8 in conference play and NEB is -10.8. ILL won 9 straight in the series, all by at least 3 games with an average margin of victory of 11.8. Huskers 1-6 ATS in last 7 games overall. Flu bug that struck ILL is largely behind them now.