A Big Ten battle is on tap between the  No. 19 Illinois Fighting Illini and the Minnesota Golden Gophers at 7:30 p.m. ET tonight at State Farm Center. Illinois is 15-5 overall and 11-1 at home, while Minnesota is 11-9 overall and 1-6 on the road. The Fighting Illini are second in the Big Ten; Minnesota is seventh. The Fighting Illini are favored by 5.5 points in the latest Illinois vs. Minnesota odds, while the Over-Under is set at 134. Before you make any Minnesota vs. Illinois picks and predictions, you'll want to see what the SportsLine Projection Model is saying.

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Now, it has simulated Illinois vs. Minnesota 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over, and it has generated a pick that hits in well over 50 percent of simulations. You absolutely need to see it before locking in your own picks.

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