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Wisconsin vs. Illinois odds, prediction, time: 2024 Big Ten Tournament final picks from red-hot expert
The second-seeded Illinois Fighting Illini will look to earn their fourth Big Ten Tournament championship and first since 2021 when they take on the fifth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers on Sunday. The Badgers (22-12, 11-9 Big Ten), who have won four of five, including three in a row, upset top-seeded Purdue 76-75 in overtime in Saturday’s semifinal. The Fighting Illini (25-8, 14-6 Big Ten), who have won six of seven, including three straight, rallied to a 98-87 win over Nebraska in the other semifinal.
Tip-off from the Target Center in Minneapolis is set for 3:30 p.m. ET. The Fighting Illini are 3.5-point favorites in the latest Wisconsin vs. Illinois odds from SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 148. Before making any Illinois vs. Wisconsin picks, check out the college basketball predictions and betting advice from SportsLine expert Zack Cimini.
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Now, Cimini has his sights on Wisconsin vs. Illinois. You can visit SportsLine now to see his picks. Here are the college basketball lines and trends for Illinois vs. Wisconsin:
- Wisconsin vs. Illinois spread: Illinois -3.5
- Wisconsin vs. Illinois over/under: 148 points
- Wisconsin vs. Illinois money line: Wisconsin +140, Illinois -167
- WIS: The Badgers are 15-17-2 against the spread this season
- ILL: The Fighting Illini are 6-4 ATS in their last 10 games
- Wisconsin vs. Illinois picks: See picks at SportsLine
Why Illinois can cover
Senior guard Terrence Shannon Jr. has helped carry the Illini to the title game. He poured in a season-high 40 points in the win over Nebraska on Saturday, adding two rebounds and two steals. He had 28 points, three rebounds and three assists in a 77-74 win over Ohio State in the quarterfinals a day earlier. He has three double-doubles this year, including a 35-point and 11-rebound effort in a 90-89 loss at Penn State on Feb. 21. In 26 games, including 25 starts, Shannon is averaging 21.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and one block in 34 minutes.
Also powering the Fighting Illini is senior forward Marcus Domask. The Wisconsin native had 16 points, eight assists and seven rebounds against the Cornhuskers on Saturday. In the regular-season meeting against the Badgers, Domask poured in 31 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out three assists in 35 minutes. He has reached double-digit scoring in 25 games, and has registered three double-doubles. See which team to pick here.
Why Wisconsin can cover
After starting the season as one of the best teams in the country, the Badgers hit the skids in February, going 3-8 from Feb. 1 through March 10. Since then, however, Wisconsin has looked like its early-season self. One of the reasons has been the play of sophomore guard AJ Storr. He poured in 30 points and grabbed six rebounds in a 70-61 win over Northwestern in Friday’s quarterfinals, and added 20 points and six boards in a 76-75 overtime win over Purdue on Saturday.
Also powering the Badgers is junior forward Steven Crowl. In three games this tournament, he has reached double-digit scoring in each, including a 19-point, seven-rebound and three-assist effort in the quarterfinal win over the Wildcats. He had 17 points, three boards and two assists in an 87-56 second-round win over Maryland. In 33 games, all starts, Crowl is averaging 11.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and two assists in 28.7 minutes. See which team to pick here.
How to make Wisconsin vs. Illinois picks
Cimini has analyzed Illinois vs. Wisconsin and while we can tell you he’s leaning Under the point total, he has also discovered a critical X-factor that has him jumping all over one side of the spread. He’s sharing what it is, and which side to back, only at SportsLine.
Who wins Illinois vs. Wisconsin, and which critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Wisconsin vs. Illinois spread hits hard, all from the expert who entered the 2023-24 season up more than $1,300 on his college basketball picks, and find out.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law Friday making Illinois the newest state allowing medically assisted dying in terminally ill residents.
Known as “Deb’s Law,” it allows eligible terminally ill adults with a prognosis to live six months or less to request a prescription from their doctor that would allow them to die on their own terms.
The legislation was narrowly approved by the Illinois Senate in October after the Illinois House passed it in May.
People on both sides of the debate over the controversial legislation lobbied the governor up until the last minute. Medical aid in dying, also called assisted suicide or dying with dignity, is already legal in 12 states. Eight more are considering similar legislation.
“I have been deeply impacted by the stories of Illinoisans or their loved ones that have suffered from a devastating terminal illness, and I have been moved by their dedication to standing up for freedom and choice at the end of life in the midst of personal heartbreak,” Pritzker said in a news release after signing the bill.
Pritzker’s signature makes Illinois the first state in the Midwest to allow medically assisted death.
Advocates for the law say it allows adults to die on their own terms when survival is already not an option. Opponents say the bill legalizes “state-sanctioned suicide.”
The law requires two doctors to determine a patient has a terminal disease and will die within six months. The medication provided would need to be requested both orally and in written documentation, and will have to be self-administered. The law also requires all patients opting into medical assistance in dying to have been full informed about all end-of-life care options, including comfort care, hospice, palliative care and pain control.
The law is named for Deb Robertson, a former social worker from Lombard who had an aggressive case of neuroendocrine carcinoma. She began advocating for medical aid in dying in 2022 and has been a central figure in the movement.
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Advocates, opponents seek to sway Gov. JB Pritzker on medical aid in dying legislation passed by Illinois General Assembly
Illinois could soon join a growing list of states where terminally ill patients would be allowed to take life-ending medication prescribed by a doctor.
The Illinois Senate narrowly approved the “medical aid in dying” legislation in October, after the Illinois House passed it in May, and the legislation is now sitting on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk.
Pritzker has not said if he’ll sign it, and the controversial legislation has people on both sides trying to bend the governor’s ear.
Medical aid in dying, also called assisted suicide or dying with dignity, is legal in 12 states, with eight others considering similar legislation.
If Pritzker allows the “End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act” passed by the Illinois General Assembly to become law, Illinois could be the first state in the Midwest to allow medical aid in dying.
Suzy Flack, whose son Andrew died of cancer, is among the advocates urging the governor to sign the bill.
Diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2017 in his home state of Illinois, three years later Andrew moved to California, where medical aid in dying is legal, and chose to end his life in 2022.
“He died on his own terms, peacefully. We were all there to see it and embrace him at that moment, and it was really a beautiful thing,” Suzy said. “His last words were, ‘I’m happy. Please sign this. Allow people in Illinois this option.’”
Illinois is on the brink of joining a growing number of states that allow doctors to prescribe a mixture of lethal medication for terminally ill patients.
Outside the governor’s Chicago office on Thursday, many disability advocates, religious leaders, lawmakers, and doctors have called on Pritzker to veto the bill that would legalize what they call state-sanctioned suicide
“The question becomes where do you draw the line in the medical ethics dilemmas?” one physician who identified himself as Dr. Pete said. “We don’t need to go to this crossing of a red line of actually providing a means to directly end life.”
Republican Illinois state Sen. Chris Balkema said he “would really appreciate it if the governor would veto this bill.”
“My plea is that we veto this; come back with language that is constructive on both sides,” he said.
Pritzker has he is reviewing the legislation and is listening to advocates on both sides before deciding whether to sign it.
“It’s a hard issue, and I don’t want anybody to think making up your mind about this is very easy. It’s not. There’s a lot to consider, but most of all it’s about compassion,” he said. “There’s evidence and information on both sides that leads me to think seriously about what direction to go.”
The Illinois legislation would require two doctors to determine that a patient has a terminal disease and will die within six months. The medication provided to terminally ill patients would need to be requested both orally and in written form, and would have to be self-administered.
The bill was sent to Pritzker on Nov. 25, and he has 60 days from then to either sign it, amend it and send it back to lawmakers, veto it, or allow it to become law without his signature.
Snow is making a comeback in Central Illinois.
IPM meteorologist Andrew Pritchard said A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Champaign County and surrounding portions of east-central Illinois beginning Thursday at 3:00 p.m. to Friday at 6:00 a.m.
Snow will spread into Champaign-Urbana between 3-6 PM late this afternoon into the evening with periods of moderate to heavy snowfall continuing overnight. Snow should taper off around sunrise on Friday morning, with around 2-4″ of new snow accumulation expected across Champaign County.
Winds will blow out of the east around 5-10 mph, with minimal impacts from blowing & drifting snow. Still, snow accumulation on roadways could lead to hazardous travel conditions overnight into the Friday morning commute.
On Saturday, the National Weather Service in Central Illinois forecasted for snow to return on Saturday afternoon. The chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Temperatures will drop below zero across much of central Illinois both Saturday night and Sunday night with resulting wind chill values as cold as 15 to 30 below zero.
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