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Northern Iowa vs. Illinois State prediction, odds: 2023 MVC Tournament picks, best bets from proven model
The Northern Iowa Panthers look to run their profitable streak over the Illinois State Redbirds to 10 video games once they meet in an Arch Insanity first-round matchup on the 2023 Missouri Valley Convention Match in St. Louis on Thursday. The Panthers (13-17, Sept. 11 MVC), who positioned eighth within the convention standings, have misplaced two in a row and eight of 9. The Redbirds (11-20, 6-14) snapped a six-game dropping streak on Sunday with a 72-53 win over Evansville. Northern Iowa received each regular-season conferences – 66-60 at Regular, Illinois, on Dec. 31, and 65-63 at Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Jan. 18. The winner of this matchup will tackle top-seeded Bradley within the 2023 MVC Match on Friday within the quarterfinals.
Tipoff from the Enterprise Heart is about for 1 p.m. ET. Illinois State leads the all-time collection 45-44, and holds a 7-6 collection edge in impartial web site video games. The Panthers are 4-point favorites within the newest Illinois State vs. Northern Iowa odds from Caesars Sportsbook, whereas the over/underneath for whole factors scored is about at 134.5. Earlier than making any Northern Iowa vs. Illinois State picks, make sure to try the faculty basketball predictions and betting recommendation from the SportsLine Projection Mannequin.
The SportsLine Projection Mannequin simulates each Division I school basketball recreation 10,000 instances. The mannequin enters Week 17 of the season 76-46 on all-top rated school basketball picks this season, returning greater than $1,600 for $100 gamers. Anyone who has adopted it has seen enormous returns.
Now, the mannequin has set its sights on UNI vs. Illinois State and simply locked in its picks and CBB predictions. You may go to SportsLine now to see the mannequin’s picks. Listed below are the faculty basketball odds and betting strains for Illinois State vs. UNI:
- Illinois State vs. Northern Iowa unfold: Northern Iowa -4
- Illinois State vs. Northern Iowa over/underneath: 134.5 factors
- Illinois State vs. Northern Iowa cash line: Illinois State +152, Northern Iowa -180
- ILST: The Over is 8-2 within the Redbirds’ final 10 video games following a straight-up win
- UNI: The Panthers are 5-1 towards the unfold of their final six impartial web site video games
- Illinois State vs. Northern Iowa picks: See picks at SportsLine
Featured Sport | Northern Iowa Panthers vs. Illinois State Redbirds
Why Northern Iowa can cowl
Sophomore guard Bowen Born leads the Panthers, averaging 17.2 factors, 2.6 assists and a pair of.3 rebounds per recreation. He’s connecting on 41.3% of his discipline objectives, together with 36.4% from 3-point vary, and a blistering 83% from the foul line. In two video games towards the Redbirds, Born is averaging 18 factors and a pair of.5 rebounds and assists per recreation. He has reached 30 factors twice this season, the final coming Feb. 1 in an 88-81 double-overtime loss at Drake.
Additionally serving to energy Northern Iowa is sophomore Tytan Anderson. In 30 video games, all begins, he’s averaging 12.6 factors, 8.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.4 steals. He has reached double-digit scoring in 5 of the previous six video games, together with one double-double in that stretch. In a 69-66 win at Missouri State, he scored 12 factors and grabbed 12 rebounds. He has 11 double-doubles on the season.
Why Illinois State can cowl
Junior guard Darius Burford has been purple sizzling of late, and has reached double-digit scoring in every of the final eight video games. He scored a season-high-tying 23 factors and grabbed 5 rebounds in an 80-64 loss at Indiana State on Feb. 18. He has scored 10 factors or extra in 22 video games, together with 20 or extra factors 5 instances. For the 12 months, he’s averaging 12.8 factors, 3.8 rebounds and a pair of.4 assists per recreation. He’s connecting on 48.9% of his discipline objectives and 81.9% of his free throws.
Senior guard Seneca Knight, a switch from BYU, has began 23 of 31 video games for the Redbirds. He additionally performed three seasons at San Jose State. Knight has scored in double figures in 4 of the final 5 video games, together with three with 20 or extra factors. He’s coming off a 26-point efficiency towards Evansville on Sunday. He recorded his second double-double of the season final Wednesday in an 82-51 loss at Drake, scoring 13 factors and grabbing 11 rebounds. For the 12 months, he’s averaging 12.1 factors, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists.
Learn how to make Illinois State vs. Northern Iowa picks
SportsLine’s mannequin is leaning Over on the purpose whole, projecting the groups to mix for 142 factors. It additionally says one aspect of the unfold hits in practically 60% of simulations. You may solely get the mannequin’s choose at SportsLine.
So who wins Northern Iowa vs. Illinois State? And which aspect of the unfold hits practically 60% of the time? Go to SportsLine now to see which aspect of the unfold to leap on, all from the superior mannequin that has returned greater than $1,600 on its school basketball picks this season, and discover out.
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Iowa high school football computer rankings (10/10/2024)
Week 6 of the 2024 Iowa high school football season has wrapped up, and High School on SI is continuing its weekly computer rankings for the season.
The Dowling Maroons kept their top five placing in this week’s 5A Iowa computer rankings after a thrilling 41-35 victory over Ankeny Centennial. They face a strong Urbandale team on Friday, to keep their momentum going.
The top of the 5A computer rankings stay the same this week as the Bettendorf Bulldogs take home another win, this time defeating Kennedy 33-14. The Bulldogs look forward to Friday, where they will travel to Davenport Central in hopes to hold their place in the standings.
SBLive’s formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.
- FAQ: SBLive High School Football Computer Rankings
Here are SBLive’s latest Iowa football computer rankings, as of Oct. 7, 2024:
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS
CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A
CLASS 3A | CLASS 2A
CLASS 1A | CLASS A
CLASS 8 MAN
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Grinnell window manufacturer announces plans to lay off 152 workers in November
JELD-WEN, a manufacturer of windows and doors in Grinnell, has announced it will be laying off 152 workers effective Nov. 7.
The announcement was made on Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) site.
The company, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, was founded in 1960 and has 18,000 employees, with operating facilities in 16 countries in North America and Europe with 2023 sales of $4.3 billion, according to the company’s website.
JELD-WEN did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Earlier this year, JELD-WEN announced the closing of its Hawkins, Wisconsin facility, affecting 338 employees, and in Vista, California, resulting in the loss of 110 jobs.
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Iowa Coach Fires Brutal Quote at Players Leaving Via Transfer
The Iowa Hawkeyes lost two players from their football team this week.
Both running back Leshon Williams and wide receiver Kaleb Brown have announced that they will redshirt for the rest of the season and enter the transfer portal at the end of the year.
Despite the two players opting to leave the program, it hasn’t phased head coach Kirk Ferentz. He isn’t worried about the decisions that they made at all.
When asked about Williams and Brown transferring, Ferentz offered a short and brutal quote.
“Not to be callous, but if a player isn’t playing, you don’t lose much.”
Williams had been dealing with an injury throughout the season thus far. Before the injury, he had shown flashes of being a player that could end up making an impact. Unfortunately, those flashes were never able to come to light on the field.
As for Brown, there were big plans for him coming into the season. But, he was suspended for the first game of the year and was never able to earn his role back.
Clearly, Ferentz is not worried about how his team will respond to the news. Basically, he doesn’t think the losses of them will impact the team at all.
Ferentz isn’t necessarily wrong with what he stated. Neither player had a role that will change how the team has been operating. However, it was the way he said it that was a bit out of line.
Regardless of the role that they players had, handling the situation with a bit more grace would have been a better look.
All of that being said, Iowa is not a program that needs to be graceful necessarily. The Hawkeyes want to win football games and neither Williams or Brown was contributing to that goal so far this year.
Looking ahead to the future, we wish the best to both Williams and Brown. Hopefully, they find success in their future endeavors.
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