{"id":553804,"date":"2026-03-30T07:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/553804\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T07:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:48:09","slug":"uconn-vs-illinois-basketball-betting-odds-point-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/553804\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn vs. Illinois basketball betting odds, point spread"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Illinois Fighting Illini<\/a> and UConn men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in the 2026 NCAA Tournament\u00a0Final Four<\/a> at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, April 4. The scheduled game time is 6:09 p.m. ET\/5:09 p.m. CT.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No. 3 seed Illinois<\/a> enters the Final Four at 28-8 overall. Most recently, Illinois defeated Iowa 71-59 in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight on Saturday, March 28. Against Iowa, Illinois Fighting Illini guard Keaton Wagler<\/a> led the team with 25 points, three assists, and two rebounds.<\/p>\n

No. 2-seeded UConn<\/a> comes into the contest 33-5 overall. On Sunday, UConn beat Duke 73-72 in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. Facing Duke, UConn center Tarris Reed Jr.<\/a> led the team with 26 points, nine rebounds, four blocked shots, three assists, and two steals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier this season, UConn defeated Illinois<\/a> 74-61 on Nov. 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Final Four: Illinois vs. UConn basketball betting odds, point spread<\/p>\n

The Illinois Fighting Illini<\/a> are a 1.5-point favorite against UConn men’s basketball, according to DraftKings Sportsbook at 11:56 p.m. ET\/10:56 p.m. CT on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The over\/under is 139.5 points. The halftime over\/under is 64.5 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Illinois<\/a> is -130 (bet $135 to win $100) to win outright, and UConn is +110 (bet $100 to win $110) to win outright.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to DraftKings Sportsbook, 73% of the bets placed are on UConn, and 27% of the bets placed are on Illinois<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Illinois basketball<\/a> opened as a 2.5-point favorite against UConn, according to DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a> at 7:32 p.m. ET\/6:32 p.m. CT on Sunday. The over\/under opened at 140.5 points. The Illinois Fighting Illini opened at -135 (bet $135 to win $100) to win outright, and UConn opened at +114 (bet $100 to win $114) to win outright.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The winner advances to play in the NCAA Tournament national championship game at 8:30 p.m. ET\/7:30 p.m. CT on Monday, April 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brad Underwood<\/a> is the Illinois Fighting Illini men\u2019s basketball head coach. This is his ninth season as the Illini basketball<\/a> head coach, and this is Illinois\u2019 sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth. Illinois ended the 2025 NCAA Tournament with a loss to Kentucky in the second round.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Illinois<\/a> men\u2019s basketball program made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament during the 1941-42 season. Illinois has now reached the Final Four on six occasions. The Illini<\/a> last reached the Final Four in 2005, when they lost to North Carolina in the national championship game.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Illinois Fighting Illini and UConn men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in the 2026 NCAA Tournament\u00a0Final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[99],"class_list":{"0":"post-553804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}