Buckeyes vs Fighting Illini

Gameday · SAT JAN 9

Ohio StateVSIllinoisAP #3

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State Farm Center · Champaign, IL

Win probability

1912 blend

17% OSUILL 83%

Adj. efficiency12%

88%

SRS17%

83%

Elo21%

79%

ILL +8.0

Proj. margin

172.5

Proj. total

75.5

Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Projected starters

PPG

• 0J.Mobley Jr.G · 5.0 APG19.3
• 1A.BynumF · 5.7 RPG15.0
• 10J.PippenG · 2.3 APG10.3
• 4A.JelavicF · 7.3 RPG15.0
• 6A.Thompson4.0 RPG5.7

• 2A.StojakovicG · 3.7 APG21.0
• 34E.Brown7.7 RPG10.0
• 11Q.Coleman6.0 RPG17.0
• 13T.IvisicC · 1.7 BPG8.7
• 1L.Williams5.5 RPG10.0

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26

+23.3Adj. net rating+36.6

27thAdj. net rank4th

125.1Adj. offense133.4

101.7Adj. defense96.8

72.7Pace78.3

9.7SRS17.2

2031Elo2262

2–1Record2–1

Season per game

2026-27 · 3 games

85.3Points103.3

77.7Opp points66.3

52.6%eFG%64.1%

16.0%TO%18.0%

30.6%OREB%29.6%

.50FT rate.27

41%3PA rate52%

56%Assisted FG%55%

Last five games

Ohio State

W84-74vs MRSH

W89-65vs YSU

L83-94@ BYU

L64-66vs TCU

L67-71@ MICH

Illinois

L78-84@ TTU

W112-70vs PENN

W120-45vs FDU

L62-71@ CONN

W71-59vs IOWA

Head to head

Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-27

25-26ILL 88 · OSU 80Tue, 12/9

24-25OSU 79 · ILL 87Sun, 2/2

23-24OSU 74 · ILL 77Fri, 3/15

23-24ILL 87 · OSU 75Tue, 1/30

22-23ILL 60 · OSU 72Sun, 2/26

22-23OSU 60 · ILL 69Tue, 1/24

21-22OSU 86 · ILL 83Thu, 2/24

20-21OSU 88 · ILL 91Sun, 3/14

20-21ILL 73 · OSU 68Sat, 3/6

20-21OSU 87 · ILL 81Sat, 1/16

Game information

TipSaturday, Jan 9 · 4:00 PM ET

VenueState Farm Center · Champaign, IL

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Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense

SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule

EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong

PacePossessions per 40 minutes

PPGPoints per game

eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals

TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions

OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds

FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted

3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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