Minnesota at Illinois

Minnesota was back at full strength over the weekend for the first time in a month with Dawson Garcia (15.4 ppg) and Braeden Carrington (5.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg) back in action. College basketball underdogs of 10 to 19.5 points like Minnesota on a conference losing skid of three games are 154-84 ATS when revenging a double-digit home loss to an opponent. Illinois is in a look-ahead spot with a showdown at home against Northwestern on deck, the No. 2 team in the Big 10 standings. Illinois has dropped three of its last four and is without leading scorer Terrence Shannon Jr. (17 points per contest), who is in concussion protocol. They lost to Indiana in the last game without him, 71-68, and lost two games ago as a favorite to Penn State with him, 93-81. Play Minnesota.