Illinois vs. UT Rio Grande Valley Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Nov. 24

The No. 13 Illinois Fighting Illini (5-1) host the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (2-3) at State Farm Center, beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, November 24, 2025. The Fighting Illini are 33.5-point favorites in the game. The over/under in the matchup is set at 164.5.

Illinois heads into this contest on the heels of a 98-58 victory over LIU on Saturday. Andrej Stojakovic scored a team-leading 20 points for Illinois in the victory. UT Rio Grande Valley's last game was a 74-67 loss to Missouri State on Saturday. Koree Cotton's team-high 13 points paced UT Rio Grande Valley in the losing effort.

Illinois vs. UT Rio Grande Valley Odds and Game Time

• When: Monday, November 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET
• Where: State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois
• Spread favorite: Illinois -33.5
• Moneyline favorite: Illinois -100000
• Moneyline underdog: UT Rio Grande Valley +5000
• Over/Under: 164.5 points

How to watch Illinois vs. UT Rio Grande Valley

• TV Channel: Big Ten Network
• Live Stream: Fubo
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Betting the Over/Under: Illinois vs. UT Rio Grande Valley

• Illinois and its opponents have combined to outscore Monday's total (164.5 points) three times this season.
• This season, UT Rio Grande Valley has played two games with a combined score over 164.5 points.
• Together, the two teams combine for 179.4 points per game, 14.9 points more than the point total of 164.5 for this game.
• The 145.2 points per game these two teams surrender to opponents on average this season are 19.3 fewer than the 164.5 over/under in this contest.
• Illinois has a 165 average over/under in its games this season, 0.5 more points than the over/under in this matchup.
• The over/under for this game is 4.9 points higher than the average over/under in UT Rio Grande Valley's games this season of 159.6.

Betting the Spread: Illinois vs. UT Rio Grande Valley

• Illinois has four wins against the spread in six games this year.
• This season, the Fighting Illini won ATS in their only game as a favorite of 33.5 points or more.
• So far this season UT Rio Grande Valley has two wins against the spread.
• At home this year, Illinois is 4-1 against the spread and 5-0 overall.
• At home, Illinois is unbeaten ATS (1-0) as a 33.5-point favorite or more.
• Away from home, UT Rio Grande Valley has two wins against the spread and are 1-3 overall.

Betting the Moneyline: Illinois vs. UT Rio Grande Valley

• This season, Illinois has won five out of the six games in which it has been the moneyline favorite.
• The Fighting Illini have not entered a game this season with shorter moneyline odds than -100000.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Illinois has a 99.9% chance to win.
• UT Rio Grande Valley has been moneyline underdogs in three games this season, however, it has failed to come away with a win in any of those games.
• This is the worst odds of a win that sportsbooks have given the Vaqueros this season with a +5000 moneyline set for this game.
• UT Rio Grande Valley has an implied victory probability of 2% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.