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Illinois is fresh of winning the Big Ten Tournament and are as hot as they've been. The 3-seed in the East Region starts the tournament Thursday afternoon agains the 14-seeded Morehead State. 

You can't overlook the Eagles, winners of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, who have won six straight games dating back to February 20. 

Most metrics have the Illini winning this game outright, but BetMGM currently has Illinois as an 11.5 point favorite. 

If it were me, I'd lean towards taking Morehead State to cover +11.5, however I'm very interested in adding Illinois' moneyline (-800) to a parlay this weekend. 

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