Alabama Crimson Tide vs Illinois Fighting Illini Prediction, 11/19/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Illinois Fighting Illini

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Location: United Center in Chicago, IL

TV: ESPN+

The Alabama Crimson Tide (2-1) are traveling to United Center on Wednesday where they will play the Illinois Fighting Illini (4-0).

The Alabama Crimson Tide played Purdue and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 87-80 in their last contest. Regarding fouls, the Crimson Tide ended up finishing with 19 while Purdue finished the game with 15 fouls. They also converted 9 out of their 21 shots from beyond the arc. Purdue finished the game at 69.6% from the charity stripe by converting 16 of their 23 shots. In addition, Purdue pulled down 48 rebounds (17 offensive, 31 defensive), but didn't have a block. Purdue doled out 16 dimes and had 3 steals in the matchup. When talking about defense, Alabama allowed the other team to shoot 47.0% from the field on 31 of 66 shooting. They also recorded 17 dimes for this contest in addition to creating 9 turnovers and having 8 steals. When talking about grabbing boards, they earned 23 with 5 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Crimson Tide knocked down 8 of 10 attempts for a percentage of 80.0%. Alabama finished the game with a 42.4% field goal percentage (28 of 66) and knocked down 16 out of their 43 shots from distance.

Aden Holloway is a player who was a factor for the contest. He racked up 21 points on 7 out of 13 shooting. He played 35 minutes and totaled 2 rebounds. He ended up going 53.8% from the floor and also totaled 3 assists.

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Alabama will enter this matchup with a mark of 2-1 for the campaign. They average 91.3 pts per game (49th in the country) while hitting 47.8% from the floor. The Crimson Tide are hitting 33.3% on three-point shots (35 of 105) and 72.9% from the charity stripe. As a team, Alabama is pulling down 39.0 rebounds per game and is sitting with 52 assists on the year, which ranks 268th in college hoops in terms of passing. They are turning it over 9.3 times per contest and as a group they are committing 20.3 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Crimson Tide are forcing their opponents into 10.7 turnovers per contest and they draw 17.0 personal fouls. They are 123rd in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 47 conceded this year. The Crimson Tide defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 45.0% (86 of 191) and they relinquish 40.0 rebounds per contest as a unit. They surrender 34.5% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 311th in college hoops in PPG allowed (81.7).

The last time they took the court, the Illinois Fighting Illini took home the win by a final score of 84-65 when they faced Colgate. The Fighting Illini snagged 26 defensive rebounds and 19 offensive boards for a total of 45 in this contest. They turned it over 7 times, while getting 3 steals for the contest. Colgate was called for 18 personal fouls for the contest which took the Fighting Illini to the charity stripe for 24 shots. They were able to knock down 21 of them for a clip of 87.5%. When discussing three-point shots, Illinois made 11 of their 37 attempts (29.7%). When all was said and done, the Fighting Illini went 26 out of 69 from the field which had them shooting 37.7%. The Fighting Illini allowed Colgate to bury 26 of 62 attempts from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 41.9% for the matchup. They went 26.3% from beyond the perimeter by going 5 of 19 and ended up shooting 8 out of 9 at the free throw line (88.9%). In relation to how they cleaned up the glass, Illinois allowed Colgate to collect 25 in total (4 on the offensive side).

David Mirkovic ended up being important for the Fighting Illini in the game. He accumulated 27 points in his 38 mins of playing time and totaled 3 dimes in this game. He made 8 out of 16 for the contest giving him a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and had 21 rebounds.

Illinois has a mark of 4-0 for the season. The Fighting Illini are committing 11.3 fouls per game and they go 79.0% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 13.8 times per game (231st in the country) and they are losing possession via turnover 9.8 times per contest. Illinois has totaled 391 points on the season (97.8 per game) and they pull in 48.8 rebounds per contest. On the offensive side of the court, the Fighting Illini are shooting 49.2% from the field, which is 80th in college.

The Fighting Illini on the defensive side of the court are 82nd in college in points per game surrendered with 66.8. They are forcing 7.5 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 39.3% from the field (94th in college). The Illinois defense gives up 25.8% on three-point shots (25 of 97) and opponents are making 82.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They have surrendered 11.8 assists and 27.0 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is 118th and 9th in those defensive categories.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Alabama

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