Illinois faces Maryland on Friday, March 14, 2025 (3/14/2025) in the Big Ten Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Getting the second seed for the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis might be the classic good-news, bad-news situation for Maryland, which will play its first tournament game Friday evening,

These are two of the hottest teams in the Big Ten, and both could use a win to increase their momentum and improve their seeding before the NCAA Tournament. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Illinois-Maryland prediction and pick.