How to Watch Illinois at Purdue: Game Time, TV Channel, Online Streaming and Odds

How to Watch Illinois at Purdue

Game Time: 2 p.m. Saturday

TV Channel: Fox

Online Streaming: FoxSportsGO

Odds: N/A (Illinois 35% Chance To Win – ESPN Matchup Predictor)

Quick Hits:

No. 11 Illinois Fighting Illini (16-3, 7-1 Big Ten)

Head Coach: Brad Underwood (9th season)

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Last Game: Illinois 89, Maryland 70

Gameday Reading:

Stojakovic’s all-around performance instills hope in Illini fans following Boswell’s injury

Illinois comfortably blows by Maryland despite Boswell’s absence

No. 4 Purdue Boilermakers (17-2, 7-1 Big Ten)

Head Coach: Matt Painter

Last Game: UCLA 69, Purdue 67

What Happened the Last Time These Two Teams Played?

Purdue leads all-time series 107-91.

March 7, 2025: Illinois 88, Purdue 80

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Boiler. Down.

In a battle between two point guards who act as the offensive engines of their respective teams, Purdue guard Braden Smith won the battle but lost the war against Kasparas Jakucionis and Illinois.

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In a back-and-forth battle for the ages between two arch-rivals, the Illini pulled off the upset and defended home court in an 88-80 victory over the Boilermakers, their first win against Purdue in over four years.

Smith finished one rebound shy of a triple-double, while Jakucionis, on a muted night shooting the ball, hit the shot heard around Champaign County.

It isn’t Illinois basketball if it doesn’t push you to the brink and then pull you back in, right? Midway through the second half, it seemed like the Illini were properly down and out. The Boilermaker advantage was ten, the largest advantage of the game by either team. It was then that the Illini went off for a 10-0 run out of seemingly nowhere to tie things up and then take the lead, a la Ben Humrichous from deep. 67-66 Illinois.

It was Illinois’ first lead since being up 17-15 in the early moments of the first half, and once the senior Humrichous sank the three that gave his squad the upper hand, State Farm Center erupted.

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It stayed tight the rest of the…

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