Elias Insights Specials For The NCAA Tournament Semifinal

Elias Insights Specials for the NCAA Tournament Semifinal Asher Hyre Published: Apr 01 2026 17:58 With the NCAA Tournament semifinal right around the corner, plenty of Elias Insights markets are now offered on site.


The Elias Sports Bureau, a sports-statistics based data business has actually partnered with bet365 to offer unique, stat-backed markets.


Michigan, Arizona, Illinois, and UConn are the last 4 teams left playing this season. The 2 No. 1 seeds (Michigan and Arizona) will match up with each other, while No. 3 Illinois will fight No. 2 UConn.


Be sure to take a look at our semifinal preview where you can discover the line chances, plus how to watch the games. Let's get into the Elias Insights specials.


Elias Insights Specials - NCAA Tournament Semifinal Illinois & Michigan to Outscore Opponents by 8+ Points in the second Half (+1400) Both Illinois and Michigan outscored their opponents by 8+ points in the second half throughout all four of their particular video games throughout the NCAA Tournament. Four groups all-time did this in five or more tournament games and never ever two in the very same season: Indiana in 1981, UNLV in 1990, Michigan State in 2000, and Texas Tech in 2019.


Either Michigan or Illinois to Win the 2026 Championship Game (-140) The Big 10 has actually not won a nationwide title given that Michigan State's in 2000. This drought is the 2nd longest ever amount the power conferences, tracking the Pac 12's 27 straight years in between Arizona's in 1997 and folding after the 2024 season. Can the Big 10 finally break the skid?


Illinois and Michigan Advance to Championship Game (+210) Should Illinois and Michigan each win their nationwide semifinals video games on Saturday, they would end up being the first strings from the very same conference to take on in the last given that Oklahoma and Kansas in 1988 and the first pair of Big 10 schools to do such since Indiana and Michigan in 1976.


Illinois to Win & Outrebound UConn by 9+ (+250) Illinois has outrebounded its challengers by at least nine in all 4 of its video games in the tournament thus far. Another such game Saturday, and they'll join 2022 North Carolina as the only teams with five or more such video games in a single NCAA Tournament. Historically, groups that outrebound their opponents by 9+ in the nationwide semifinals have a record of 46-9.


Winner Shoots Under 25% from Three - Illinois vs. UConn (+200) Both UConn and Illinois won their games in the Round of Eight despite each shooting under 25% from three. Only 7 groups ever won a nationwide semifinal game while shooting under 25% from 3, most recently North Carolina in 2016.


Winner Trails at Halftime - Illinois vs. UConn (+240 )