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, a lot of Elias Insights markets are now readily available on website.
The Elias Sports Bureau, a sports-statistics based information company has partnered with bet365 to provide special, stat-backed markets.
Michigan, Arizona, Illinois, and UConn are the last four teams left playing this season. The 2 No. 1 seeds (Michigan and Arizona) will compare with each other, while No. 3 Illinois will battle No. 2 UConn.
Be sure to take a look at our semifinal sneak peek where you can find the main line chances, plus how to watch the video games. Let's enter 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 challengers by 8+ points in the 2nd half during all four of their respective games throughout the NCAA Tournament. Four teams all-time did this in five or more competition video games and never 2 in the exact 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 national title since Michigan State's in 2000. This drought is the 2nd longest ever amount the power conferences, trailing the Pac 12's 27 straight years in between Arizona's in 1997 and after the 2024 season. Can the Big 10 lastly break the skid?
Illinois and Michigan Advance to Championship Game (+210) Should Illinois and Michigan each win their national semifinals video games on Saturday, they would end up being the first strings from the same conference to deal with off in the final considering that Oklahoma and Kansas in 1988 and the first set of Big 10 schools to do such since Indiana and Michigan in 1976.
Illinois to Win & Outrebound UConn by 9+ (+250) Illinois has actually outrebounded its opponents by at least nine in all four of its video games in the competition so far. Another such video game Saturday, and they'll join 2022 North Carolina as the only teams with 5 or more such games in a single NCAA Tournament. Historically, teams that outrebound their challengers 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 teams 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 )