Kentucky opens as the favorite vs. Illinois in NCAA Tournament Second Round

Vegas has spoken and No. 3 seed Kentucky opened as a 1.5-point favorite over No. 6 seed Illinois on FanDuel. The total is 169.5 points.

Kentucky beat Troy 76-57 to advance to the second round, covering the 11.5-point spread. Illinois beat Xavier 86-73. Illinois freshmen (and projected first-round draft picks) Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley combined for 38 points and 14 rebounds in the win, with Jakucionis coming up just one assist shy of a triple-double. Tomislav Ivisic, Zvonimir Ivisic’s little brother, had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Kylan Boswell scored 15 points.

The Cats vs. the Fighting Illini will tip off at 4:15 p.m. CT/5:15 p.m. ET Sunday on CBS. The winner advances to the Sweet 16 in Indianapolis, where they will face the winner of No. 2 seed Tennessee vs. No. 7 seed UCLA, which takes place Saturday at 9:40 p.m. ET (TBS).

Here are all the tip times for Sunday:

Time (ET)	Game	TV	REGION
12:10 p.m.	(8) UConn vs. (1) Florida || Raleigh Ian Eagle // Bill Raftery, Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson	CBS	West
2:40 p.m.	(9) Baylor vs. (1) Duke || Raleigh Ian Eagle // Bill Raftery, Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson	CBS	East
5:15 p.m.	(6) Illinois vs. (3) Kentucky || Milwaukee Kevin Harlan / Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi	CBS	Midwest
6:10 p.m.	(7) Saint Mary’s vs. (2) Alabama || Cleveland Spero Dedes / Jim Spanarkel // Jon Rothstein	TNT	East
7:10 p.m.	(12) Colorado State vs. (4) Maryland || Seattle Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce	TBS	West
7:45 p.m.	(6) Ole Miss vs. (3) Iowa State || Milwaukee Kevin Harlan / Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi	truTV	South
8:40 p.m.	(10) New Mexico vs. (2) Michigan State || Cleveland Spero Dedes / Jim Spanarkel // Jon Rothstein	TNT	South
9:40 p.m.	(5) Oregon vs. (4) Arizona || Seattle Lisa Byington / Robbie Hummel, Jalen Rose // Andy Katz	TBS	East

[3] Kentucky vs. [6] Illinois: How to Watch, Listen

• Date, Time: Sunday, 5:15 p.m. ET
• Television: CBS (Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy, Lauren Shehadi)
• Home Radio: UK Sports Network – 630 WLAP, iHeart Radio (Tom Leach, Goose Givens)
• Online Radio: The Varsity App
• Satellite Radio: Sirius 210 or 203
• Live Stats: StatBroadcast

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