{"id":19843,"date":"2011-11-29T22:34:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T03:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19843"},"modified":"2011-11-29T22:34:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T03:34:08","slug":"big-tenacc-challenge-2011-wisconsin-badgers-vs-north-carolina-tar-heels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-tenacc-challenge-2011-wisconsin-badgers-vs-north-carolina-tar-heels-19843\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten\/ACC Challenge 2011: Wisconsin Badgers vs. North Carolina Tar Heels"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 7 Wisconsin Badgers at No. 5 North Carolina Tar Heels
\nWednesday, 11\/30\/11, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 North Carolina -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 North Carolina -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 135
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 135
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Wisconsin Badgers are 11-1 ATS versus ACC opponents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wisconsin has won its first six games of the season and will bring in the nation\u2019s top-ranked defense, allowing just 39.2 points per game, with opponents shooting just 30.5 percent from the floor.\u00a0 The Badgers are coming off a 73-56 win over the BYU Cougars as 7.5-point neutral-site favorites, while going over the total for the first time in three opportunities with a posted number.\u00a0 Head coach Bo Ryan is in his 11th year and is off to his best start while in Madison.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 11-1 ATS versus ACC opponents, while the \u2018over\u2019 is 8-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Badgers are led by Big Ten Player of the Year candidate Jordan Taylor, who is making plays on the perimeter rather than shooting the basketball, entering with 35 assists and only seven turnovers.\u00a0 Wisconsin has three players that average double-digits in scoring, with Taylor averaging 11.0 points and a team-high 5.8 assists per game.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that this will be the program\u2019s first true road game of the year, while the team is 20-11 all-time versus the ACC, including three straight wins in the Big Ten\/ACC Challenge.<\/p>\n

North Carolina is coming off its first loss of the season, dropping a 90-80 contest to the UNLV Rebels as eight-point neutral-site favorites.\u00a0 The Tar Heels have gone over the total in four consecutive games and are averaging 88 points this season.\u00a0 Over the last three games, the team is shooting 53.5 percent from the third-point line, but just 56.8 percent from the charity stripe.\u00a0 Junior forward John Henson has been playing great basketball in averaging 15.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.\u00a0 He has recorded a double-double in 18 of his last 22 contests dating back to last year.\u00a0 North Carolina is 8-2 ATS versus Big Ten foes.<\/p>\n

The Tar Heels have tallied a 6-6 mark in this particular event, winning six of their last eight contests since Roy Williams took over the bench.\u00a0 Wednesday\u2019s game will be just the second meeting all-time between Carolina and Wisconsin, with the Tar Heels walking away with an 88-82 win in the 2005 NCAA Tournament East Regional championship game.\u00a0 North Carolina is riding an 18-game Smith Center winning streak that stretches across three seasons.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Badgers due to their 5-1 ATS mark in non-conference action, while the Tar Heels are 1-6-1 ATS in their last eight games versus winning opposition.<\/p>\n

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No. 7 Wisconsin Badgers at No. 5 North Carolina Tar Heels Wednesday, 11\/30\/11, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 North Carolina -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 North Carolina -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 135 Current Total:\u00a0 135 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Wisconsin has won its first six games of the season and will bring in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[387,737,5956,5912,32,5955,437],"class_list":["post-19843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-big-ten","tag-john-henson","tag-jordan-taylor","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-smith-center","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19845,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19843\/revisions\/19845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}