{"id":21283,"date":"2012-01-26T11:27:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T16:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21283"},"modified":"2012-01-26T11:27:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T16:27:07","slug":"big-ten-basketball-predictions-indiana-hoosiers-vs-wisconsin-badgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-ten-basketball-predictions-indiana-hoosiers-vs-wisconsin-badgers-21283\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Basketball Predictions: Indiana Hoosiers vs. Wisconsin Badgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 17 Indiana Hoosiers at No. 25 Wisconsin Badgers
\nThursday, 1\/26\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 126
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 125.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Wisconsin Badgers have won eight straight meetings with the Indiana Hoosiers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indiana snapped a three-game losing streak with a 73-54 win over the Penn State Nittany Lions as 15-point home favorites last time out, while also covering the spread for the first time in six games.\u00a0 The Hoosiers are continuing to rely on freshman forward Cody Zeller offensively, as he leads the Big Ten with a 65.9 field-goal percentage.\u00a0 \u201cHe is very talented and very gifted,\u201d commented Nittany Lions head coach Patrick Chambers.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is shooting 50 percent overall from the floor, including 44.9 percent from beyond the arc.\u00a0 Indiana is 2-2 ATS as an underdog this year.<\/p>\n

The Hoosiers have also been getting a lift from sophomore Will Sheehey, who is averaging 10.0 points per game, which is the highest among Big Ten Conference non starters.\u00a0 Indiana will certainly have its hands full in trying to score Thursday night, facing one of the nation\u2019s top defenses, while looking to snap an eight-game losing streak in the overall series.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin has climbed within a half game of first place in conference play with four consecutive wins, including a 67-63 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini as 1.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re into January now, so hopefully all those parts are meshing,\u201d commented Badgers head coach Bo Ryan on the current status of his team.\u00a0 Ryan\u2019s .710 winning percentage in conference games is the best of any coach in Big Ten history.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 25-12 ATS at home the past two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Badgers are on a record-setting pace at the defensive end, allowing opponents to score just 49.6 points per game, which is tops in college basketball.\u00a0 Preseason All-American Jordan Taylor continues to be one of the best point guards in the nation, leading the team in scoring, while ranking second in the Big Ten with a 2.9 assist-to-turnover ratio.\u00a0 Wisconsin has won the last eight contests between the two schools by an average of 16.9 points per game.\u00a0 It\u2019s the team\u2019s longest win streak in the series since winning 11 in a row from 1912-19.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Badgers due to their 9-3 ATS mark as a home favorite of 7 to 12.5 points, while the Hoosiers are 1-7 ATS in the last eight meetings.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 17 Indiana Hoosiers at No. 25 Wisconsin Badgers Thursday, 1\/26\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 126 Current Total:\u00a0 125.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indiana snapped a three-game losing streak with a 73-54 win over the Penn State Nittany Lions as 15-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,5886,5922,2485,5912,437],"class_list":["post-21283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-bo-ryan","tag-cody-zeller","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-jordan-taylor","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21283","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=21283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21284,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21283\/revisions\/21284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}