{"id":21494,"date":"2012-02-04T10:06:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21494"},"modified":"2012-02-04T10:06:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T15:06:22","slug":"ohio-state-vs-wisconsin-big-ten-conference-basketball-inside-the-kohl-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ohio-state-vs-wisconsin-big-ten-conference-basketball-inside-the-kohl-center-21494\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State vs. Wisconsin: Big Ten Conference Basketball Inside the Kohl Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes at No. 20 Wisconsin Badgers
\nSaturday, 2\/4\/12, 2:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 114.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 116.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ohio State Buckeyes haven't won inside the Kohl Center since 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ohio State leads the nation in wins versus ranked opponents this year, capturing four victories in six tries in that situation.\u00a0 The Buckeyes have five starters that are averaging double figures in games versus ranked foes.\u00a0 Sophomore Jared Sullinger leads the way in that category by averaging 16.2 points per game.\u00a0 The program will face a major challenge in playing inside the Kohl Center, failing to pick up a victory in the venue since\u00a0 2000.\u00a0 \u201cThat fact that we haven\u2019t won there as a program, it does make you want to definitely win,\u201d commented Buckeyes head coach Thad Matta.\u00a0 Ohio State is 7-2 ATS versus Big Ten foes this season.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes rank second in conference action in averaging 77.3 points per game, while allowing 55.6 points a contest.\u00a0 Senior guard William Buford is certainly a player to watch in this type of environment, sitting seventh on the school\u2019s all-time list in scoring.\u00a0 Ohio State captured an impressive win in the last meeting in this series, tallying a 93-65 victory as eight-point home favorites, hitting 14 of 15 tries from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin has won six straight games and will enter with its longest Big Ten win streak since capturing the conference title in 2007-08.\u00a0 The Badgers continue to lead the country in allowing just 49.5 points per game, while ranking second in field-goal percentage defense, allowing opponents to shoot just 36.2 percent from the floor.\u00a0 \u201cWe know what Ohio State has, we know what they bring,\u201d stated Badgers head coach Bo Ryan.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 2-0 ATS as an underdog this season.<\/p>\n

The Badgers really take care of the basketball under Ryan\u2019s guidance, leading the nation in turning the ball over just 8.7 times per game.\u00a0 Senior point guard Jordan Taylor is a major part of that success, while he also leads the team in scoring 14.1 points per game.\u00a0 Wisconsin has won nine straight games versus Ohio State in Madison, as the program has never lost under Ryan\u2019s direction in this series inside Saturday\u2019s venue.\u00a0 The program is 26-9 versus ranked opponents when playing inside the Kohl Center.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Badgers due to the home team being 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings, while the Buckeyes are 2-6 ATS when playing on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes at No. 20 Wisconsin Badgers Saturday, 2\/4\/12, 2:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 114.5 Current Total:\u00a0 116.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Ohio State leads the nation in wins versus ranked opponents this year, capturing four victories in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,3883,5912,6042,463,437],"class_list":["post-21494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-jared-sullinger","tag-jordan-taylor","tag-kohl-center","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21494","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=21494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21495,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21494\/revisions\/21495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}