{"id":21684,"date":"2012-02-16T10:41:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T15:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21684"},"modified":"2012-02-16T11:24:08","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T16:24:08","slug":"badgers-vs-spartans-big-ten-conference-rivals-meet-in-the-breslin-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/badgers-vs-spartans-big-ten-conference-rivals-meet-in-the-breslin-center-21684\/","title":{"rendered":"Badgers vs. Spartans: Big Ten Conference Rivals Meet in the Breslin Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 17 Wisconsin Badgers at No. 8 Michigan State Spartans
\nThursday, 2\/16\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan State -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan State -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 111.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 114.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Wisconsin Badgers haven't won in East Lansing since 2004<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wisconsin has won seven of its last eight games and sits just a game out of first place in the Big Ten Conference.\u00a0 The Badgers are on a record-setting pace on the defensive end, allowing opponents to score just 50.3 points per game, which leads the nation.\u00a0 The program comes off a solid 68-61 overtime win over the Minnesota Gophers as 1.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 \u201cAnytime you can win on the road against a tough opponent it\u2019s always fun,\u201d stated Badgers point guard Jordan Taylor.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 5-7 ATS versus conference opponents this year.<\/p>\n

The Badgers are 5-1 in Big Ten road games this year, while going 6-2 in true road games thus far during the 2011-12 campaign.\u00a0 Taylor is definitely one of the best players at his position in college basketball, averaging 17.0 points during conference action.\u00a0 Wisconsin has won six of the last 10 meetings between these two schools, but has not won in East Lansing since 2004.\u00a0 Badgers head coach Bo Ryan is 13-7 versus the Spartans, including a 2-6 mark inside the Breslin Center.<\/p>\n

Michigan State is coming off a huge road win over Ohio State and is holding opponents to 37.4 percent shooting, which is the lowest percentage during the Tom Izzo era.\u00a0 The Spartans will look to sweep the season series this year, capturing a 63-60 overtime win as 6.5-point road underdogs on Jan. 3.\u00a0 \u201cWhat you do in one game doesn\u2019t always translate to the next game,\u201d stated Izzo.\u00a0 The team is led by senior forward Draymond Green, who is averaging 15.0 points and 10.5 rebounds per game, while collecting a Big Ten-best 13 double-doubles this year.\u00a0 Michigan State is 4-0 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 9 points this year.<\/p>\n

The Spartans are outrebounding opponents by a sizable +10.2 margin, which is the third-best during the Izzo era.\u00a0 Michigan State is 15-0 inside tonight\u2019s venue during the 2011-12 season and will look to extend its winning streak to 17 games overall in East Lansing.\u00a0 The program is 5-3 against ranked opponents this season, which is tied with Missouri, Ohio State and Notre Dame for the most in the nation in that particular situation.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Badgers due to their 5-2 ATS mark as a road underdog of 6.5 points or less, while the Spartans are 5-17-1 ATS as a favorite in the same point range.<\/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 Wisconsin Badgers at No. 8 Michigan State Spartans Thursday, 2\/16\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan State -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan State -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 111.5 Current Total:\u00a0 114.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Wisconsin has won seven of its last eight games and sits just a game out of […]<\/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":[3442,3874,5832,5912,500,437],"class_list":["post-21684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-breslin-center","tag-draymond-green","tag-jordan-taylor","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21684","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=21684"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21686,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21684\/revisions\/21686"}],"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=21684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}