{"id":21859,"date":"2012-02-26T10:27:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T15:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21859"},"modified":"2012-02-26T10:27:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T15:27:31","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-wisconsin-badgers-vs-ohio-state-buckeyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-wisconsin-badgers-vs-ohio-state-buckeyes-21859\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: Wisconsin Badgers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 15 Wisconsin Badgers at No. 9 Ohio State Buckeyes
\nSunday, 2\/26\/12, 4:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 117.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 120.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ohio State Buckeyes guard William Buford will play his final game inside Value City Arena on Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wisconsin will be seeking revenge for a 58-52 home loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes as \u00a0 3.5-point home underdogs on Feb. 4.\u00a0 The Badgers have alternated wins and losses over their last six games.\u00a0 The squad will be looking to bounce back from a 67-66 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes as 5.5-point road favorites last time out.\u00a0 \u201cGuys were a little anxious, trying to make the great play instead of the good play,\u201d commented Badgers head coach Bo Ryan.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 0-3 ATS when revenging a home loss and the \u201cover\u2019 is 2-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Badgers are on a record-setting pace at the defensive end, allowing opponents a nation\u2019s-low 51.7 points per game.\u00a0 Wisconsin is led by the play of senior point guard Jordan Taylor, who is averaging 15.8 points per game during Big Ten Conference action.\u00a0 He has been instrumental in leading the team to a 5-3 record in conference road games, while going 8-4 overall away from the Kohl Center.\u00a0 Badgers head coach Bo Ryan is 13-8 against the Buckeyes, including a 4-4 mark inside Value City Arena.<\/p>\n

Ohio State will look to win consecutive games for the first time since Feb. 4-7, coming off a convincing 83-67 win over the Illinois Fighting Illini as 15.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 \u201cWe had to come with great intensity and really bring it,\u201d commented Buckeyes senior guard William Buford, who currently sits sixth on the school\u2019s all-time scoring list.\u00a0 He will be honored alongside three others in playing their final game inside Sunday\u2019s venue.\u00a0 Ohio State is 9-4 ATS at home and the \u201cunder\u201d is 8-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes will be leaning heavily on the perimeter play of senior guard William Buford, who has scored more points than any other player inside Value City Arena since it opened in 1998-99.\u00a0 Ohio State owns a 83-65 all-time lead in this series, which includes a 6-2 mark when both teams come in ranked.\u00a0 The team has tallied a 5-4 record against ranked opponents this year, including the earlier win versus the Badgers, as sophomore center Jared Sullinger scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Buckeyes due to their 6-0 ATS mark on Sundays, while the Badgers are 1-6 ATS in their last seven conference games.<\/p>\n

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No. 15 Wisconsin Badgers at No. 9 Ohio State Buckeyes Sunday, 2\/26\/12, 4:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 117.5 Current Total:\u00a0 120.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Wisconsin will be seeking revenge for a 58-52 home loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,3883,5912,463,5742,6083,437],"class_list":["post-21859","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-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-value-city-arena","tag-william-buford","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21859","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=21859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21860,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21859\/revisions\/21860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}