{"id":27830,"date":"2013-02-17T10:02:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T15:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27830"},"modified":"2013-02-17T10:02:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T15:02:52","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-wisconsin-badgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-wisconsin-badgers-27830\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Wisconsin Badgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 13 Ohio State Buckeyes at No. 20 Wisconsin Badgers
\nSunday, 2\/17\/13, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 120
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 119.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ohio State Buckeyes are 2-0 SUATS when the total is 119.5 or less this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ohio State snapped a two-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 69-59 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats as 17-point home favorites, while going OVER the total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Buckeyes and Badgers are both 8-4 in Big Ten Conference play, which is why forward Deshaun Thomas must get his teammates ready for a physical matchup.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019d be a big boost for us,\u201d he commented late in the week.\u00a0 Thomas leads the conference in scoring with 20.2 points per game for a total of 485 points during the 2012-13 NCAA basketball season.\u00a0 Ohio State is 2-0 SUATS when the total is 119.5 or less this season, which is important to consider when making your college basketball expert picks Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes have won four of their last six meetings with the Badgers, while compiling a 6-3 record when both teams come into a matchup ranked.\u00a0 Ohio State is 122-49 versus league opponents during the Thad Matta era, including a 10-10 mark versus Sunday\u2019s opponent.\u00a0 Defensively, the squad ranks third in the Big Ten in allowing 59.1 points per game, while outscoring foes by an average of 12.5 points.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin has played three consecutive overtime games, as it ended up on the short end of a 58-53 decision to the Minnesota Golden Gophers as five-point road underdogs last time out.\u00a0 \u201cWe just did not hit free throws and had a couple tough turnovers,\u201d stated Badgers head coach Bo Ryan.\u00a0 The Badgers are 4-4 versus top-25 opponents this year, as they\u2019ve played the second-toughest schedule in the nation to this point.\u00a0 The program is 29-11 at the Kohl Center against ranked foes.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 0-2 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points this season, with the UNDER going 2-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Badgers lead the Big Ten and rank 11th nationally in allowing 56.5 points per game, which is important to note when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 Ryan\u2019s .707 win percentage in conference games is the best mark of any coach in Big Ten history, but just percentage points ahead of Matta in that category.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Buckeyes due to their 9-3 ATS record on Sundays, while the Badgers are 2-5-1 ATS in their last eight conference games.<\/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. 13 Ohio State Buckeyes at No. 20 Wisconsin Badgers Sunday, 2\/17\/13, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 120 Current Total:\u00a0 119.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Ohio State snapped a two-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 69-59 victory over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,5886,3884,6042,463,4004,437],"class_list":["post-27830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-bo-ryan","tag-deshaun-thomas","tag-kohl-center","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-thad-matta","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27830","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=27830"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27832,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27830\/revisions\/27832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}