{"id":32583,"date":"2014-01-17T23:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32583"},"modified":"2014-01-17T20:03:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T01:03:52","slug":"college-basketball-picks-michigan-wolverines-vs-wisconsin-badgers-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-michigan-wolverines-vs-wisconsin-badgers-3-32583\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Michigan Wolverines vs. Wisconsin Badgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan Wolverines vs. Wisconsin Badgers
\nSaturday, 1\/17\/14, 6:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Wisconsin Badgers have won their last 11 home games against the Michigan Wolverines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michigan has won six games in a row, including a 80-67 victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions as 10.5-point home favorites last time out, while going OVER the betting total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Wolverines have shot 50 percent or better from the field in their last three affairs, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 The program will play three straight ranked opponents for the first time since the 2011-12 regular season.\u00a0 Michigan is 0-3 SU and 1-2 ATS as road underdogs of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines are averaging 15.9 assists per game, which is the best team average under head coach John Beilein in that all-important statistical category.\u00a0 Michigan is led offensively by sophomore guard Nik Stauskas, who is scoring 17.7 points a contest, as he\u2019s knocking down 45.1 percent of his shots from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin had its 16-game win streak to begin the season snapped last time out, as it suffered a 75-72 road defeat to the Indiana Hoosiers.\u00a0 The Badgers have won 12 of their last 13 meetings with the Wolverines, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your college basketball betting picks.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is enjoying its best production of the Bo Ryan era, as it enters averaging 76.1 points per game.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to note that the team is second in the Big Ten Conference in surrendering just 61.9 points a contest. \u00a0 Wisconsin is 7-2 SU and 3-6 ATS as home favorites of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Badgers have scored 70-plus points in eight straight games, which has been made possible by four of five probable starters averaging double figures.\u00a0 Sophomore forward Sam Dekker is leading the way at 14.0 points a contest\u2014posting three double-doubles this season.\u00a0 Wisconsin hasn\u2019t allowed more than 62 points against Michigan since 2006\u2014a span of 13 games.\u00a0 Under Ryan\u2019s direction, the squad has dropped a total of 18 home games.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the Badgers due to their 9-4 ATS mark in their last 13 home games in this series.<\/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":"

Michigan Wolverines vs. Wisconsin Badgers Saturday, 1\/17\/14, 6:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Michigan has won six games in a row, including a 80-67 victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions as 10.5-point home favorites last time out, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,5886,6042,468,7805,8036,437],"class_list":["post-32583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-bo-ryan","tag-kohl-center","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-nik-stauskas","tag-sam-dekker","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32583","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=32583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32585,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32583\/revisions\/32585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}