{"id":32841,"date":"2014-01-31T20:47:55","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T01:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32841"},"modified":"2014-01-31T20:49:05","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T01:49:05","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-wisconsin-badgers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-wisconsin-badgers-2-32841\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Wisconsin Badgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Wisconsin Badgers
\nSaturday, 2\/1\/14, 12:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ohio State Buckeyes are 5-3 ATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ohio State is 1-5 SUATS over its last six games, as it attempts to bounce back from a 71-70 overtime defeat to the Penn State Nittany Lions as 13-point home favorites Wednesday, while going OVER the betting total of 133.\u00a0 The Buckeyes are 11-11 SU against the Badgers under head coach Thad Matta, which is important to consider when making your NCAA basketball picks.\u00a0 The squad ranks third in the country in 3-point field goal percentage defense\u2014leading directly to allowing just 58.9 points per game.\u00a0 Ohio State is 5-3 ATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes are first in the conference with a +3.8 turnover margin, with point guard Aaron Craft being a major factor in that all-important statistical category.\u00a0 Ohio State will need a major offensive performance from senior guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. if it plans on pulling off an upset in this spot, as he\u2019s scored 10-plus points in 12 of his last 17 games.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin has never dropped three consecutive games at the Kohl Center under head coach Bo Ryan, as it looks to move past a 65-56 setback to the Northwestern Wildcats as 17-point home favorites Wednesday.\u00a0 The Badgers are enjoying their best offensive season under Ryan, averaging 74.3 points per game\u2014up 9.3 points per game from a year ago.\u00a0 The team has four of five probable starters scoring in double figures, with sophomore forward Sam Dekker leading the way at 14.0 points a contest.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 23-8-1 ATS in its last 32 opportunities as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points.<\/p>\n

The Badgers have compiled a 33-11 SU record at home against ranked opponents, while compiling a 191-20 overall mark at this venue under Ryan.\u00a0 Wisconsin has won 102 of its last 104 games when shooting a higher field goal percentage than its opponent, but one of those defeats came against the Indiana Hoosiers earlier this season.\u00a0 The team is third in the Big Ten Conference in shooting 37.3 percent from beyond the arc during the 2013-14 campaign, which is up from 33 percent a year ago.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Badgers due to the favorite being 8-1 ATS in the last nine meetings 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":"

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Wisconsin Badgers Saturday, 2\/1\/14, 12:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Ohio State is 1-5 SUATS over its last six games, as it attempts to bounce back from a 71-70 overtime defeat to the Penn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7134,3442,5886,463,8036,4004,437],"class_list":["post-32841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-aaron-craft","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-bo-ryan","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-sam-dekker","tag-thad-matta","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32841","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=32841"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32845,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32841\/revisions\/32845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}