At the onset of the week is considerable pressure on head coach Greg Gard and the Wisconsin Badgers. Wisconsin needs a strong College Basketball odds performance at the Big Ten Conference Tournament to improve their chances of getting their ticket punched to the NCAA Tournament. Wisconsin is given a 50/50 bracketology chance to make the Big Dance. The Badgers can go from a coin flip to a solid candidate with a couple of wins this week. But there are legitimate concerns about Wisconsin’s ability to pull off that task. Wisconsin has lost seven of its last 11 games straight up.
Wisconsin Badgers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes 2023 Big Ten Conference Tournament
| Date and Time: | Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 5:30 p.m. ET |
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| Location: | United Center, Chicago, IL |
| TV Coverage: | BTN |
| Team | Spread | Total | ML | |
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| Ohio State | +1½ (-110) | 131 (-110) | -123 |  |
| Wisconsin | +1½ (-110) | 131 (-110) | +103 | |
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Wisconsin Badgers Big Ten Tournament SBG Odds Overview
First for the Wisconsin Badgers at the Big Ten Tournament is a Wednesday sportsbook matchup against the Ohio State Buckeyes. Tipoff time at United Center in Chicago, IL, is at 5:30 p.m. ET with television coverage on BTN.
Ohio State Buckeyes Team Overview
The Ohio State Buckeyes are 13-18 straight up, 11-20 against the spread, and 16-13 over/under the total. Overall, Ohio State has national metrics of 144th for scoring offense, 86th for field goal percentage, 95th for 3-point field goal percentage, 73rd for free throw percentage, and 74th for offensive rebounding. While on defense, Ohio State is 159th for scoring defense, 134th for field goal percentage permitted, 106th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 119th for defensive rebounding.
Ohio State got the cash in its final three regular season games. Also, the Buckeyes went under the total only once in their last five outings. Brice Sensabaugh leads Ohio State with 16.5 points per game.
Wisconsin Badgers Team Overview
The Wisconsin Badgers are 17-13 straight up, 13-16-1 against the spread, and 15-15 over/under the total. Overall, Wisconsin has national metrics of 331st for scoring offense, 317th for field goal percentage, 112th for 3-point field goal percentage, 316th for free throw percentage, and 310th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Wisconsin is 33rd for scoring defense, 220th for field goal percentage permitted, 69th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 303rd for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Wisconsin failed to cover three of its final five games. The Badgers went under the NCAABB betting total in four of their last six outings. Chucky Hepburn leads Wisconsin with 12.2 points per game.
Steven Crowl and Tyler Wahl scored 21 points in their season finale. At the same time, Chucky Hepburn scored all his 12 points in the second half, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute. Thus, Wisconsin kept alive its chances for an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament with a 71-67 win over Minnesota Sunday night.
To summarize, Wahl was 8-of-11 shooting, and Crowl made 9 of 13 from the field. Connor Essegian added 11 points for Wisconsin.
Namely, Ta’lon Cooper stole the ball, went the other way for a layup, and hit the and-1 free throw for Minnesota to make it 62-all with 2:30 to play. Finally, Hepburn drilled a contested step-back 3-pointer to give the Badgers the lead for good with 47 seconds left. Max Klesmit and Wahl combined to go 4 of 4 from the free-throw line in the closing seconds to seal it for Wisconsin.