The 10th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers (11-3 overall, 5-2 Big Ten) host the Northwestern Wildcats (6-6, 3-5) Wednesday for an 8 p.m. ET tip. Below, we analyze the Northwestern-Wisconsin college basketball betting odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
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Northwestern at Wisconsin: Betting odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Northwestern +500 (bet $100 to win $500) | Wisconsin -715 (bet $715 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Northwestern +11.5 (-120) | Wisconsin -11.5 (+100)
- Over/Under: 135.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Northwestern at Wisconsin: Three things to know
- Northwestern enters on a 5-game slide straight-up and ATS, most recently falling to now-No. 4 Iowa 96-73 Sunday as a 9.5-point home underdog. It’s been quite a bad turnabout for the Wildcats, who opened the season 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big Ten play. Junior F Miller Kopp leads four Wildcats in double-figures, averaging 13.5 points per game.
- Wisconsin is coming off a two-game road trip in which it beat Rutgers 60-54 Friday as a 2.5-point favorite following a 77-54 loss at then-No. 5 Michigan last Tuesday as a 2.5-point underdog. Senior G D’Mitrik Trice leads the Badgers in points (15.0 PPG) and assists (3.6 assists per game), while senior F Micah Potter averages 12.3 PPG and a team-high 7.0 rebounds per game.
- Wisconsin owns a 4-game win streak vs. Northwestern, including a 63-48 home victory as a 13-point favorite in last season’s only meeting. The Wildcats’ last win vs. the Badgers was a 60-52 upset as 2.5-point road underdogs Feb. 1, 2018.
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Northwestern at Wisconsin: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Wisconsin 69, Northwestern 54
Money line (ML)
PASS. The Badgers (-715) will continue their recent dominance over the Wildcats, but risking more than 7 times your profit is not smart sports betting.
Against the spread (ATS)
Back WISCONSIN -11.5 (+100). During Northwestern’s current 5-game skid, it has lost by an average of 18.4 PPG, dropping each game by at least 10 points.
The Badgers have been holding opponents to 62.1 PPG, including 66.0 PPG in conference play. Until the Wildcats show they can hang with anyone, the play is betting against them
ATS: Northwestern 5-6 | Wisconsin 6-7-1
Over/Under (O/U)
UNDER 135.5 (-105) is the play. The last nine games in this series have finished no higher than 135 points.
O/U records: Northwestern 7-4 | Wisconsin 8-6
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