The Wisconsin Badgers (16-9 overall, 10-8 Big Ten) visit the Purdue Boilermakers (16-8, 11-6) in a Tuesday night Big Ten battle at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind. Tip-off will be at 9 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Wisconsin-Purdue odds and lines, with NCAA college basketball picks and predictions.
Purdue is No. 23 in the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Wisconsin at Purdue: Odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Wisconsin +120 (bet $100 to win $120) | Purdue -140 (bet $140 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Wisconsin +2.5 (-110) | Purdue -2.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 128.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Wisconsin at Purdue: Three things to know
- The Boilermakers have won three in a row and four of their last five. In their three straight victories, Purdue has held its opponents to 58.3 points per game by allowing a mere 37.9% mark from the floor. The Boilermakers are 9-1 this season at home.
- The Badgers haven’t won at Purdue since Jan. 2014, a stretch of four games. Wisconsin heads into this attempt experiencing all kinds of shooting struggles. UW has shot just 35.0% from the floor in going 2-3 over its last five games. The Badgers have been out-rebounded by a margin of 5.4 boards per game over that same stretch.
- Wisconsin senior G D’Mitrik Trice registered a 29-point effort against Illinois in the Badgers’ last game (Saturday at home). Trice went 6-for-9 from 3-point range. He’s averaging 14.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game for the season.
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Wisconsin at Purdue: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Purdue 66, Wisconsin 62
Money line (ML)
PASS. Purdue is the lean in a vacuum, but you won’t find any value north of a -125 price.
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Against the spread (ATS)
The Badgers are 0-5 ATS in their last five games against teams playing better than .600 basketball. The last seven games of the UW-PU series have seen the home five go 5-1-1 ATS.
Purdue gets the nod in the shooting department and especially the momentum department. These are two Big Ten teams headed in opposite directions, and much of Wisconsin’s defensive reputation has been built against lesser offenses. TAG PURDUE -2.5 (-110) WITH A SLIGHT LEAN.
Over/Under (O/U)
PASS. Two slow-paced teams have produced what looks to be a solid assessment by the public. A creep toward a number around 132 would make for an Under lean.
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