The No. 2 seed Wisconsin Badgers (24-6, 15-5 Big Ten) are 3-point favorites in the Big Ten Tournament when they play the No. 7 seed Michigan State Spartans (21-11, 11-9 Big Ten) on Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, beginning at 6:30 PM. Both teams hope to move one step closer to an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Wisconsin’s record against the spread so far this season is 16-13-0, while Michigan State’s is 16-15-0. A total of 18 out of the Badgers’ 30 games this season have gone over the point total, and 17 of the Spartans’ 31 games have gone over. The teams average 143.3 points per game, 7.3 more points than this matchup’s total. Wisconsin is 4-6-0 against the spread and 7-3 overall over its past 10 contests, while Michigan State has gone 4-6-0 against the spread and 3-7 overall.
Before this matchup in Big Ten play, here’s everything you need to get ready for Friday’s college hoops action.
Michigan State at Wisconsin odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Wisconsin -3
- Total: 136
- Moneyline: Wisconsin -155, Michigan State +132
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Michigan State at Wisconsin odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Wisconsin 70, Michigan State 69
Moneyline
- The Badgers have won 81% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (17-4).
- In games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -155 or shorter, Wisconsin has a 14-4 record (winning 77.8% of its games).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Badgers have an implied win probability of 60.8%.
- The Spartans have won three of the 10 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- Michigan State is 2-5 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +132 or more on the moneyline.
- The Spartans have a 43.1% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Against the spread
- The Badgers average only 2.6 more points per game (71) than the Spartans allow (68.4).
- Wisconsin has a 13-6 record against the spread and a 17-2 record overall when scoring more than 68.4 points.
- When Michigan State allows fewer than 71 points, it is 13-9 against the spread and 18-4 overall.
- The Spartans put up an average of 72.3 points per game, 5.8 more points than the 66.5 the Badgers allow.
- Michigan State is 13-8 against the spread and 17-4 overall when it scores more than 66.5 points.
- Wisconsin’s record is 13-7 against the spread and 20-1 overall when it gives up fewer than 72.3 points.
- The Badgers have out-scored their opponents by a total of 135 points this season (4.5 points per game on average), and the Spartans have put up 123 more points than their opponents on the year (3.9 per game).
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Over/Under
- The average implied total for the Badgers this season is 71.4 points, 1.4 more points than their implied total of 70 points in Friday’s game.
- This season, Wisconsin has totaled more than 70 points in a game 18 times.
- The 73.7-point average implied total on the season for the Spartans is 6.7 more points than the team’s 67-point implied total in this matchup.
- This season, Michigan State has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (67) 22 times.
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