The Penn State Nittany Lions (12-5, 3-3 Big Ten) visit the Wisconsin Badgers (11-5, 3-3) Tuesday. Tip-off from Kohl Center is set for 8:30 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Penn State vs. Wisconsin odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Penn State is coming off a blowout win Wednesday against Indiana, easily covering the 1.5-point spread in the 85-66 win, which ended the Nittany Lions’ 2-game losing streak. Penn State held the Hoosiers to 28.6% shooting from beyond the arc and forced 11 turnovers.
Wisconsin is on a 3-game losing skid that cost them a spot in the Top 25 rankings. They lost Saturday as a 4.5-point underdog 63-45 to Indiana, shooting just 20.8% on 3-pointers (5 of 24). They were blown out by 20 and Indiana only made 1 of 8 treys in the game
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Penn State at Wisconsin odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 1:23 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Off the board.
- Against the spread (ATS): Penn State +2.5 (-115) | Wisconsin -2.5 (-105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 129.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Penn State at Wisconsin picks and predictions
Prediction
Penn State 68, Wisconsin 62
Moneyline
Not available.
Against the spread
BET PENN STATE +2.5 (+100).
The Nittany Lions are the hotter team and face a Badgers team coming off a 20-point loss to an Indiana team that that Penn State blew out. Wisconsin has had scoring problems all season (ranking 304th at 66.8 PPG) and faces a Penn State roster with 5 career 1,000+ point scorers.
The Badgers are 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games. The underdog is 19-7 ATS in the last 26 meetings between the teams.
Over/Under
LEAN OVER 129.5 (-110).
Recent history for both teams leans heavily toward the Over and it should be a pretty safe bet for this game. The Over is 4-0 in the Nittany Lions last 4 games and 5-1 in their last 6 games following a win.
The Over is 4-1 in the Badgers’ last 5 games at home vs. a team with a losing record. Scoring for Wisconsin has been difficult lately which is why this is only a LEAN.
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