The No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers (24-7) and the No. 14 Colgate Raiders (23-11) will meet on Friday to compete for a spot in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Wisconsin is favored by 7.5 points in the opening round matchup, which begins at 9:50 PM. Here are the insights you need when filling out your bracket for this 3-14 matchup.
Wisconsin is 16-14-0 against the spread this season compared to Colgate’s 17-14-1 ATS record. A total of 18 out of the Badgers’ 31 games this season have hit the over, and 16 of the Raiders’ 32 games have gone over. The teams average 146.8 points per game, 7.3 more points than this matchup’s total. Wisconsin is 4-6-0 against the spread and 7-3 overall in its past 10 games, while Colgate has gone 6-4-0 against the spread and 10-0 overall.
Before this college basketball matchup, here is what you need to prepare for Friday’s action.
Colgate at Wisconsin odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Wisconsin -7.5
- Total: 139.5
- Moneyline: Wisconsin -340, Colgate +265
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Colgate at Wisconsin odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Wisconsin 74, Colgate 66
Moneyline
- The Badgers have won 17 of the 22 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (77.3%).
- Wisconsin has a record of 7-2 when it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -340 or shorter (77.8%).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Badgers have an implied win probability of 77.3%.
- The Raiders have won two of the five games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- Colgate has a record of 1-1 when set as an underdog of +265 or more by bookmakers this season.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 27.4% chance of a victory for the Raiders.
Against the spread
- The Badgers record 70.7 points per game, just 3.6 more points than the 67.1 the Raiders give up.
- Wisconsin is 13-7 against the spread and 18-2 overall when scoring more than 67.1 points.
- Colgate has an 11-5-1 record against the spread and a 17-1 record overall when giving up fewer than 70.7 points.
- The Raiders’ 76.1 points per game are 9.6 more points than the 66.5 the Badgers give up to opponents.
- Colgate is 12-11 against the spread and 16-8 overall when it scores more than 66.5 points.
- Wisconsin’s record is 15-10 against the spread and 22-4 overall when it allows fewer than 76.1 points.
- The Badgers have out-scored their opponents by a total of 129 points this season (4.2 points per game on average), and the Raiders have put up 304 more points than their opponents on the year (9.0 per game).
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Over/Under
- The average implied total for the Badgers this season is 71.4 points, which equals their implied total for Friday’s game.
- This season, Wisconsin has scored more than 74 points 10 times.
- The 76.1-point average implied total on the season for the Raiders is 10.1 more points than the team’s 66-point implied total in this matchup.
- This year, Colgate has put up more than 66 points in a game 26 times.
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How to watch Wisconsin vs. Colgate
- Game Day: Friday, March 18, 2022
- Game Time: 9:50 PM ET
- Live Stream: Hulu
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