Wisconsin basketball is set to start their NCAA Tournament later tonight against the 9-seed North Carolina Tar Heels.
Wisconsin is fresh off four losses in their last five contests and nine in their last 14. A great thing about the NCAA Tournament, though, is that every team controls their own destiny.
A lot will need to go right for Greg Gard’s team for them to come out victorious tonight, first and foremost they need to find a way to reverse their 4-42 fate at Mackey Arena. But in terms of the on-court matchup, North Carolina presents a nightmare matchup for this Wisconsin team.
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The current BetMGM line for the game has the Tar Heels as 1.5-point favorites over the Badgers.
BetMGM is also expecting a slow, Big Ten-style contest tonight, with the over/under set at 136.5. Wisconsin is 12-15-1 against the spread this season, most of the losses coming during its losing streak to end the season.
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