12:33 pm
March 7

#25 Wisconsin @ #5 Iowa

Who will WIN this matchup?

#25 Wisconsin Badgers (16-10)

@ #5 Iowa Hawkeyes (19-7)

 

Current odds:

Wisconsin Badgers: (+250)

Iowa Hawkeyes: (-300)

 

• The line for this game is Iowa by 7 points.

• Fifth-ranked Iowa aims to continue its late-season run when it hosts No. 25 Wisconsin on Sunday in Big Ten play at Iowa City. The Hawkeyes (19-7, 13-6 Big Ten) have won six of their past seven games and are closing in on the No. 3 seed and a double-bye in next week’s Big Ten tournament at Indianapolis. Wisconsin (16-10, 10-9) has been sliding in the other direction, with four losses in its past five games. The Badgers can’t get higher than the No. 6 seed.

• Iowa is coming off two strong victories — a stellar 73-57 road victory over then-No. 4 Ohio State on Feb. 28 and a 102-64 home shellacking of Nebraska on Thursday. The rout of the Cornhuskers marked the fourth time this season that the Hawkeyes reached the century mark.

• Jordan Bohannon led the way with a season-best 26 points and matched his career high of eight 3-pointers. The fifth-year senior’s playing future was in doubt when he endured two hip surgeries in 2019 — one on each hip — and he will leave Iowa as the school’s all-time leader in 3-pointers (352) and assists (617).

• All-American big man Luka Garza puts up the most shots for the Hawkeyes and he averages team-best figures of 23.9 points and 8.4 rebounds. Joe Wieskamp averages 15.1 points, followed by Bohannon’s 10.3 average and team-leading 68 3-pointers.

• Garza poured in 30 points as Iowa knocked off the Badgers 77-62 at Madison, Wis., on Feb. 18. Micah Potter had 23 points and 11 rebounds for Wisconsin.

• The setback was the second in the current stretch in which the Badgers have lost four of five games. Wisconsin recovered to post a 68-51 road win over lowly Northwestern before falling 74-69 at home to then-No. 5 Illinois and 73-69 on the road to No. 23 Purdue on Tuesday.

• Brad Davison scored 15 points in the loss to Purdue, but leading scorer D’Mitrik Trice (14.0) was just 2-of-10 shooting while scoring 10 points. Trice matched his season best of 29 points in the previous game against Illinois.

7/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
#5 Iowa Hawkeyes
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