Wisconsin Badgers vs Oregon Ducks Prediction, 3/21/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Wisconsin Badgers vs Oregon Ducks

Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Location: Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, OR

TV: ESPN

Odds/Point Spread: Wisconsin (+5)

Matthew Knight Arena is where the Oregon Ducks (21-14) will take on the Wisconsin Badgers (19-14) on Tuesday. Wisconsin opens this contest as 5-point underdogs. The total is set at 133.

The Wisconsin Badgers played Liberty and earned the victory with a final of 75-71 in their last contest. Regarding fouls, the Badgers walked away with 15 and Liberty totaled 23 fouls. They also made 8 of 27 shots from 3-point range. Liberty finished shooting 64.7% at the charity stripe by knocking down 11 of their 17 attempts. Additionally, Liberty snagged 25 rebounds (5 offensive, 20 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Liberty earned 11 assists and had but didn't have a steal. With respect to defense, Wisconsin allowed the other team to go 47.3% from the field on 26 of 55 shooting. They also recorded 5 assists in this matchup in addition to forcing the other team into 7 turnovers and getting 2 steals. When discussing hauling in rebounds, they earned 28 with 3 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Badgers converted 20 of their 24 shots for a percentage of 83.3%. Wisconsin finished the game having earned a 54.0% field goal percentage (27 out of 50) and converted 1 of their 15 shots from downtown.

Chucky Hepburn is one player who was a major factor in this contest. He walked away from this one shooting 45.0% from the floor and also earned 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 37 minutes and also snagged 3 boards. He accounted for 27 points on 9 of 20 shooting.

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Wisconsin will enter this matchup with a record of 19-14 so far this season. They are losing possession via turnover 8.5 times per game and as a unit are committing 16.0 fouls per game. As a unit, Wisconsin is snagging 31.3 boards per contest and has 379 dimes so far this season, which has them ranked 280th in Division 1 in terms of passing. The Badgers are shooting 34.3% on shots from beyond the arc (261 of 760) and 68.8% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 65.7 points per contest (323rd in the country) while connecting on 41.8% from the field.

Defensively, the Badgers have forced 11.8 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.4 personal fouls. They rank 26th in D-1 in allowing assists with 338 surrendered this year. The Badgers defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 44.5% (786 of 1,768) and they surrender 35.1 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They are conceding 31.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are ranked 33rd in college hoops in opponents PPG (64.0).

The last time they took the court, the Oregon Ducks got the win with a final of 68-54 when they played UCF. In the matter of attacking the glass, Oregon permitted UCF to get 28 overall (9 on the offensive glass). They wrapped up this game 16.7% from beyond the perimeter by shooting 5 out of 30 and ended up going 11 of 14 from the free throw line (78.6%). The Ducks allowed UCF to bury 19 out of their 62 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 30.6% in this matchup. Overall, the Ducks finished shooting 23 for 47 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 48.9%. In relation to shooting from beyond the arc, Oregon knocked down 5 out of 19 attempts (26.3%). They were able to knock down 17 of the free throw tries for a clip of 65.4%. UCF earned 22 fouls in this contest which got the Ducks to the charity stripe for a total of 26 tries. They also gave up possession 17 times, while earning 6 steals for the matchup. The Ducks corralled 33 defensive boards and 4 offensive rebounds totaling 37 in the matchup.

Nathan Bittle ended up having an impact for the Ducks for this game. He earned 21 points in his 26 minutes on the court and totaled 2 dimes for this game. He made 7 of 14 for this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and had 13 rebounds.

Oregon has a mark of 21-14 so far this season. The Ducks commit 14.7 personal fouls per contest and they connect on 70.2% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 13.3 times per game (164th in the nation) and they are turning it over 12.3 times per game. Oregon has tallied 2,484 points on the season (71.0 per contest) and they average 37.7 boards per game. As an offense, the Ducks are shooting 44.9% from the field, which has them ranked 166th in college hoops.

The Oregon defense allows 33.7% on 3-pointers (258 of 765) and opponents are converting on 76.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have allowed 12.2 assists and 32.0 rebounds every game, which is 137th and 59th in those categories on the defensive end. The Ducks on the defensive side of the court are 70th in the nation in PPG given up with 66.4. They are forcing 11.0 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 41.1% from the floor (42nd in D-1).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oregon (-5)

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