Detroit Titans vs Wisconsin Badgers Prediction, 12/22/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Titans vs Wisconsin Badgers

Date: Sunday, December 22, 2024

Location: Kohl Center in Madison, WI

TV: BTN

The Wisconsin Badgers (9-3) will take on the Detroit Titans (5-8) at Kohl Center on Sunday.

The Detroit Titans faced off with Northern Kentucky and went home with a loss by a final score of 73-60 in their last contest. Regarding fouls, the Titans ended up walking away with 21 while Northern Kentucky racked up 13 fouls. They converted 10 out of their 25 tries from distance. Northern Kentucky ended up going 44.0% at the free throw line by knocking down 11 of 25 attempts. On top of that, Northern Kentucky snagged 31 rebounds (9 offensive, 22 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Northern Kentucky recorded 18 assists and had 6 steals in the game. Concerning defending, Detroit allowed 45.6% from the floor on 26 of 57 shooting. They also recorded 8 dimes in the game while creating 11 turnovers and getting 8 steals. When discussing hauling in boards, they collected 31 with 7 of them being offensive. From the charity stripe, the Titans buried 8 of 11 shots for a percentage of 72.7%. Detroit finished the game having earned a 42.6% field goal percentage (23 of 54) and buried 6 of their 13 3-point shots.

Orlando Lovejoy is one player who was a contributor in this contest. He ended up with 16 points on 8 of 19 shooting. He played for 39 mins and pulled down 5 boards. He finished 42.1% from the floor and also recorded 4 assists.

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Detroit will enter this game with a mark of 5-8 this year. They are averaging 70.2 pts per game (296th in D-1) while going 41.8% from the floor. The Titans are shooting 36.8% on 3-pointers (84 of 228) and 70.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, Detroit is collecting 39.5 rebounds per game and has accounted for 151 assists for the campaign, which is 230th in the nation in terms of passing. They are losing possession via turnover 12.9 times per contest and as a group are committing 18.8 fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Titans are forcing 11.4 turnovers every game while drawing 15.8 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 346th in Division 1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 196 relinquished this year. The Titans are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 44.7% (335 of 749) and they surrender 34.2 boards per contest as a group. They concede 33.5% on 3-point shots while they are 274th in D-1 in points per game from their opponents (75.0).

When they last played, the Wisconsin Badgers took home the win by a final score of 83-74 when they played Butler. In the matter of attacking the glass, Wisconsin allowed Butler to snag 30 in total (4 on the offensive glass). They shot 32.0% from behind the 3-point line by going 8 out of 25 and walked away from this one shooting 22 of 32 from the charity stripe (68.8%). The Badgers permitted Butler to knock down 22 of 51 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 43.1% in this matchup. When all was said and done, the Badgers ended up going 26 for 58 from the field which had them shooting 44.8%. Pertaining to shooting from 3-point land, Wisconsin buried 6 of 25 attempts (24.0%). They were able to knock down 25 of the free throw tries for a clip of 92.6%. Butler committed 20 fouls for the matchup which took the Badgers to the charity stripe for a total of 27 attempts. They turned it over 3 times, while recording 2 steals for this contest. The Badgers recorded 27 defensive rebounds and 4 offensive boards for a total of 31 for the matchup.

Nolan Winter was important for the Badgers for the contest. He converted 8 of 15 for the matchup for a field goal percentage of 53.3%, and had 8 rebounds. He racked up 20 points in his 29 minutes on the hardwood and totaled 1 assist in the game.

Wisconsin has a win-loss mark of 9-3 for the season. The Badgers are committing 18.7 personal fouls per game and they connect on 84.8% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 15.2 times per contest (122nd in D-1) and they turn it over 9.6 times per game. Wisconsin has totaled 983 points so far this season (81.9 per contest) and they pull in 35.0 rebounds per game. As an offensive team, the Badgers are shooting 45.3% from the floor, which ranks them 180th in the country.

The Badgers on the defensive side of the court are 219th in Division 1 in points per game surrendered with 72.4. They are able to force 11.1 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 42.0% from the floor (130th in college hoops). The Wisconsin defense allows 29.7% on three-point shots (90 of 303) and their opponents are making 74.7% of their free throw attempts. They relinquish 11.5 assists and 34.3 boards per contest, which is ranked 83rd and 170th in college.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Detroit

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