Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Wisconsin Badgers Prediction, 1/6/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Wisconsin Badgers

Date: Saturday, January 6, 2024

Location: Kohl Center in Madison, WI

TV: BTN

The Wisconsin Badgers (10-3) will compete against the Nebraska Cornhuskers (12-2) at Kohl Center on Saturday.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers played Indiana and notched a win by a score of 86-70 in their last game. Nebraska wrapped up the game having earned a 45.8% FG percentage (27 of 59) and knocked down 12 out of their 32 three-point attempts. When they shot from the free throw line, the Cornhuskers made 20 of their 26 shots for a rate of 76.9%. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 26 with 7 of them being offensive. They also dished out 15 assists in this game while creating 19 turnovers and having 15 steals. When it comes to defense, Nebraska allowed the other team to go 47.1% from the field on 24 of 51 shooting. Indiana distributed 19 dimes and had 5 steals in the game. Moreover, Indiana snagged 31 rebounds (7 offensive, 24 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Indiana ended up going 68.4% at the free throw line by converting 13 of their 19 tries. They also knocked down 9 of 18 shots from beyond the perimeter. When it comes to personal fouls, the Cornhuskers finished with 20 while Indiana totaled 19 personal fouls.

Keisei Tominaga is someone who was a major factor for the contest. He totaled 28 points on 9 of 15 shooting. He played for 27 mins and also pulled down 1 board. He walked away from this one shooting 60.0% from the field and earned 1 assist.

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Nebraska will play this game with a win-loss mark of 12-2 for the year. They turn it over 11.1 times per contest and as a team are committing 14.3 fouls every game. As a unit, Nebraska is snagging 41.0 rebounds per game and is sitting with 220 assists on the year, which is 63rd in college basketball in terms of passing. The Cornhuskers are shooting 33.2% on three-point attempts (127 of 382) and 74.5% from the free throw line. They have an average of 78.2 points per outing (102nd in the country) while connecting on 44.2% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Cornhuskers have forced 12.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 17.6 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 90th in D-1 in allowing assists with 153 surrendered this season. The Cornhuskers defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 37.9% (332 of 875) and they relinquish 36.4 rebounds per game as a group. They are conceding 29.2% on shots from beyond the arc and they are ranked 71st in Division 1 in PPG allowed (65.8).

The last time they took the court, the Wisconsin Badgers got the victory with a final of 83-72 against Iowa. Concerning cleaning the glass, Wisconsin allowed Iowa to get 29 in total (6 on the offensive side). They shot 41.2% from beyond the arc by hitting 7 of 17 and finished the game at 11 out of 16 from the charity stripe (68.8%). The Badgers permitted Iowa to bury 27 of their 62 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 43.5% for this game. When this game wrapped up, the Badgers ended up going 27 out of 52 from the floor which had them shooting 51.9%. When discussing shooting from downtown, Wisconsin made 4 out of 16 attempts (25.0%). They were able to make 25 of them for a rate of 71.4%. Iowa was called for 22 personal fouls for this contest which took the Badgers to the charity stripe for a total of 35 tries. They gave up possession of the ball 13 times, while getting 9 steals in this game. The Badgers pulled down 29 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 37 in this matchup.

Tyler Wahl was important for the Badgers in this contest. He knocked down 4 out of 6 for the contest giving him a field goal percentage of 66.7%, and had 8 rebounds. He racked up 19 points in his 29 minutes on the court and had 2 assists in this contest.

Wisconsin has a win-loss record of 10-3 so far this season. As an offense, the Badgers are hitting on 46.3% from the field, which is ranked 113th in the nation. Wisconsin has accounted for 973 points this year (74.8 per game) and they average 34.8 rebounds per game. They are assisting teammates 11.7 times per game (314th in the nation) and they are turning it over 10.1 times per game. The Badgers commit 15.1 fouls every game and they connect on 76.0% from the charity stripe.

The Wisconsin defense allows 34.4% from downtown (87 of 253) and opponents are converting on 69.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They concede 10.4 dimes and 29.0 boards on a nightly basis, which ranks 35th and 7th in those categories. The Badgers defensively are ranked 60th in college basketball in points allowed per game with 65.5. They have forced 12.6 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 44.5% from the field (269th in college basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Nebraska

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