Wisconsin Badgers vs Purdue Boilermakers Prediction, 2/15/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Wisconsin Badgers vs Purdue Boilermakers

Date: Saturday, February 15, 2025

Location: Mackey Arena in Blacksburg, VA

TV: CBS

The Wisconsin Badgers (19-5) are hitting the road to Mackey Arena on Saturday where they will play the Purdue Boilermakers (19-6).

The Wisconsin Badgers faced Iowa and went home with a win by a final score of 74-63 in their last contest. Wisconsin wrapped up the game with a 39.3% field goal percentage (24 out of 61) and buried 12 of their 35 3-point shots. From the charity stripe, the Badgers made 14 of their 17 tries for a percentage of 82.4%. When it comes to getting rebounds, they earned 37 with 10 of them being on the offensive end. They also recorded 15 assists for this contest while forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and having 5 steals. When discussing defense, Wisconsin allowed 38.1% from the floor on 24 of 63 shooting. Iowa totaled 12 dimes and had 5 steals in this game. In addition, Iowa snagged 35 rebounds (10 offensive, 25 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Iowa finished 77.8% at the charity stripe by making 7 of their 9 attempts. They also converted 8 of their 25 attempts from 3-point range. Concerning personal fouls, the Badgers ended up with 14 and Iowa accounted for 15 personal fouls.

John Tonje is someone who came through for this game. He accumulated 22 points on 5 out of 11 shooting. He saw the court for 33 mins played and also pulled down 6 rebounds. He finished shooting 45.5% from the field and dished out 4 assists.

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Wisconsin comes into this game with a mark of 19-5 on the season. They average 81.0 points per contest (36th in the nation) while shooting 46.0% from the field. The Badgers are shooting 36.5% on three-point shots (245 of 672) and 84.1% from the free throw line. As a unit, Wisconsin is pulling in 36.2 boards per contest and has earned 358 assists so far this season, which is 126th in the nation in terms of passing the ball. They cough up possession 10.1 times per game and as a team they commit 17.1 fouls per contest.

When they are on defense, the Badgers are able to force 10.5 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 18.7 fouls. They relinquish 32.2% on 3-pointers and they are 128th in the country in points per game allowed (69.9). The Badgers defense is allowing a FG percentage of 41.3% (599 of 1,449) and they surrender 33.2 boards per game as a unit. They are 45th in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 276 surrendered for the year.

The last time they took the court, the Purdue Boilermakers took a loss by a score of 75-73 when they played Michigan. In regard to how they cleaned up the glass, Purdue allowed Michigan to get 33 in total (12 on the offensive glass). They finished the game shooting 30.4% from three-point range by shooting 7 of 23 and ended up going 18 of 26 from the charity stripe (69.2%). The Boilermakers allowed Michigan to knock down 25 out of 56 tries from the field which had them shooting 44.6% for the contest. When all was said and done, the Boilermakers finished the game shooting 30 out of 69 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 43.5%. In the matter of shooting from distance, Purdue converted 7 of 20 tries (35.0%). They were able to bury 6 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 75.0%. Michigan had 13 personal fouls in this contest which got the Boilermakers to the free throw line for 8 tries. They also turned the ball over 11 times, while getting 7 steals for the game. The Boilermakers were able to pull down 21 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive boards totaling 30 in this contest.

Braden Smith ended up having an impact for the Boilermakers in this game. He totaled 24 points in his 40 minutes on the court and totaled 5 assists in this contest. He converted 10 of 21 for this game giving him a rate of 47.6%, and totaled 6 rebounds.

Purdue has a win-loss mark of 19-6 so far this season. The Boilermakers are committing 15.5 fouls per contest and they go 72.4% from the free throw line. They are getting an assist 16.4 times per contest (38th in college) and they are turning it over 10.8 times per game. Purdue has scored 1,962 points for the year (78.5 per contest) and they grab 33.4 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Boilermakers are hitting on 49.3% from the field, which ranks them 11th in the nation.

The Boilermakers on the defensive side of the court are 88th in college in points per game surrendered with 68.9. They are forcing their opponents into 13.0 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 43.9% from the field (197th in college). The Purdue defense allows 30.4% on 3-point shots (184 of 606) and opponents are converting on 72.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have relinquished 13.9 assists and 31.6 total boards per game, which has them ranked 255th and 38th in Division 1.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Wisconsin

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