Wisconsin vs Rutgers Game Information

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Wisconsin (11-3, 1-2 in Big Ten) travels to Piscataway, New Jersey to play Rutgers (8-6, 1-2 in Big Ten) from Jersey Mike’s Arena in a Big Ten Conference meeting on Monday night. In their last 5 games, the Badgers are 3-2, losing to Marquette by 14 (88-74), at Illinois by 6 (86-80), then beating Butler by 9 (83-74), Detroit Mercy by 23 (76-53), and Iowa by 31 (116-85) back-to-back-to-back. In their last 5, the Scarlet Knights are also 3-2, topping Penn State by 4 (80-76), Seton Hall by 3 (66-63), losing to Princeton by 1 (83-82), beating Columbia by 27 (91-64), and losing at Indiana by 10 (84-74). Online sportsbook DraftKings currently has Wisconsin priced at 120/1 to capture the 2025 NCAA Basketball Tournament with Rutgers not listed in the Futures because they are a New Jersey school.

Wisconsin Still Trending Very Strong to the Over

Wisconsin (7-6-1 ATS, 11-3-0 O/U) played in 7 straight Overs to begin this 2024-25 NCAA Basketball Regular Season, then played 2 Unders, and now the Badgers have played 4 more Overs and just 1 Under heading into this matchup in the Garden State. Wisconsin started the season 8-0, and the only 3 Losses so far have been to Michigan, Marquette, and Illinois—all in a row. Wisconsin is led by G John Tonje (18.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg), G John Blackwell (15.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg), F Nolan Winter (11.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg), G Max Kiesmit (11.0 ppg, 3.0 apg), F Steven Crowl (9.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg), and G Kamari McGee (6.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg). Wisconsin is currently averaging 83.9 ppg (#31) and allowing 71.9 ppg (+12.0 ppg Point Differential) heading into this game. Last season, Wisconsin (-122 Moneyline) went 11-9 in the Big Ten (22-14 overall) but was just 3-9 on the Road.

Wisconsin Betting Trends

• Wisconsin is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games overall
• The Badgers are 1-3-0 ATS in their last 4 Road games
• The Over is 5-0-0 in Wisconsin’s 3 Road and 2 Neutral Site games
• Wisconsin is 3-0 SU in its last 3 games
• The Badgers were 16-19-1 ATS in the 2023-24 NCAAB season (45.7%)

Rutgers Frosh Harper, Bailey Are the Real Deal

Rutgers (5-8-1 ATS, 8-5-1 O/U) went 12-5 at Home last season and are a perfect 7-0 overall at Jersey Mike’s Arena so this relatively new Big Ten follows the form we see in many of the Power 4 conferences. The Scarlet Knights get their scoring from 5 main guys, standout G’s Dylan Harper (22.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 4.8 apg) and Ace Bailey (19.9 ppg, 7.7 rpg), along with G Jeremiah Williams (7.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg), C Lathan Sommerville (7.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg), and G Jordan Derkack (7.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.6 apg). The Scarlet Knights (+122 Moneyline) average 79.3 ppg (#95) while giving up 75.0 ppg and are very average at Rebounding (36.9 rpg, #169) or Assists (13.9 apg, #220). Freshman Bailey had 39 points and took 29 shots from the Field in the Loss at Bloomington, so expect him to pop when he wants to here.

Rutgers Betting Trends

• Rutgers is 6-4-0 ATS its last 10 games vs Wisconsin
• Rutgers was 13-19-0 ATS last season
• The Scarlet Knights have lost 6 of their last 7 conference games
• Rutgers is 2-9 SU in its last 10 Big Ten Conference games
• The Under was 22-10-0 in Rutgers games last season (68.8%)

Wisconsin vs Rutgers Prediction

The Home has won the last 2 series meetings after the Road team won 4 in a row after the Home team won 4 consecutive. The last time these two met was at the Kohl Center in Madison on March 7, 2024 where the Badgers won by 12 (78-66), covering the 10-Point Spread on a bucket in a game the Scarlet Knights trailed by 16 (77-61) with just 1 minute to play. Rutgers covered the previous 2 meetings and the Over is 2-0-0 in low-set Totals (129, 133.5) but those games barely went Over by 5 and 10.5 points respectively and this Total is much higher. The previous 2 meetings went Under, so these teams seem to play low-scoring games when they meet although the Over is 6-3-1 the last 10 series meetings but just 2-2-1 in Piscataway. This Wisconsin vs Rutgers NCAAB pick wants to look at the Site as being the most important handicapping factor with the Home team 7-0 on its familiar hardwood and the visitors 0-2 on the Road and having played just 2 true Road games 2 months into the season. But it is too hard to back a Rutgers team who has lost so much in conference lately. Freshmen Harper and Bailey have lived up to their lofty expectations for Rutgers and with so much pace and the Trends pointing Over, let’s look to the Total.

Kevin’s Pick: Wisconsin-Rutgers Over 156.5