NFL
By: Melo Williams
24 Wisconsin Badgers (18-7, 10-4) travels to Ohio State (16-9, 8-6) to take on the Buckeyes in the rematch.
Last time out, Wisconsin defeated Ohio State at the Kohl Center 92-82 (1/31/26). The Badgers are 4-1 in the last 5 games and 7-3 in the last 10 matchups.
The Badgers are riding a 2-game winning streak after wins against Illinois and Michigan State and 8-2 in the last 10 games.
The Buckeyes are on a 1-game losing streak falling to Virginia in a non-conferenece game but on a 1-game conference winning streak after defeating USC (2/11/26) and 5-5 in the last 10 games.
Keys To The Game For Wisconsin
●Defending Bruce Thornton is a tough matchup for anyone any night. What Bruce Thornton will you get is the question every game. You either get the floor general, the aggressive scorer, or both the scorer playmaker. The scorer playmaker Bruce Thornton take Ohio State to another level of good when Thorton and the team is scoring
Turn Thornton into a playmaker and try minimizing his scoring or it can get scary.
●Strong focus on minimizing Ohio State’s mid range and paint points
●Feed Nolan Winter/Aleksas Bieliauskas through pick and roll/pop action
●Nick Boyd 6-8 assists
●John Blackwell/Nick Boyd 20+ points each
●Bench and fast break points will be a factor
●Rebounding, forced turnovers and points off turnovers
Team Stats Comparisons
Player Stats Leaders
Wisconsin
Nick Boyd 20.6 PPG, 3.4 RPG. 3.7 APG
John Blackwell 19.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 2.4 APG
Nolan Winter 13.7 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 1.7 APG
Andrew Rohde 6.4 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 2.8 APG
Aleksas Bieliauskas 4.4 PPG, 4.0 RPG
Austin Rapp 9.3 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 1.7 APG
Braeden Carrington 7.1 PPG, 2.6 RPG
Ohio State
Bruce Thornton 19.6 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 3.8 APG
John Mobley Jr. 15.1 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 2.8 APG
Devin Royal 13.6 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.7 APG
Christoph Tilly 11.8 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 2.4 APG
Amare Bynum 9.4 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 1.0 APG
Taison Chatman 4.0 PPG, 1.0 RPG
Ivan Njegovan 2.9 PPG, 3.3 RPG
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Prediction- Badgers by 7
Game Notes
📍Ohio State
⏰7:30 PM CST
📺FS1
📻Badger Radio Network
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