Overview
- Tip-off is set for 8:00 p.m. ET at the Kohl Center on FOX as Wisconsin hosts Purdue.
- Oddsmakers and models lean Purdue to win and cover, with lines cited from -5.5 to -8.5 and an over/under around 153.5.
- Purdue enters 12-1 with a top-tier KenPom offense and has allowed fewer than 60 points in four straight since the early-December loss to Iowa State.
- Wisconsin is 0-4 in Quad 1 nonconference games but has won the last two meetings with Purdue and leans on Nick Boyd, John Blackwell and Nolan Winter for scoring.
- Purdue guard Braden Smith leads the Big Ten at roughly 9.5 assists per game and is approaching the conference’s career assists record.