By Stephen Nover
Wisconsin minus 4 1/2 hosting Rutgers
Wisconsin is another one of those Big Ten teams that is much better at home. The timing works here to back the Badgers.
Rutgers is at low ebb. The Scarlet Knights are 2-4 this month. They also are a bit shell shocked having just lost for the first time in 18 games at home falling to Michigan, 60-52, this past Wednesday. Rutgers shot just 34.9 percent from the floor in that loss.
The Badgers have held opponents below 40 percent from the field in five of their last six games. Wisconsin is 12-1 at home this season. Rutgers has lost its past five road/neutral court games. Like the Badgers, the Scarlet Knights are a far better home team.
Wisconsin has revenge motivation, too. Rutgers defeated the Badgers, 72-65, in Piscataway on Dec. 11. The Scarlet Knights took advantage of the Badgers not having Micah Potter, their leading rebounder, to outrebound Wisconsin, 40-26.
Rutgers has never swept a season series for Wisconsin. I don’t see the Scarlet Knights putting a halt to that streak.
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