Wisconsin and Michigan are playing a Big Ten college basketball game on Sunday and the Wolverines are hosting the streaming CBS game matchup at the Crisler Center and the Badgers come in ranked 21st in the nation and the Wolverines are 15th and this matchup comes after a game against Ohio State for U of M and comes before a rivalry game against Michigan State.
The Wolverines come into the game after a nice win against OSU and this comes after Nik Stauskas had 15 points to lead the team and Michigan is averaging 75 points per game this season and they are 21st in the nation in field goal percentage with 48 percent and they have won two of the last three games, defeating Nebraska, losing to Iowa and winning against rival Ohio State and this stretch of games includes four in a row against ranked teams. The Hawkeyes, Buckeyes and Badgers are all in the top 25 and the team next plays against Michigan State and they are ranked in the top 10 and heading down the stretch, this is the toughest part of the schedule for Michigan.
Stauskas is leading the team in scoring and assists once again and Michigan is tops with Michigan State in the Big Ten standings and there are five teams in the conference that are currently ranked. The Wolverines have games coming up against Purdue, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana heading into the final part of the season and that leads into the conference tournament and the Wolverines will be one of the favorites again.
The Wolverines are averaging over 75 points per game this season and they are ranked 52nd in the nation in assists per game and they are in the top 50 in defense while allowing 64 points per game. The Badgers come into the game after a win against Minnesota and they next play against Iowa and they are 20-5 overall on the season and 7-5 in the Big Ten conference and this comes as the team has won three games in a row and that came after two losses against Northwestern and Ohio State. The team is averaging 73 points per game and are shooting 45 percent this season and the defense has been solid, as they rank 30th in the nation with 63 points allowed per game and that should make for a nice game on Sunday. The team is averaging five steals per game and heading down the stretch they have games against the Hawkeyes, Indiana, Penn State, Purdue and Nebraska.
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