The Duke Blue Devils and Wisconsin Badgers are playing live on the ACC Big Ten challenge college basketball schedule and the matchup from the Kohl Center starts up past 9:30 pm ET and will be on ESPN and the WatchESPN website as Jahlil Okafor and company take on the number two ranked Badgers in this top five matchup.
Duke remains undefeated at 7-0 this season and so are the Badgers and this is another early test for the team after a matchup with ranked Michigan State. Duke comes in after a win against Army and they will play against Elon next and they are currently ranked third in the nation in scoring with 90 points per game. The team is second in assists per game and seventh in field goal percentage and Duke has done a very good job overall this season, although the opponents have been marginal for the most part.
The ACC Big Ten challenge gives Duke and Wisconsin the chance to play against top competition and they have another solid matchup with UConn and later they will play a tough ACC schedule with ranked teams. The ACC has Miami, UNC as well as Virginia and the Louisville Cardinals are ranked fifth in the nation right now. Okafor is leading Duke, while Quinn Cook is the elder statesman on the team and they now face off against Frank Kaminsky and the Badgers.
Kaminsky is leading the team in scoring and he comes in after scoring 17 points and eight rebounds for the Badgers in their win against the Oklahoma Sooners. The Badgers will next play against Marquette and they come in averaging 74 points per game this season. Wisconsin is one of the favorites in the conference and in the nation and they are ranked in the top 20 in field goal percentage.
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