4.5* NCAAB POD #Wisconsin vs. #Duke 9:18pm ET

[Pick Bot]

Wisconsin -115 4.5* NCAAB POD

The Badgers are the experienced team here. Duke has enough to get by here, but I worry they won't be able to match the complete effort of Wisconsin. Wisconsin has far too many weapons here and you remember they lost in December by 10 points to Duke. Ironically they played their worst defensive performance against Duke in that game as the Blue Devils shot 71% in the second half alone and 65% overall. It would be near impossible for Duke to have the same type of effort here and I also think they greatly benefited by having extra time to prepare for that game. They had Stanford on November 22nd and then Furman followed by Army with Elon on deck meanwhile Wisconsin had Georgetown and Oklahoma followed by Marquette which is a much more challenging stretch. Either way this Wisconsin team seems to be on their way after defeating Kentucky. I don't worry about a let down here as they are led by senior Frank Kaminsky and Bo Ryan is one of the most under rated coaches in all of basketball.