College Basketball Betting: Wisconsin vs. Northwestern: January 7th 2009

Free Pick: Northwestern +7.5 - Wed January 7th 2009 8:30p
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The Northwestern Wildcats (8-4,0-2) enter into this contest against Big 10 defending champions Wisconsin at the Kohl Center, off a couple of hard fought close losses at Penn State and Michigan State .

The Badgers (11-3, 2-0) are tied for first place with Michigan State in the conference and are off a closely contested 65-61 home win over Penn State in their last trip to the court this past weekend.

Despite of the contradictory records ,Northwestern matches up pretty well against every team in this conference, behind a D , that is currently the best in the Big Ten and ranked fifth in all of NCAA Division , allowing an average of 55.5 points per game .

The Wildcats because of their grit look like a very viable side to back getting points, as is evident by gaging the margin of defeat in their 4 losses , which have come by an average of just 6.25 PPG.

Final notes & Key Trends: Northwestern is a perfect 6-0 ATS in their L/6 road games as a underdog of between 6.5 to 12 points . The Wildcats have covered 4 of the L/5 meetings.

Play on Northwestern to cover - Courtesy of Alex Smart of Touthouse.com