The Big Ten is featuring two of their best teams in the Sunday early afternoon timeslot on CBS: The Wisconsin Badgers and the Michigan State Spartans. It's a top-15 matchup as the Badgers come into the game ranked no. 11 and the Spartans are ranked no. 8. It's also an important game for both Big Ten Tournament seeding and NCAA tournament implications. It's going to be must see television. Here's everything you need to know before the game today.
Injury Updates
Michigan State is boasting a clean injury report with no one listed as out, doubtful or questionable. Wisconsin on the other hand is going to be without Max Klesmit who is listed as OUT on the Big Ten Availability reports. It appears that Kamari McGee will start in his place.
Wisconsin guard Max Klesmit is OUT with a lower-body injury against No. 8 Michigan State.
— Dillon Graff (@DillonGraff) March 2, 2025
Kamari McGee is expected to start.
Odds and Over/Under
Michigan is opening this game as a 4.5 favorite over Wisconsin. The game also features an over/under line of 146.5 (both of these betting lines come from FanDuel). This means that oddsmakers are projecting the final score as 75-71 in favor of the Spartans with the extra half point falling on one side of the betting line or the other.
Home teams are often given about a 3-4 point advantage in games of similar caliber opponents. This seems to be on brand with this matchup too.
Score Prediction
This will be a battle and Michigan State doesn't allow many teams to score 70 points on them in the last few weeks of games. In fact, the last time it happened was in their loss to Indiana. Therefore, if Wisconsin does score somewhere around 71, it seems as if it would be in a win over the Spartans.
This will be a game of coaching adjustments and hot-handed shooting. However, Wisconsin is due for a stunning upset on the road.