After winning the Big Ten regular season championship, the Purdue Boilermakers will continue their quest to win the 2024 Big Ten Tournament championship on CBS and Paramount+. On Saturday, the No. 1 seed Boilermakers will take on the No. 5 seed Wisconsin Badgers in a Big Ten Tournament 2024 semifinal matchup. The Boilermakers won this tournament last year, while Wisconsin last won in 2015. Purdue split the two-game season series between the teams and has won three straight versus Wisconsin overall.
Tipoff is at 1 p.m. ET from the Target Center in Minneapolis. The Boilermakers are 6-point favorites in the latest Wisconsin vs. Purdue odds, per SportsLine consensus. The over/under for total points scored is 142.5. You can watch Saturday's game on CBS and stream the game on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME.
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How to watch Purdue vs. Wisconsin
- Wisconsin vs. Purdue date: Saturday, March 16
- Wisconsin vs. Purdue time: 1 p.m. ET
- Wisconsin vs. Purdue TV channel: CBS
- Wisconsin vs. Purdue live stream: Paramount+
College basketball picks for Purdue vs. Wisconsin
Before tuning into the Wisconsin vs. Purdue game, you need to see the college basketball picks from SportsLine's advanced computer model. The model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. It enters 2024 conference championship week on a 145-104 roll on all top-rated college basketball picks dating back to last season, returning more than $1,700 for $100 players. It also has a strong 28-18 (+820) record on top-rated spread picks this season. Anyone following has seen huge returns.
For Purdue vs. Wisconsin, the model projects that the game goes Over 142.5 total points. These have trended to the Over all season long. Wisconsin games went Over the total in 21 of 33 games, while Purdue games went Over 21 out of 32 times.
The game also went Over both times when these teams met this season. They combined for 148 points on March 10, barely clearing the 147.5 total in that one. They combined for 144 points on Feb. 4, clearing the 143.5 number.
Seven of Wisconsin's last eight games have gone Over, while four of the last six have gone Over for Purdue. The model is projecting 148 combined points in this matchup, helping the Over hit in approximately 65% of simulations. Stream the game here.
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