{"id":55294,"date":"2015-03-15T02:56:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T06:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=55294"},"modified":"2015-03-15T09:27:28","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T13:27:28","slug":"michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State vs. Wisconsin \u2013 2015 Big Ten Championship Final \u2013 March 15, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sparty\u2019s back. After another impressive tournament run, Michigan State will be defending its Big Ten crown against regular season champ Wisconsin in\u00a0the final on Selection Sunday. Frank Kaminsky and the Badgers were close to unstoppable during conference play, but the senior-led Spartans are on a four-game winning streak and will offer a worthy challenge. Read on below for our Big Ten finals preview.<\/p>\n<p>Championship Week is coming to a close with a bang. Don&#8217;t forget to check out our previews of the other tournament finals from the SEC (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/arkansas-razorbacks-vs-kentucky-wildcats-2015-sec-championship-final-march-15-2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">Arkansas vs. Kentucky<\/a>)\u00a0and AAC (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/connecticut-vs-smu-2015-aac-championship-final-march-15-2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">Connecticut vs. SMU<\/a>). And of course, get your printable brackets <a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/printable-march-madness-bracket-2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0in preparation for\u00a0Selection Sunday.<\/p>\n[sc:MarchMadness ]\n<h2>Michigan State Spartans vs. Wisconsin Badgers Betting Preview<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0United Center, Chicago<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0Sunday, March 15, 3:30 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line:<\/strong>\u00a0Michigan State <strong>(+6.5)<\/strong> vs. Wisconsin <strong>(-6.5)<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/college-basketball\/ncaa-mens\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>view all NCAA Basketball lines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Betting on the Michigan State Spartans<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s a pretty nice time for Travis Trice to be playing his best basketball of the season. Trice had 18 points in the Spartans\u2019 76-67 quarterfinal win over Ohio State, and led the team with 20 in their 62-58 upset of No. 8-ranked Maryland in the semis. The senior guard has been averaging over 20 points per game since Valentine\u2019s Day, and has put in an average of 21.5 points in the Spartans\u2019 recent four-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>[sc:NCAAB240banner ]Trice played well in Michigan State\u2019s regular season meeting with Wisconsin, a 68-61 Spartans loss on March 1. Trice had 16 points while Bryn Forbes came from out of nowhere to drop 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the field and a perfect 5-of-5 from three.<\/p>\n<p>The Spartans\u2019 three-point shooting could once again be vital in this matchup. They shot close to 39 percent on the season, but went a sizzling 9-of-17 (53 percent) from beyond the arc in the first game against Wisconsin. The Badgers. on the other hand, have allowed opponents to shoot 13-of-29 (45 percent) from three through their first two tournament games.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, senior Branden Dawson could be ready to redeem himself after a poor showing against Wisconsin. Dawson, who was relegated to the bench following a poor showing in the previous game, scored only four points against the Badgers. The Spartan frontcourt as a whole had just 12 in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Dawson, though, has returned just fine after missing the regular season finale against Indiana due to a head injury. He&#8217;s averaging 15.5 points and eight rebounds and shooting 54 percent from the field in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The over has gone 5-1 in the Spartans&#8217; last six games.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Join Top Bet sportsbook\" href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Create a betting account now<\/a> and get caught up in the madness of the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<h3>Betting on the Wisconsin Badgers<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Frank-Kaminsky-Wisconsin-Koenig.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-54295\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Frank-Kaminsky-Wisconsin-Koenig-600x340.jpg\" alt=\"Frank+Kaminsky+Wisconsin+Koenig\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Frank-Kaminsky-Wisconsin-Koenig.jpg 600w, http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Frank-Kaminsky-Wisconsin-Koenig-250x142.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ruthlessly efficient. That\u2019s what Wisconsin was in the regular season en route to a dominating 16-2 conference record, and that\u2019s what it&#8217;s\u00a0been in the first two games of the tournament. In both games thus far, the Badgers have\u00a0scored an identical 71 points in wins over Michigan (71-60) and Purdue (71-51) and have shot very good\u00a0percentages across the board.<\/p>\n<p>The one flaw in the Badgers\u2019 win over Michigan was their defense, which allowed the Wolverines to shoot 52 percent from the floor. They upped the intensity on that end of the floor against Purdue, as they held\u00a0the Boilermakers to just 37 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Seven-foot senior Frank Kaminsky completely shut down opposing Purdue big man AJ Hammons and held him scoreless in the second half. He did a similarly great job protecting the paint against Michigan State\u2019s bigs in their first meeting. \u201cFrank the Tank\u201d wasn\u2019t too shabby on the offensive end, either, as he torched the Spartans for a season-high 31 points on 11-of-17 shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The Badgers have had a very well-balanced offense thus far in the tournament, but expect them to let Kaminsky work a lot more inside against the undersized Spartans frontline. And if Michigan State coach Tom Izzo decides to double-team\u00a0Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Bronson Koenig will be ready to step up.\u00a0Dekker is averaging 15.5 points per game over his last four games, while Koenig has gone off for 15 points per game in his last three.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin is just 3-5 against the spread in its last eight games.<\/p>\n<h3>Writer\u2019s Prediction<\/h3>\n<p>Wisconsin has enough firepower to\u00a0get the\u00a0win, but the Spartans (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/college-basketball\/ncaa-mens\" target=\"_blank\">+6.5<\/a><\/strong>) fight to the death and cover the spread.<\/p>\n[sc:NCAAB490Banner ]\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"55294\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;2,390&nbsp;total views, &nbsp;1&nbsp;views today<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sparty\u2019s back. After another impressive tournament run, Michigan State will be defending its Big Ten crown against regular season champ Wisconsin in\u00a0the final on Selection Sunday. Frank Kaminsky and the<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"55294\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;2,390&nbsp;total views, &nbsp;1&nbsp;views today<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":55298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[393,70],"tags":[2937,983,149,1276,704,3049,3052,3051,3050,1170,528],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michigan St vs Wisconsin Picks - Big Ten Championship Final<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Predictions, picks and preview for the Michigan State Spartans vs Wisconsin Badgers Big Ten Championship on Mar. 15, 2015, courtesy of Top Bet sportsbook.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michigan St vs Wisconsin Picks - Big Ten Championship Final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Predictions, picks and preview for the Michigan State Spartans vs Wisconsin Badgers Big Ten Championship on Mar. 15, 2015, courtesy of Top Bet sportsbook.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports Betting Tips, News, and Analysis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/topbetsports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-15T06:56:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-03-15T13:27:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Travis-Trice-Michigan-State-Big-Ten-Basketball-Tournament.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"340\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Topbet\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/topbetsports\/\",\"http:\/\/topbetsports\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/topbetsports\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/topbetlogo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/topbetlogo.png\",\"width\":1168,\"height\":330,\"caption\":\"Topbet\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Sports Betting Tips, News, and Analysis\",\"description\":\"Sports Betting Tips, News, and Analysis\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Travis-Trice-Michigan-State-Big-Ten-Basketball-Tournament.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Travis-Trice-Michigan-State-Big-Ten-Basketball-Tournament.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":340},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html#webpage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html\",\"name\":\"Michigan St vs Wisconsin Picks - Big Ten Championship Final\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-15T06:56:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-15T13:27:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Predictions, picks and preview for the Michigan State Spartans vs Wisconsin Badgers Big Ten Championship on Mar. 15, 2015, courtesy of Top Bet sportsbook.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html#webpage\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6b94716597d16b3483f4cee98f32daa6\"},\"headline\":\"Michigan State vs. Wisconsin \\u2013 2015 Big Ten Championship Final \\u2013 March 15, 2015\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-15T06:56:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-15T13:27:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":729,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/michigan-state-vs-wisconsin-2015-big-ten-championship-final-march-15-2015.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Travis-Trice-Michigan-State-Big-Ten-Basketball-Tournament.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2015 Big Ten Championship Predictions\",\"Big Ten\",\"College Basketball\",\"March Madness betting\",\"Michigan State Spartans\",\"Michigan State vs Wisconsin Basketball Predictions\",\"Michigan State vs Wisconsin Basketball Preview\",\"Michigan State vs Wisconsin Odds\",\"Michigan State vs Wisconsin Picks\",\"NCAA Tournament\",\"Wisconsin Badgers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Betting Previews\",\"College Basketball Betting News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6b94716597d16b3483f4cee98f32daa6\",\"name\":\"Brad\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/author\/brad\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55294"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55294"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55355,"href":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55294\/revisions\/55355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}