The 3^rd-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles will travel to Madison, Wisconsin to face the Wisconsin Badgers at the Kohl Center on Saturday afternoon with tip-off scheduled for 12:30 PM ET and will air on Fox.

Marquette has been one of the best teams at the beginning of the season as they enter this game with a record of 6-1 and are coming off a 2^nd-place finish in the Maui Invitational following a 71-69 win in the 1^st round against the UCLA Bruins, a 73-59 win in the Semifinals against the Kansas Jayhawks before losing to the Purdue Boilermakers in the Championship game by a score of 75-78 which has been their only loss this season and are coming off a 93-56 win at home against the Southern Jaguars on Tuesday. The Golden Eagles have been one of the highest-scoring teams in college basketball this season as they enter this game averaging 81.43 points per game Kam Jones has played a pivotal role in the success the offense has had for the Golden Eagles as he leads the team in scoring with an average of 16 points per game. The Marquette Golden Eagles will look to build momentum following their win on Tuesday when they travel to face the Wisconsin Badgers.

The Wisconsin Badgers enter this game with a record of 5-2 and are on a four-game winning streak following a 71-49 win at home against the Western Illinois Leathernecks on Monday. This will be the Badgers 3^rd Top 25 team they have played this season and they have split the other two with a loss at home against the Tennessee Volunteers by a score of 70-80 while winning on the road against the Virginia Cavaliers by a score of 65-41. The defensive play for the Badgers has played a pivotal role in the success the team has had this season as they are allowing an average of 63.86 points per game. Wisconsin will look to extend their winning streak to five games with a win on Saturday afternoon when they host the Marquette Golden Eagles.

BookMaker has the Marquette Golden Eagles listed as 2.5-point favorites on the road against the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday afternoon. Wisconsin has won six of the last ten and two of the last three meetings. The Golden Eagles are 6-4 ATS in the last ten while the Badgers are 2-1 ATS in the last three games in the series. The Marquette Golden Eagles are 4-2-1 ATS overall, 1-0 ATS on the road, and 2-2 ATS as a favorite this season while the Wisconsin Badgers are 3-4 ATS overall, 1-3 ATS at home, and 1-1 ATS as an underdog on the year.

Marquette has been the better team this season as they enter this game ranked 3^rd in the AP Poll and 3^rd in the Coaches Poll while Wisconsin is unranked. The Golden Eagles have also gone 6-4 ATS in the last ten meetings in the series while having also been the better team at covering the spread this season as they are 4-2-1 ATS overall while the Badgers are 3-4 ATS overall and 1-3 ATS at home which is why I am buying the .5 point and laying the points with the Marquette Golden Eagles when they travel to face the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday afternoon.