What to expect: Indiana in Wisconsin – Inside the Hall

Indiana is on the road again Tuesday night, this time to the Kohl Center, to take on Wisconsin. The baths are 17-5 and 7-4 in the Big Ten.

The competition overturns at 1 p.m. 21 one on the peacock:

Losers of three equal and five of six leader Indiana to a place where it has not won since 1998: Kohl Center. Wisconsin’s dominance against Indiana in the building is well documented and Badgers is a healthy favorite coming into this season’s showdown in Madison.

Despite several key transfer portalta loss, including AJ Storr and Chucky Hepburn, Wisconsin is comfortably in the top 20 of Kenpom and is on its way to another NCAA tournament look.

Indiana is not out of the NCAA tournament image yet, but Hoosiers did not help the cause of losing back-to-back matches against Maryland and Purdue due to poor late game performance.

Meet Badgers

Wisconsin has one of the country’s top 10 offenses that enter Tuesday’s game, according to Kenpom. Badgers ranks seventh in adjusted offensive efficiency, powered by a low turnover speed, excellent free-throwing shooting, a top 50 2-point field target percentage and a top 65 3-point field target percentage.

North Omaha, Nebraska native John Tonje transferred from Missouri after performing on only eight games last season for Tigers due to injury. Now in his sixth year he played his first four seasons in the Colorado State-the 6-Foot-5 Tonje, Badgers leads in the scoring with 18.6 points per year. Match. Tonje has joined a team high 49 3-pointer and shoots 41.5 percent from a distance. He has also tried 141 free throw and shoots 92.9 percent from the strip.

Sophomore John Blackwell is in the middle of a breakout season in the Badger -backcourt. The 6-foot-4 guard from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is number two on the guard schedule in the scoring with 15.5 points per year. Match. Blackwell shoots 55.6 percent at 2S and 35.1 percent in 3s and is also an excellent free throwing shoot of 81.3 percent.

The fifth year’s senior Max Klesmit ends the Wisconsin-Three-Guard Set. After joining nearly 40 percent of its 3s last season, Klesmit shoots only 28.2 percent from a distance in its last season. The 6-Foot-4 guard, like his backcourt buddies, has been excellent from the Free Castle Line (84.7 percent).

Senior Kamari McGee is the primary backup name to know from a guard perspective. The 6-Foot Point Guard shoots 51.4 percent and average 7.2 points in 22 minutes from the bench.

In frontcourt, badgers are led by the fifth year’s senior Steven Crowl and the second winter in Nolan.

Crowl, a seven-foot, can step out and beat the occasional 3-pointer, but is among the league’s most effective finishers at the edge. He shoots 61.6 percent in 2s this season and 66 percent in 2s in conference games. Crowls 5.8 rebounds per Games lead the team and he also has a team high 13 blocked shots.

Winter has taken on a more significant role in its second season and is one of the most effective players in the Big Ten. He is third on the team in scoring at 10.1 points per year. Battle while shooting 59 percent off the field. The winter earns 70.9 percent of its 2’s, 39.6 percent from 3 and 79.2 percent from the free throwing line. He is also in the top 20 of the league in offensive and defensive rebounding percentage.

The fifth year’s senior Carter Gilmore gives depth in frontcourt. A low-use player, the 6-foot-7 forward average of 3.5 points in 17 minutes per day. Match.

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(All statistics are updated through Sunday’s games and only includes numbers from conference games.)

While Wisconsin’s playing style is not visually appealing, it wins many games. The badger is one of the most basic healthy programs in the country, and they appreciate taking care of the ball, defensively rebounding and defending without justifying.

This season, however, Badgers have combined these basic elements with elite shooting. Through 11 Big Ten matches, Wisconsin is first in the league in 3-point shooting of 39.1 percent. Badgers also leads the conference in free-throwing shooting (81.1 percent) and is fifth in 2-point field target percentage (54.6).

Nothing Big Ten -Team gets a higher percentage of its points from 3 in the Big Ten game than Wisconsin (42 percent). In league games, 49.7 percent of Wisconsin’s field target attempts have been 3s. During its last four matches, Wisconsin was an average of 13.5 made 3-Pointer per year. Match.

What it comes down to

Wisconsin is a double digit favorite. Kenpom projects an 11-point victory for badgers and an 18 percent chance of an IU victory. Bart Torvik’s numbers favor Wisconsin with 12, with a 14 percent chance of a hoosier disturbed.

The badger is 11-1 in the Kohl Center this season. Their lonely defeat came against Michigan, 67-64, on December 3rd.

While Indiana has played better recently and has been competitive in each of its last three losses, it is unlikely to be the year it clicks on its losing series in Madison.

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