CBB Total of the Week 10*
(NCAAB) Stanford vs. Wisconsin,
Total: 137.50 | -110.00 Under
Result: Win
#677/678 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Under 137.5 Points – Stanford vs Wisconsin, Friday at 7:30 PM ET - This game is being played at the home of the Brewers, American Family Field. This will be the first basketball game ever at the field and the back drop is terrible. Really no back drop at all behind the baskets which will make it very difficult to shoot well. This total is set a little high in our opinion due to Wisconsin’s first performance of the year where they scored 85 points vs South Dakota and Stanford’s first game of the year where they put up 88 at home vs Pacific. The Badgers hit over 50% of their shots on Monday night vs South Dakota and made 12 of their 26 three point attempts. Stanford hit 60% of their shots vs Pacific and went to the FT line 34 times. Now they’ll both be facing far superior defenses than they faced in their openers and neither will be at home where they tend to be comfortable shooting the ball. Wisconsin averaged 69.9 PPG last year ranking them 175th nationally and lost their top 2 scorers Johnny Davis & Brad Davison. They will take some time to find their footing offensively early in the season vs solid opponents. Stanford averaged just 64 PPG last year ranking them 274th. Both of these defenses allowed less than 70 PPG last season and after facing defenses in their first game of the season that ranked 254th (South Dakota) and 271st (Pacific) in scoring last year, this is a huge step up on that end of the court. Wisconsin has picked up their pace a bit over the last few season but they still ranked outside the top 250 in tempo last year and Stanford was middle of the pack so neither play at a really fast pace. We expect a halfcourt game here in which both teams struggle to shoot the ball in this non familiar basketball venue. Neither team gets to 70 here and we like the Under.