T.M. Selection: Colgate.

I like Colgate to cover the spread against Wisconsin in this game on Friday. Colgate has looked good lately and I think they can upset Wisconsin here and move on to the next round. They have won 15 games in a row and lately they have been winning by a lot of points in their games. They just won their conference tournament with 3 wins and all of them were by 10+ points and even 20+ points in some games. They have also put up 70+ points in 5 games in a row but this is a common occurrence for them this year. I think they will be able to keep up with Wisconsin in this game and I expect them to take the lead and hang on to it with their offense. Wisconsin may be a 3 seed in this tournament but they haven't looked like one in their games lately and I think Colgate will get the best of them here. Wisconsin has lost 2 games in a row now with 1 being in their 1st game of their conference tournament to Michigan State but their other loss was to Nebraska in their final game of the regular season and Nebraska was the worst team in the Big 10 this year. Even before those 2 losses, their previous 3 games before that were shaky wins by 3 over Purdue, a win by 5 over Rutgers, and a win by 1 point over Minnesota who was also 1 of the worst teams in the conference this year. I think Wisconsin has been slipping near the end of the year here and I don't expect them to go very far in this tournament. Even if they manage to win this game Colgate will cover the spread but I think with how Wisconsin has looked lately, Colgate can upset and win this game. I like Colgate to cover the spread here.

T.M. Prediction: 74-71 Colgate.