The Minnesota Golden Gophers and Wisconsin Badgers are playing live on the Big Ten schedule on Saturday and the game from the Kohl Center starts at 12 pm ET and will be on ESPN and streaming from the WatchESPN website on ESPN3 as Frank Kaminsky and the Badgers try and keep things going into the end of the season.
The Badgers come into the game after holding off Penn State in their last win and now they have the Gophers and they will next play on the road against Maryland. The team has Michigan State after that and they end the season with two games on the road against Minnesota and Ohio State. The team has won their last five games and they have yet to lose this month and they are looking to stay that was as they take on a struggling Minnesota team.
Wisconsin has been one of the best teams in the nation this season and they have just two wins, while Minnesota has a 16-11 record. The team is first in the Big Ten and they come in at 12-1 in the conference this season and they are averaging 72 points per game and ranked 20th in field goal percentage this season. Kaminsky is leading the team in scoring and the team has been playing top not defense, as they rank eighth in points allowed.
The Badgers have won nine games in a row overall and their last loss was a close game on the road against Rutgers. Maryland is second in the conference and that is one reason why the next matchup is big for the Badgers. The Gophers come into the game after a loss against Northwestern, while Michigan State is next on the schedule and they come in ranked 36th in the nation in scoring. The team is averaging 75 points per game and second in steals per game and they have the chance to pull a big upset. The team has lost two in a row and that came after three wins in a row.
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