Tuesday’s college basketball slate includes a handful of top-tier conference matchups. In Los Angeles, the red-hot Wisconsin Badgers look to spoil Mick Cronin’s first back-to-back victory in over a month.
Keep an eye on Wisco as we head towards March. Elsewhere, the Alabama Crimson Tide continue to prove their placement among the best of the best in college basketball as they look to follow up a victory over Kentucky tonight against Vanderbilt.
The Bruins snapped a four-game skid this past weekend against Iowa, dropping 94 points to ensure some post-game praise from hot-headed head coach Mick Cronin. While UCLA will be attempting to replicate their victory, the Wisconsin Badgers are no easy out.
Behind electric lead guard John Tonje, the Badgers have now won seven straight games while holding opponents to less than 70 points in five of those seven outings. With previous wins over Arizona, Pitt, and five Big Ten schools already, I’m projecting a better shooting night for the away team as they’ll get the job done at Pauley Pavilion.
The Arizona Wildcats had their seven-game win streak snapped this weekend against Texas Tech in a tough away loss where they shot the ball just 16.7% from beyond the arc. While also losing the rebound battle by 16 boards, Tommy Lloyd’s group should bounce back today against the Cowboys in an away matchup.
With Oklahoma State allowing over 80 PPG over their last three where they went 1-2, Jaden Bradley and Caleb Love are in a great spot here to bounce back and score in bunches. Arizona rarely follows a loss with another poor performance in the Tommy Lloyd era.
With a bench that is getting deeper and deeper with the emergence of Anthony Dell’Orso and K.J. Lewis, there will be too much offense for the Cowboys to handle at home.
Mark Sears and Grant Nelson are a problem. The 4th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide look to follow up their biggest win of the season with another elite performance at home. Mark Sears and Grant Nelson combined for 49 points and 23 rebounds & assists en route to a 102-97 win at Kentucky over the weekend.
Although Vandy is coming off an upset victory against Tennessee, the Commodores haven’t seen an offense quite like Alabama’s, as they have only faced two top 25 teams this season. With a difficult remaining schedule on tap, this game could easily get away from Vanderbilt in the early stages with Mark Sears’ elite and high volume shooting as of late.
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Jaden Vann is a Sport Management and Creative Writing student at Syracuse University. Originally from Los Angeles, he brings a deep passion and understanding of basketball and football to his articles while exploring the evolution of sports through some of his personal works.