Wisconsin vs Nebraska

Nebraska’s undefeated 9-0 run, fueled by Rienk Mast’s 18.1 points per game and a 13-game overall winning streak dating back to last season, makes the Cornhuskers the side to back on the moneyline at -129 against a Wisconsin team that is hot (7-2, coming off a 96-76 demolition of Marquette) but far less tested in true road environments and still prone to the occasional cold outside shooting night. With both rosters largely at full strength and key returners like Mast, Sam Hoiberg, John Blackwell, and Nick Boyd all active, this shapes up as a high-level rematch of last January’s 83-55 Badger blowout that should have Nebraska sharply focused in front of a 6-0 home crowd at Pinnacle Bank, so the price is fair but not cheap, meriting a solid B grade on the moneyline. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 10/12/2025 09:44am

Wisconsin’s perimeter-driven offense that just hung 96 points and 14 threes on Marquette now runs into a Nebraska defense that held Creighton to 50 and has generally kept opponents around the low 70s, and in a Big Ten opener where both coaches can roll out deep, healthy frontcourts (Nolan Winter and Aleksas Bieliauskas vs. Mast and Berke Buyuktuncel) to contest threes and control the glass, the total of 156 looks a shade high for what should become a more half-court, grind-it-out game, making Under 156 at -110 a modest value play with a B-grade confidence. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 10/12/2025 09:44am

Rienk Mast’s ability to stretch the floor and attack Wisconsin’s bigs off the bounce, combined with Nebraska’s 9-0 start, W9 current streak, and 6-0 home record, points me toward the Cornhuskers -1.5 (-110) in what amounts to a short-number endorsement of their overall form against a Badger squad that just crushed Nebraska in Madison last January behind John Blackwell’s shooting and now has to deal with both Mast and former Wisconsin sniper Connor Essegian in a revenge spot. With no major rotation injuries reported on either side and both backcourts (Boyd/Blackwell for Wisconsin, Hoiberg/Essegian/Kendall Blue for Nebraska) capable of trading big shots, I prefer laying the small spread over paying extra juice on the moneyline, giving this play a slightly stronger B+ grade on risk-reward. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 10/12/2025 09:44am