#761/762 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Over 139 Points – Colgate vs Wisconsin, Friday at 9:50 PM ET - Many still view the Badgers as a plodding, slow paced team but that is not the case this season. They were actually the 5th fastest paced team in the Big 10 this season. Colgate ranked 4th in the Patriot league in tempo and 162nd nationally. Neither of these teams prefers to walk it up the court and use the full shot clock so we should have plenty of possessions to get this this total. Colgate ranks below 200th in defensive efficiency. To put that in perspective, only 4 teams in the Big 10 rank below 100th in defensive efficiency and none rank below 200th. In other words, this will be the weakest defense the Badgers have faced since December. UW faced a total of 3 defenses this year ranked lower than Colgate in efficiency (Illinois State, St Francis, and UWGB) and they averaged 81 PPG in those games. On the other end of the court, Colgate ranks 11th in the nation in eFG% and 2nd in 3 point % hitting over 40% as a team. They have 6 players in the regular rotation that hit 35% or better from deep. The Badger defense is a step down from previous seasons ranking 147th in eFG% allowed and 98th in 3 point % allowed so we expect the Raiders to have some success offensively. Neither team does well forcing turnovers and offensively neither turns the ball over so there won’t be many wasted possessions. Our projections have this total at 145 to some definite value with the Over in our opinion.