Wisconsin Badgers vs Ohio State Buckeyes Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 02/17/26

The Wisconsin Badgers will travel to Columbus on Tuesday night to play a Big 10 Conference game against the Ohio state Buckeyes. Ohio State is coming off a non-conference loss to Virginia in their last game and need to start stacking wins if they want a chance at the NCAA Tournament. They are just 16-9 on the year and the games do get easier moving forward. Wisconsin have brought themselves out of the bubble conversations with back-to-back top 10 wins over Illinois and Michigan State. They are now ranked inside the top 25 and are one of the hottest teams in the country. I will take the team playing the better basketball and ride Wisconsin as a short favorite here.

I like Wisconsin -1 in this game despite them being the road because they are playing better than anyone nationally and have two of the best guards in the nation. Nick Boyd and John Blackwell are both averaging over 19 points per game this season and scored over 20 points in each of their last two games. Ohio State guard John Mobley Jr. will not play in this game, which gives the Buckeyes one less guard to throw at the Wisconsin’s lethal backcourt. Since February 1, the Badgers are ranked 2nd in adjusted offensive efficiency at Bart Torvik, and I think their firepower will be too much for the Buckeyes to handle. Take Wisconsin to win and cover.

Wisconsin vs Ohio State prediction: Wisconsin -1 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to 3.

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