No. 1 seed Baylor (23-2) takes on No. 9 seed Wisconsin (18-12) at 1:40 on Sunday in Hinkle Arena (Butler’s arena). The game airs on CBS.
Wisconsin is ranked highly on the analytics sites. The Badgers are No. 10 on KenPom, Torvik and Evan Miya. The Badgers have a ton of close loses, and those sites believe the Badgers are much better than the record.
Baylor opened as a five point favorite. At publication time, Baylor is up to a 6.5 point favorite, which indicates that gamblers like the Bears.
There’s no doubt Wisconsin underachieved in the regular season.