Iowa vs. No. 21 Wisconsin men’s basketball glance: Time, TV, live stream, game notes (Jan. 2, 2024)

What: Iowa (8-5 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) at Wisconsin (9-3, 1-0), men’s basketball

When/where: 6 p.m., Tuesday, Kohl Center, Madison, Wis.

TV: BTN (Jeff Levering, Laphonso Ellis)

Live stream: Fox Sports Live

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates

Series: Wisconsin leads, 87-86

What to know:

This is the start of 18 straight regular-season Big Ten games for Iowa after league losses to Purdue and Michigan last month.

Senior forward Ben Krikke continues to pace Iowa’s scoring at 17.0 points per game. He averaged 20 in the Hawkeyes’ two conference contests.

Hawkeyes guard Tony Perkins has 22 assists over his last three games.

Fran McCaffery is one win from the most Big Ten victories by an Iowa coach. Tom Davis had 127. McCaffery is three wins from being the Hawkeyes’ all-time winningest coach overall.

Each of Iowa’s 13 games have been decided by at least eight points.

Wisconsin, 14th in the Kenpom ratings, is led by sophomore guard AJ Storr’s 15.0 points per game. He had 29 points in the Badgers’ most-recent game, an 80-53 win over Chicago State.

Seven-foot junior Steven Crowl averages 12.8 points and 7.3 rebounds, and has made 9 of 14 3-pointers. He is second on his team in assists. The Badgers have outscored their opponents by 105 points when Crowl is in the game.

Wisconsin guard Chucky Hepburn has 35 assists and five turnovers over his last eight games.

The Badgers have defeated Virginia, Marquette and Michigan State. They never trailed in those games.