No. 20 Wisconsin vs. Iowa men’s basketball glance: Time, TV, livestream, game info (Feb. 17, 2024)

What: No. 20 Wisconsin (17-8 overall, 9-5 Big Ten) at Iowa (14-11, 6-8), men’s basketball

When/where: Saturday at 1:16 p.m. (CT), Carver-Hawkeye Arena

TV: BTN (Brandon Gaudin, Stephen Bardo)

Livestream: FoxSports.com or Fox Sports app

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates, KRUI-FM

Series: Wisconsin leads, 88-86

Line: Wisconsin by 1

Kenpom.com ratings: Wisconsin 17th, Iowa 59th

Iowa’s next game: At Michigan State Tuesday, 6 p.m. (CT)

What to know: Iowa is coming off a 78-66 defeat at Maryland Wednesday. Wisconsin ended a four-game losing streak when it beat Ohio State 62-54 in Madison Tuesday. The Badgers were ranked sixth when that streak started.

Wisconsin beat Iowa 83-72 in Madison on Jan. 2. The Badgers had 35 free throws in that game, the Hawkeyes 16. Iowa’s Tony Perkins scored a season-high 25 points.

Iowa’s last three home games have been decided by an average of three points.

The Badgers have lost four of their last five road games. Their leading scorer is 6-foot-7 sophomore guard AJ Storr (16.3 ppg), who transferred from St. John’s. Their other four starters are holdovers from last year’s team. The team has used the same starting lineup in every game.

The Badgers have won their last four games against Iowa.

Wisconsin has won six Big Ten regular-season championships since Iowa’s last such title, in 1979.

The Badgers have 29 fewer blocked shots than any other Big Ten team, and 54 fewer than Iowa.

Hawkeye wing Payton Sandfort leads the Big Ten in 3-pointers with 69 and is second in 3-point percentage (.379).

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