Wisconsin Badgers vs BYU Cougars Prediction, 11/21/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Wisconsin Badgers vs BYU Cougars

Date: Friday, November 21, 2025

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: Peacock

Delta Center is the site where the BYU Cougars (3-1) will try to defeat the Wisconsin Badgers (4-0) on Friday.

The Wisconsin Badgers took the court against SIU Edwardsville and took home the win by a score of 94-69 in their last game. With respect to personal fouls, the Badgers ended up finishing with 13 while SIU Edwardsville accounted for 18 personal fouls. They made 7 of their 18 shots from beyond the arc. SIU Edwardsville shot 90.9% when shooting free throws by making 10 of their 11 shots. Additionally, SIU Edwardsville collected 27 rebounds (6 offensive, 21 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. SIU Edwardsville doled out 10 assists and had 4 steals in this game. Pertaining to defense, Wisconsin allowed the other team to go 44.8% from the field on 26 of 58 shooting. They also distributed 19 dimes for the contest as well as forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and having 8 steals. In the matter of getting rebounds, they collected 35 with 11 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Badgers made 21 of 24 tries for a percentage of 87.5%. Wisconsin walked away from the contest with a 44.6% field goal percentage (29 out of 65) and made 15 of their 39 shots from beyond the perimeter.

John Blackwell is a player who was important in the matchup. He ended up shooting 54.5% from the floor and recorded 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 31 minutes and grabbed 6 rebounds. He was able to score 24 points on 6 out of 11 shooting.

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Wisconsin will enter this contest with a win-loss mark of 4-0 on the campaign. They currently have an average of 93.3 points per contest (32nd in Division 1) while hitting 48.6% from the floor. The Badgers are connecting on 36.0% on shots from 3-point land (49 of 136) and 84.1% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Wisconsin is pulling down 38.3 boards per game and has totaled 72 dimes on the year, which has them ranked 161st in the nation in terms of passing. They lose possession by turning the ball over 9.3 times per contest and as a group are committing 17.0 fouls every game.

When they are on the defensive end, the Badgers are forcing 15.3 turnovers per contest and they draw 20.8 fouls. They are giving up 32.1% on 3-point shots and they rank 56th in college hoops in PPG allowed (65.0). The Badgers defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 42.4% (89 of 210) and they relinquish 27.8 boards per contest as a team. They are currently ranked 17th in college in giving up assists with 36 relinquished this season.

When they last stepped on the court, the BYU Cougars took a loss by a score of 86-84 when they played Connecticut. In regard to team rebounding, BYU permitted Connecticut to grab 26 overall (6 on the offensive glass). They finished the game shooting 44.4% from downtown by connecting on 8 out of 18 and walked away from this one shooting 18 of 27 from the charity stripe (66.7%). The Cougars permitted Connecticut to convert 30 of 53 tries from the field which gave them a percentage of 56.6% in the matchup. When the final whistle was blown, the Cougars went 29 for 59 from the floor which had them sitting at 49.2%. In regard to shooting from beyond the arc, BYU converted 8 out of their 26 attempts (30.8%). They were able to convert 18 of the free throw tries for a rate of 78.3%. Connecticut earned 21 fouls for the matchup which took the Cougars to the charity stripe for 23 tries. They also coughed up the ball 13 times, while earning 10 steals for the matchup. The Cougars earned 18 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards totaling 27 in this game.

AJ Dybantsa ended up being a major contributor for the Cougars for the game. He tallied 25 points in his 34 minutes on the court, but didn't record an assist. He buried 8 of 14 for the contest for a field goal percentage of 57.1%, and had 6 rebounds.

BYU has a win-loss mark of 3-1 this season. The Cougars are committing 13.5 personal fouls every game and they hit 77.3% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 12.8 times per game (280th in the nation) and they are turning it over 7.8 times per contest. BYU has accounted for 338 points on the campaign (84.5 per game) and they average 38.3 rebounds per game. As an offensive team, the Cougars are shooting 48.8% from the floor, which has them ranked 87th in college.

The Cougars on the defensive side of the court are 105th in college in points allowed per game with 68.3. They are forcing their opponents into 11.8 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 42.0% from the field (151st in the country). The BYU defense allows 32.3% on shots from 3-point land (32 of 99) and their opponents are connecting on 66.1% of their shots from the charity stripe. They concede 12.5 assists and 32.8 rebounds on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 143rd and 104th in the nation.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Wisconsin

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