Each year we see a team that jumps higher in the polls than they should off of one big win. Michigan State soared after defeating Duke, but is coming off a 14-point loss to Northwestern. Expect the Badgers to continue to expose MSU, and redeem themselves from losing their only road game of the season against Marquette. Play the Badgers.

This would be only the second time this century that Michigan State is a home dog vs. Wisconsin, and I frankly don't understand why the Spartans are one. The Badgers have played just one road game, and they lost at Marquette. MSU is unbeaten at home. Granted, the Spartans didn't look good last time out in a loss at Northwestern and their best player, transfer Joey Hauser (a Wisconsin native), banged up his knee, but he's expected to play-- and you know he wants to have a big day against his home-state school. As long as Hauser does play, I love Sparty here.