OklahomaOklahoma vs. WisconsinWisconsin Pick Center

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OklahomaOklahoma 70
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O 132.5
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WisconsinWisconsin 90
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U 132.5
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FINAL (12/3/2016)
Time: 01:00 P.M. EST  If senior forward Nigel Hayes wants to show off his unselfish side, Wisconsin coach Greg Gard is more than happy to let the veteran assume some on-court leadership for the No. 17 Badgers. Hayes registered 9 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists in the Badgers' 77-60 win against No. 22 Syracuse five days ago. Hayes missed a free throw during the final minute of the game that would have secured a triple-double performance. The only Badgers player who accomplished the feat was guard Josh Gasser, who scored 10 points and had 10 rebounds and 12 assists in a win against Northwestern in 2011. Gard likely expects more of the same type effort from Hayes when Wisconsin (6-2) finishes the week with its third game in six days as it hosts Oklahoma (5-1) on Saturday at noon central at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis." Probably one thing that's overlooked a lot with him and doesn't get talked about as much or enough is his ability to pass and his vision," Gard said. "He just made things go and he made a difference. That was kind of the plan coming in, to try to touch him as much as possible and let him facilitate and make plays from there." Hayes is third in team scoring at 11.3 points per game, but a slew of his assists against the Orange were from feeding the ball inside to sophomore forward Ethan Happ, who scored a game-high 24 points. Happ is the Badgers' rebounding leader at 9.9 per game, and he contributes 13.4 points per contest. Senior guard Bronson Koenig is Wisconsin's scoring leader at 15.1 points per game. Koenig is fresh off a strong effort, in which he was 6 of 7 from beyond the arc against Syracuse. Meanwhile, Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger did something earlier this week that he hasn't done in three years: Made a change in the Sooners' starting lineup. Freshman forward Kristian Doolittle was replaced by redshirt freshman Matt Freeman in Tuesday's game against North Colorado. Doolittle, who averaged 7.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in five starts, did not sit for long. The freshman entered four minutes in and scored a career-high 17 points and had five rebounds in 18 minutes during the 87-66 home win against the Bears. Doolittle is second in team rebounds with 6.2 rebounds per game, and contributes 9.1 points per tilt." Kristian is going to be a really good player," Kruger said of Doolittle, who shot 7 of 8 from the field. "It was good to see him attack more when he came out. We've been wanting him to do that. He can make good plays off the dribble. He's very strong and powerful when he goes to the rim. He looked comfortable." Senior guard Jordan Woodward also had a strong effort against Northern Colorado, contributing 15 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists. Woodward and senior guard Khadeem Lattin are two returning starters for the Sooners, who reached the NCAA Final Four last season. Three seniors departed Oklahoma and were picked in the NBA draft. Woodward, who is averaging a team-leading 17.0 points, shot 45.5 percent (80 of 176) from beyond the arc as a junior. Lattin adds 6.7 rebounds and 11.5 points per game.

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