How to Watch Wisconsin vs. Montana: TV Channel, Time, Live Stream - NCAA Tournament First Round

Updated Mar. 20, 2025 1:22 p.m. ET

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The No. 3 seed Wisconsin Badgers (26-9) and the No. 14 seed Montana Grizzlies (25-9) will meet on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. ET in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The matchup airs on TNT.

The Badgers are heavy favorites versus the Grizzlies, by 16.5 points. The over/under for this game is 152.5 points.

Wisconsin vs. Montana Matchup Information

Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
TV: TNT
Where: Denver, Colorado
Venue: Ball Arena
Live boxscore on FOX Sports

Badgers vs Grizzlies Betting Information
Favorite	Spread	Favorite Spread Odds	Underdog Spread Odds	Total	Over Total Odds	Under Total Odds	Favorite Moneyline	Underdog Moneyline
Badgers	-16.5	-110	-110	152.5	-110	-120	-1587	+900

Wisconsin Top Performers

Name	GP	PTS	REB	ASST	STL	BLK	3PM
John Tonje	35	19.2	5.3	1.8	0.7	0.2	2.3
John Blackwell	35	15.5	5.1	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.6
Steven Crowl	35	9.6	5.4	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.8
Max Klesmit	31	9.4	2.4	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.6
Kamari McGee	35	6.7	2.6	1.9	0.9	0.1	1.1

Montana Top Performers

Name	GP	PTS	REB	ASST	STL	BLK	3PM
Brandon Whitney	34	9.5	2.2	2.7	0.7	0	0.5
Joe Pridgen	34	11.5	6.9	1.3	0.9	0.7	0.1
Money Williams	34	13.3	3.6	3.1	1.1	0.3	1.6
Malik Moore	29	12.8	3.2	2.4	0.8	0.1	2.1
Kai Johnson	34	11.1	3.1	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.8

Wisconsin vs. Montana Scoring Insights

The Badgers record 6.8 more points per game (79.7) than the Grizzlies allow (72.9).
Wisconsin has a 22-5 record when scoring more than 72.9 points.
Montana has a 19-3 record when giving up fewer than 79.7 points.
The Grizzlies' 76.9 points per game are 6.5 more points than the 70.4 the Badgers allow.
Montana is 18-4 when it scores more than 70.4 points.
Wisconsin is 19-3 when it allows fewer than 76.9 points.

Wisconsin vs. Montana Betting Insights

Wisconsin has put together a 21-13-0 ATS record so far this year.
Montana has won 19 games against the spread this season, while failing to cover or pushing 12 times.
In 14 games this season, Wisconsin and its opponents have scored more than 152.5 combined points.
Montana has played 14 games this season that ended with a combined score higher than 152.5 points.

FOX Sports created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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