Getty Forward Luka Garza #55 of the Iowa Hawkeyes
Luka Garza and the Iowa Hawkeyes will take on the Wisconsin Badgers in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament Friday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
The game starts at about 9 p.m. ET (depending on when Illinois vs Rutgers ends) and will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
If you don’t have cable or don’t have the Big Ten Network channel, here are several different ways you can watch a live stream of Iowa vs Wisconsin–and every other Big Ten Tournament game–online for free:
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FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of Big Ten Network, CBS (will have the Big Ten semis and championship) and 100-plus other TV channels on FuboTV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch Iowa vs Wisconsin live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV also comes with 250 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which allows you to watch games on-demand within three days of their conclusion, even if you don’t record them.
AT&T TV
AT&T TV has four different channel packages: “Entertainment”, “Choice”, “Ultimate” and “Premier.” CBS (will have the Big Ten semis and championship) is included in all of them, while the Big Ten Network is in the “Choice” and above bundles. You can pick any package and any add-on you want for your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but when you sign up and select whatever bundle and extras you want, you’ll see that — if you’re a new customer — the “due today” amount is $0. You won’t be charged for 14 days, and you can cancel at any time:
Once signed up for AT&T TV, you can watch Iowa vs Wisconsin live on the AT&T TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the AT&T TV website.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV also comes with 20 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to 500 hours).
Hulu With Live TV
You can watch a live stream of Big Ten Network, CBS (will have the Big Ten semis and championship) and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which you can try out for free with a seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch Iowa vs Wisconsin live on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Hulu website.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu with Live TV also comes with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).
Iowa vs Wisconsin Preview
The Hawkeyes averaged 85 points a game this season, which is fourth in the nation. They last played on Sunday, when they handed this same Wisconsin team a 77-73 loss. As he has all season, Garza led the way for Iowa in that game with 21 points and 16 rebounds, and guard Jordan Bohannon chipped in 16 points while dishing out eight assists.
Garza, who just won Big Ten Player of the Year for the second year in a row, is third in the NCAA in scoring, netting 23.8 points per contest.
“This year I had all the expectations, so I was already a marked guy in the league. Coaches already knew what they were going to try to do to stop me. So it was definitely more of a challenge, but my whole focus the whole year was winning games,” Garza said, adding:
“I’m just going to work as hard as I can and do whatever I can and whatever a team needs to be successful. I think I’m a good enough 3-point threat to be able to score from the outside as well.”
As for the Badgers, they’re coming off a wild 75-74 win over Penn State Thursday night. Forward Aleem Ford led Wisconsin in scoring with 17 points, and guard Brad Davison added 15 in a game that saw the Badgers go up by 10 points in the first half only to see that lead almost slip away entirely in the second half.
The Badgers shot a blistering 52.2 percent from beyond the arc in the victory, which was a big reason they blew an 18-point second-half lead and still managed to win the game.
“I thought we got too tentative against their pressure, it made us stand around,” Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard said after the game. “We had some opportunities to convert against it and didn’t finish plays off tight to the rim.”
The Badgers did succeed at moving the ball around against the Nittany Lions, as every player who saw playing time scored at least four points in the game, while all five starters had 7+ points.
“Survive and advance, it’s all about winning games right now,” Ford added. “There’s things to fix to negate their run at the end we’ll look at on film for tomorrow, but right now it’s survive and advance.”
The Hawkeyes have won both games they’ve played against Wisconsin this year, with Garza dominating each. Now, Wisconsin faces its biggest test of the season, and it won’t be an easy task.