What looked on paper to be the No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers biggest challenge of the season against No. 23 Louisville Cardinals ended up being a blowout from buzzer to buzzer — ending 85-48 for the Badgers.
The No. 12 Badgers take on a team that looks like their polar opposite in No. 23 Louisville.
Davison led Wisconsin in scoring for a second straight game with 17, Trice matches with 17 of his own.
The 4-1 Badgers take on Porter Moser and his Loyola-Chicago Ramblers of 2018 Final Four fame.
It wasn’t very pretty late in the game, but the No. 13 Wisconsin Badgers (4-1) were able to hold on to their 17 point first half lead against the Rhode Island Rams (3-3) Wednesday afternoon to win 73-62.
The No. 4 Wisconsin Badgers (3-0) will face off against in-state rival Marquette (2-1) Friday evening in the 127th matchup between the two programs.
Wahl was a spark plug off the bench for Wisconsin, who needed a kick-start after a sluggish start to the first half.
The No. 7 Wisconsin Badgers (1-0) took care of business against the Eastern Illinois Panthers (0-1) Wednesday night, winning 77-67 in the Badgers first game against a real opponent in nearly nine months.
It’s extremely difficult to explain exactly why, but this Badger team feels like a Team of Destiny.
Leading from start to finish, the No. 24 Wisconsin Badgers (13-6 Big Ten, 20-10 overall) earned its seventh straight victory after defeating the Northwestern Wildcats (2-17 Big Ten, 7-22 overall) 63-48.
Continuing in its success, Wisconsin (10-6 Big Ten, 17-10 overall) secured its fourth-straight win with a 79-71 victory over Rutgers (9-8 Big Ten, 18-10 overall) and improved to 13-1 at home this season.
The Wisconsin Badgers (6-6 Big Ten, 13-10 overall) finds itself in a position where they must respond with a home win, after a week with off-court turmoil and a tough road loss.
Erik Helland, the director of strength and conditioning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, resigned Thursday morning after UW officials became aware of a “racial epithet” he used in the presence of student-athletes.
It has been quite the week for Badger basketball.
Jordan Ford may have stole the show for the Saint Mary’s Gaels (1-0) with a game-high 26 points, but Malik Fitts put the final dagger in the Wisconsin Badgers (0-1) Tuesday night.
Ethan Happ has seen quite a bit at Wisconsin.
Oftentimes, the singularity of a veteran player’s greatness can be easily forgotten — it can take major milestones to jolt fans from their complacency and recognize a remarkable career.
MILWAUKEE — Sitting at the podium on Saturday night, senior center Ethan Happ couldn’t care less about his historic performance. “It doesn’t matter about individual stuff, stats, whatever it may be,” he said after posting a career-high 34 points in a 74-69 overtime loss at Marquette.
Every season it seems, Wisconsin suffers several self-inflicted losses. Missing free throws, failing to convert open looks and committing needless turnovers tend to be the primary culprits.
For the fourth straight game, the Badgers (2-0 Big Ten, 8-1 overall) entered the second half without a lead. And yet, after No. 12 Wisconsin’s 69-64 win over Rutgers (0-2, 5-3), just one of those games in question has ended in a loss. Call the Badgers a second-half team if you want, head coach Greg Gard would probably just call them winners.
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