Behind a gritty performance from John Blackwell, memorable nights from Jack Janicki and Carter Gilmore and plenty of defensive toughness, the No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team strutted into Minneapolis and defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers 74-67 Wednesday night.
All season long, the No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team rode on the notion that their high-powered, free-wheeling offense could carry them to magical places. That conviction took a menacing blow Sunday afternoon in East Lansing as the No. 8 Michigan State Spartans stymied Wisconsin’s offense, defeating the Badgers 71-62 in front of a raucous Breslin Center.
After Saturday’s disaster, the No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team needed to bounce back, and they did so in a big way against Washington Tuesday night at the Kohl Center by handily defeating the Huskies 88-62 behind an explosive offensive effort.
The No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers led the Oregon Ducks by double-digits for most of Saturday afternoon before, seemingly out of nowhere, the Ducks took the life out of Wisconsin, ending regulation on a grueling, nine-minute, 19-4 run to defeat the Badgers 77-73 in overtime.
The No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team is rolling. With a 95-74 win over the Illinois Fighting Illini Tuesday night at the Kohl Center, Wisconsin has now won six straight games and find themselves in position to make a late-season run at the regular season Big Ten title.
The No. 16 Wisconsin Badgers arrived in West Lafayette, Indiana, this weekend already in the midst of an impressive season. But after upsetting the No. 7 Purdue Boilermakers 94-84 in front of a packed Mackey Arena Saturday afternoon, Wisconsin left demanding the respect of the nation.
Now squarely in the fourth month of their season, the No. 16 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team have turned heads all season. With a match-up at the No. 7 Purdue Boilermakers on Saturday afternoon, the Badgers have the opportunity to put the entire county on notice, once-and-for-all.
The last time the No. 21 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team (19-5, 9-4 Big Ten) met with the Iowa Hawkeyes, it was an offensive barn-burner.
Heading into Tuesday night’s match-up, the No. 21 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team (18-5, 8-4 Big Ten) had not lost to the now 14–9 (5-7 Big Ten) Indiana Hoosiers at the Kohl Center since 1998.
It wasn’t pretty for the No. 17 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team on Saturday, but with big games from John Tonje and Carter Gilmore, the Badgers battled their way to a gritty 75-69 road win against the Northwestern Wildcats.
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