The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team overcame the odds all season. But on Saturday evening in Denver, Wisconsin’s unexpected team of sudden destiny ran out of magic.
With an 85-66 victory over the 14-seeded Montana Grizzlies Thursday afternoon in Denver, Colorado, the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team is moving on to the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team's action-packed Big Ten Tournament run came to a screeching end Sunday afternoon in the championship game. Wisconsin led for much of the game but couldn’t fend off a late Michigan Wolverine run, falling late, 59-53.
Unphased by intensity and unwilling to fear the Big Ten’s top-ranked team, Wisconsin put all its chips in on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Michigan State Spartans 77-74 in an action-packed, back-and-forth, undeniably March-feeling ballgame. The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team is moving on to the Big Ten Tournament Championship.
The fifth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team dominated the UCLA Bruins from the start Friday afternoon in the quarterfinal of the Big Ten Tournament. Letting the three fly, and refinding their swagger in the process, the Badgers pummeled the fourth-seeded UCLA Bruins 86-70.
The fifth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team came into the Big Ten Tournament adamant that they had flushed their embarrassing regular-season finale loss to Penn State.
On a day primed to celebrate the No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball feel-good season, the Penn State Nittany Lions came to Madison and royally spoiled it, defeating the Badgers 86-75.
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.
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