Cardinal Madness: Stacked Big Ten looks to light up the bracket
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The madness is back.
Fourteen turnovers. A nine-minute field goal drought to end the game. A five-second violation with under a minute despite having a timeout. And yet, they still only lost by single digits.
The Wisconsin Badgers (11-10 Big Ten, 17-11 overall) escaped by the skin of their teeth Thursday night against the Penn State Nittany Lions (7-13 Big Ten, 11-13 overall) 75-74 after blowing an 18-point lead late in the second half.
The No. 25 Badgers (16-11 overall, 10-10 Big Ten) and the No. 5 Iowa Hawkeyes (20-7 overall, 14-7 Big Ten) were on their way to a classic Big Ten finish. With three and a half minutes to go, the game was tied at 63 points apiece. It had been tight the whole way down. The Badgers were finally hitting their shots and were playing lockdown defense; Wooden Award candidate Luka Garza and Badger kryptonite Jordan Bohannon kept the Hawkeyes in the game.
The No. 25 Wisconsin Badgers (16-10 overall, 10-9 Big Ten) dropped their seventh straight game against a ranked team, this time in West Lafayette against No. 23 Purdue (17-8 overall, 12-7 Big Ten) by a score of 73-69.
The No. 25 Wisconsin Badgers (10-8 Big Ten, 16-9 overall) have been in somewhat of a tail spin over the last month, posting just a 3-5 record over the last 28 days, including losses to all four ranked teams they played.
The No. 23 Wisconsin Badgers (10-8 Big Ten, 16-9 overall) showed heart late in the game against the No. 5 Illinois Illini (15-4 Big Ten, 19-6 overall) to climb back from a 12 point deficit in just two minutes, but it wasn’t enough to pull out the win in the end, losing 74-69.
In what could be many of the roster’s last game at the Kohl Center, the No. 23 Wisconsin Badgers (16-8 overall, 10-7 Big Ten) will face the No. 5 Illini (17-6 overall, 13-4 Big Ten) for the Badgers’ senior game on Saturday afternoon. All but two of the players in Greg Gard’s rotation — freshman Jonathan Davis and sophomore Tyler Wahl — are seniors.
The No. 21 Wisconsin Badgers (9-7 Big Ten, 15-8 overall) came up short against a top ranked opponent again Thursday night, falling to the No. 11 Iowa Hawkeyes (10-5 Big Ten, 16-6 overall) 77-62 in a contest that was really decided in the first 10 minutes.
The No. 21 Badgers (15-7 overall, 9-6 Big Ten) will look to continue their streak of wins coming off of losses as they host No. 11 Iowa (15-6 overall, 9-5 Big Ten) and Wooden Award frontrunner Luka Garza on Thursday evening.
It might be time to reset expectations for this basketball season, as the No. 21 Wisconsin Badgers (9-6 Big Ten, 15-7 overall) fell again to the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines (9-1 Big Ten, 14-1 overall) 67-59 in a game that slipped right through the Badgers fingers.
The No. 21 Wisconsin Badgers (9-5 Big Ten, 15-6 overall) return to the Kohl Center for what could be their biggest game of the regular season - a rematch against the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines (8-1 Big Ten, 13-1 overall) as they return from a two week long pause due to COVID-19 variants present in the Michigan Athletics community.
The No. 21 Wisconsin Badgers (8-5 Big Ten, 14-6 overall) are hoping to break out of their slump tonight visiting the Nebraska Cornhuskers (0-7 Big Ten, 4-10 overall) who are winless in their last 24 Big Ten games, dating back to 2019.
In a disheartening performance, the Badgers (8-5 Big Ten, 14-6 overall) were crushed by the Illinois Fighting Illini (9-3 Big Ten, 13-5 overall) by a score of 75-60 in Champaign, Ill. The Badgers were outrebounded 46-20 and shot just 4-24 from three-point range.
The No. 19 Wisconsin Badgers (8-4 Big Ten, 14-5 overall) travel to Champaign, Illinois Saturday afternoon to take on the No. 12 Illinois Fighting Illini (8-3 Big Ten, 12-5 overall) in a battle between two of the top four Big Ten teams.
Tuesday evening’s victory against Penn State was much bigger than just a convincing home win against an underperforming Big Ten team. It was the confidence-building revenge game that the Wisconsin Badgers (8-4 Big Ten, 14-5 overall) needed as they approach the most daunting part of their schedule.
After a disappointing loss to Penn State last week, the No. 19 Wisconsin Badgers (8-4 Big Ten, 14-5 overall) came back to dominate the Nittany Lions (3-7 Big Ten, 6-8 overall) Tuesday night 72-56 at the Kohl Center.
Well the Big Ten is a tough conference, and the No. 10 Wisconsin Badgers (12-4 overall, 6-3 Big Ten) found out again Saturday afternoon, losing to a tough No. 15 Ohio State Buckeyes (12-4 overall, 6-4 Big Ten) team 72-62 Saturday afternoon.
The Badgers men’s basketball team (6-2 Big Ten, 12-3 overall) returns to the court to take on the No. 15 Ohio State Buckeyes (5-4 Big Ten, 11-4 overall) for a Saturday afternoon matinee.
The No. 10 Wisconsin Badgers (12-3 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) played suffocating defense in the second half against the Northwestern Wildcats (6-8 overall, 3-7 Big Ten) to pull away with a big 68-52 victory at the Kohl Center.