The Big Ten Conference Tournament begins on Wednesday in Indianapolis, but for the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team (28-8, 13-7), their path has now taken an unexpected turn following Saturday’s stunning 86-75 loss to Penn State.
The No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team lost to No. 8 Michigan State 62-71 in the Breslin Center on March 1. After the loss, many takeaways surfaced from Badgers fans, such as the poor 3-point shooting and rebounding issues.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team (23-7, 13-6) will conclude their regular season on Sunday against the Penn State Nittany Lions at the Kohl Center.
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.
At the start of the season I wrote a story on the incoming transfers. Let’s look at how they have done so far.
Coming off a dominant 26-point victory over the Washington Huskies, the No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team will head to East Lansing to take on the No. 8 Michigan State Spartans on Sunday. Both teams are fighting for a potential No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, so this matchup will be crucial in determining this outcome.
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.
Nolan Winter has been one of the most productive players for the Wisconsin men’s basketball team in 2025. After a quality season as a rotation player in 2024, Winter has blossomed into a centerpiece on the consistently top-ranked team in the country.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team has four games left this season, and they are one of the four contenders for the Big Ten Conference regular season title. Tied for third place with Maryland, there is still a chance for the Badgers to raise the regular season trophy, but that means they need to win every game.
The 2022-23 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team averaged 65.3 points per game on offense, the second-lowest in the Big Ten. The Badgers were ranked No. 14 in the country at the start of the new year before dropping 12 out of their last 18 games and missing the NCAA Tournament entirely.
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.
John Tonje has had nothing short of an extraordinary season with the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team (21-5) that has landed him on two major midseason award lists.
The No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team earned a colossal victory over No. 13 Purdue on Saturday.
The No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team will tip off the second game of their three-game homestand against the Oregon Ducks on Saturday. This will be the first matchup between the Ducks and Badgers as Big Ten Conference opponents.
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 Wisconsin men’s basketball team (20-5, 10-4 Big Ten) reached a new high point on the season after they went on the road and upset the No. 7 Purdue Boilermakers 94-84 this past Saturday.
Wisconsin men’s basketball received a No. 3 seed and were ranked 11th overall in the NCAA Bracket Preview Show on Saturday, where the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee revealed its top 16 teams one month before the field of 68 will be set for March Madness.
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.
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