Cardinal Madness: Four at-large bids that shouldn’t be overlooked
By Kelly Rash | Mar. 18, 2021A few solid at-large teams can make a run this March Madness — Including one right here in Madison.
A few solid at-large teams can make a run this March Madness — Including one right here in Madison.
A couple of at-large bids have the chance to make a deep run this spring. Anything goes in March.
Offensive rebounding will be the key for the Badgers against the No. 8 Tar Heels.
Badger men's basketball beat writers Joe Rickles and Nathan Denzin give some of their gambling picks for round one of March Madness.
The Field of 64 is packed with Big Ten teams hoping to make a run. Time will tell how good the vaunted conference really is in 2021.
An all-time choke job down the stretch allowed Fran McCaffrey to bring out the broom against the Badgers.
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.
College basketball fans were subjected to the worst of the sport in the final minute of an excellent game between the Big Ten's best.
The Badgers lost their seventh straight game to a ranked Big Ten opponent Tuesday night.
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.
The Badgers' rematch against the Illini will see their opponents without their most dangerous player.
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 Badgers are 2-point favorites against a Hawkeyes team that is ranked 10 spots ahead of them in the AP Poll.
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 Badgers and Wolverines meet in Madison for a top-25 Valentine's Day matinee.
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.
Kofi Cockburn, Ayo Dosunmu and the rest of the Illini put the 'pain' in Champaign as they crushed the Badgers.
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.
The Badgers had a long and eventful week, and it's only going to get tougher from here on out.