A roller-coaster week for the Badgers: revenge, disappointment, revenge again
By Joe Rickles | Feb. 4, 2021The Badgers had a long and eventful week, and it's only going to get tougher from here on out.
The Badgers had a long and eventful week, and it's only going to get tougher from here on out.
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.
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.
I have a lot of things I could say about the game between No. 9 Wisconsin (11-3 overall, 4-2 Big Ten) and Rutgers (7-5 overall, 3-5 Big Ten), but instead I will celebrate the Badgers 60-54 win here for a graf or two.
Two talented programs on skids face off in Piscataway, N.J. tonight.
Despite a subpar performance from star center Hunter Dickinson, the Badgers were absolutely thrashed by Juwan Howard's Wolverines.
No. 8 Wisconsin (10-2 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) will face their biggest test of the season so far Tuesday night when they face off against undefeated No. 10 Michigan (10-0 overall, 5-0 Big Ten) at the Crisler Center in Michigan.
D’Mitrik Trice and Tyler Wahl came through in a huge away for No. 8 Wisconsin (10-2 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) in clutch time against Indiana (7-5 overall, 2-3 Big Ten) Thursday night, nailing clutch shot after clutch shot to sink a pesky Hoosier team 80-73 in double overtime.
The Hoosiers and Badgers will face off for the 124th time since 1949 on Thursday night.
Star guard Marcus Carr was a non-factor in the Badgers' demolition of Richard Pitino's Gophers.
In a defensive slugfest Wednesday night at the Kohl Center, Maryland was able to knock of No. 6 Wisconsin 70-64 behind a red hot second half shooting performance.
The Badgers sleigh-d the Spartans on Christmas Day in East Lansing.
It took awhile for Wisconsin to get going in their Big Ten opener against Nebraska Tuesday night — but thanks to a 16-0 run in the second half, the Badgers were able to take down the Cornhuskers by a final of 67-53.
The Huskers will try to "shuck" the Badgers on Tuesday night. Get it?
What looked on paper to be the No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers biggest challenge of the season against No. 23 Louisville Cardinals ended up being a blowout from buzzer to buzzer — ending 85-48 for the Badgers.
The No. 12 Badgers take on a team that looks like their polar opposite in No. 23 Louisville.
Davison led Wisconsin in scoring for a second straight game with 17, Trice matches with 17 of his own.
The 4-1 Badgers take on Porter Moser and his Loyola-Chicago Ramblers of 2018 Final Four fame.