IOWA CITY, Iowa— In a wildly entertaining game, No. 14 Wisconsin knocked off Iowa, 26-24, to set up a winner-take-all game next week against Minnesota for the Big Ten West title.
Wisconsin’s historic season came to an end Friday in Tallahassee as the Badgers fell to Central Florida 3-2.
Though the Badgers started off with an explosive 17-2 run against the Vanderbilt Commodores, they ultimately fell 67-58 in Wednesday's contest at the Kohl Center.
Like many college basketball fans, I tuned into the Champions Classic, watched Kentucky destroy Kansas 74-40 and came away with one very strong conclusion: Kentucky is college basketball’s Death Star this year. They are literally and figuratively the biggest team in the country and it’s going to take perfect execution from something very specific to take them down (I’m thinking outside shooting from stretch forwards).
Last week’s 59-24 drubbing of Nebraska was Wisconsin’s most impressive victory since, well, the previous meeting between those two teams, a 70-31 Badger beatdown in the 2012 Big Ten title game.
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Usually as a season progresses, teams become more predictable, falling into patterns of play where, on a week-to-week basis, fans and opponents know what to expect. In the case of the Iowa Hawkeyes, that is far from the truth.
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Thanks to Wisconsin’s, to put it politely, bulldozing of Nebraska, we now have a clear pitcure of what the Big Ten championship will look like. Ohio State has the East effectively sewn up and the Badgers continue to control their destiny, but now with some brand new safety cushions.
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As the Badgers catch their breath after Melvin Gordon’s record-breaking afternoon against Nebraska, they now turn their attention to Iowa and what will be a heated Big Ten West race to the conference championship.
It could have been Wisconsin’s stacked frontcourt that burned the Phoenix. Could have been the early foul trouble. Could have been Keifer Sykes’ inability to clone himself.
No. 2 Wisconsin (16-1 Big Ten, 25-2 overall) continued its winning streak after defeating No. 10 Illinois (13-4, 21-7) in four sets Wednesday night at the UW Field House.
The Badgers may be red hot, but there is no doubt the team is looking forward to leaving the brutal cold as they head to Florida for their second game in the NCAA tournament.
Following an impressive home sweep of the Minnesota State Mavericks last week, No. 3 Wisconsin will embark on a four-game road trip, starting with a series against St. Cloud State this weekend.
Kentucky head coach John Calipari has (unofficially) been to five Final Fours and won a national title, so I understand that he clearly knows a few things about basketball.
Though their record may not reflect it, the Badgers (0-6 overall) are a completely different team than they were when they set off on their first road trip over a month ago.
After a victory in their season opener on Sunday, the Badgers (1-0) look to win their second straight game as they face a tough SEC opponent in Vanderbilt (2-0) Thursday at the Kohl Center at 7 p.m.
Arrogant. Immature. Selfish.
The No. 2 Badgers (24-2, 14-1) will put their 15-game win streak on the line Wednesday when No. 10 Illinois (21-6, 13-3) comes to the UW Field House.
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