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The Badgers are 7-1 and No. 18 in the NET rankings, which are used to choose and seed the NCAA tournament field. But the season is only a month old and the road in the Big Ten is filled with potholes that will challenge a young team.
More than 70% of the Badgers' roster had never played a true road game or a sell out at the Kohl Center before this season.
In addition to posting career highs of 15 points and six assists, the rookie point guard set the tone defensively in the Badgers' win over rival Marquette.
The No. 23 Badgers kept rolling with an 89-76 victory over the in-state rival Golden Eagles on Saturday at the Kohl Center.
Columnist Jim Polzin breaks down what he liked from the 23rd-ranked Badgers' 89-76 win over the Golden Eagles, what he didn't like, and what it all means.
The Kohl Center is sold out for the first time this season with the Wisconsin men’s basketball team set to welcome the Golden Eagles to Madison.
TV information, potential starting lineups and things to know about the Golden Eagles to prepare you for the men’s basketball team’s game against Marquette.
Free agent Wesley Matthews rejoined the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, after spending last season with the Los Angeles Lakers.
The poll, which sampled Wisconsin registered voters, comes one year before Wisconsin voters cast ballots in the 2022 midterm election, which is expected to have contested races for both governor and U.S. Senate.
Wildcats coach Craig Skinner and Badgers coach Kelly Sheffield will start Friday by having breakfast together.
Dec. 4 | Marquette
The Golden Eagles defeated the Badgers 67-65 last season, but UW holds the 68-59 all-time edge in the I-94 series.
Phoenix already is playing without reserve forward Dario Saric, who tore his right anterior cruciate ligament in the first quarter of Phoenix's 118-105 Game 1 triumph on Tuesday.
D.J. Carton is leaving Marquette to pursue a professional career, a move that means the Golden Eagles won't return at least four of their top five scorers from this past season.
Madison native and Oregon High School graduate Shaka Smart acknowledges he’s happy to return to his home state but says that isn’t necessarily the reason he decided to leave Texas for Marquette.
The Madison native's inability to win any NCAA tournament games at Texas is notable because a lack of postseason success was one of the biggest criticisms of Steve Wojciechowski’s Marquette tenure.
Men’s College Basketball
“It’s going to be a great matchup,” Marquette assistant coach Jake Presutti said, “and I’m looking forward to it.”
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Jake Presutti had a front-row seat to see the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team early in the 2020-21 campai…
The Badgers have been called for 22 fouls in each of their past two games. They had 15 fouls in the second half of a win over Rhode Island last week.
Marquette committed 24 turnovers in the loss to Oklahoma State. … Theo John (above) leads the Golden Eagles with 9.7 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game. … Jamal Cain has 11 offensive rebounds through three games. Marquette averages over 13 offensive boards per game as a team. … D.J. Carton, a transfer from Ohio State who was heavily recruited by UW, is 2 of 11 from 3-point range and has a team-high nine turnovers. He leads the Golden Eagles with six steals. … Koby McEwen is 7 of 18 from 3-point range and has attempted a team-high 19 free throws.
The Badgers are scheduled to play 26 games, a number that is expected to increase by one when a seventh non-conference game is added. But even the most optimistic people within the program are expecting hiccups.
Dec. 4 | Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee
Former Vice President Joe Biden continued his plus-five lead over President Donald Trump among Wisconsin respondents in the latest Marquette University Law School poll, a margin that's held steady throughout the summer and fall.