The Badgers' first Final Four team of the 21st century set the program on a path of success, and the story behind it continues to influence the team decades later.
On a day primed to celebrate the No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball feel-good season, the Penn State Nittany Lions came to Madison and royally spoiled it, defeating the Badgers 86-75.
MADISON – Each Monday, the Journal Sentinel will look at the Wisconsin men's basketball team’s previous week and assess how its résumé has changed and stacks up to the competition. All rankings are through Sunday unless noted otherwise.
Wisconsin enters the week 21-6 overall with an 11-5 record in the Big Ten following a 77-73 overtime loss to Oregon at the Kohl Center. The No. 11 ranking ties for the Badgers’ highest of the ...