Wisconsin basketball (16-5, 6-4 Big Ten) will vie for an important bounce-back win when it visits Northwestern (12-9, 3-7 Big Ten) on Saturday. The Badgers recently dropped to sixth place in the Big Ten standings following a road loss to Maryland. The team now sits 3 1/2 games behind first-place Michigan State with 10 conference games remaining.
The Badgers men's basketball team plays its third game of the week Saturday when they take on Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois.
The Badgers are just 2-4 in true road games this season: wins over USC and Rutgers, plus losses to Illinois, Marquette, UCLA and Maryland. The team changing that rate through February and the rest of the regular season could prove the difference in its quest for a top seed in the Big Ten and NCAA Tournament.
Wisconsin Badgers (16-5, 6-4 Big Ten) at Northwestern Wildcats (12-9, 3-7 Big Ten) Evanston, Illinois; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern hosts No. 17 Wisconsin after Jalen Leach scored 23 points in Northwestern's 79-72 loss to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
The Wildcats boast a pair of the Big Ten's top-10 scorers, but most of their damage will not come from behind the arc.
Wisconsin looks to avoid a third consecutive Big Ten road loss when the 17th-ranked Badgers face Northwestern on Saturday in Evanston, Ill.
Big Ten opponents square off when the Northwestern Wildcats (12-8, 3-6 Big Ten) host the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (10-10, 3-6 Big Ten) at Welsh-Ryan Arena, starting at 9:00 PM ET on Wednesday,
Wednesday’s Big Ten schedule includes the Northwestern Wildcats (12-8, 3-6 Big Ten) versus the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (10-10, 3-6 Big Ten) at 9:00 PM ET on BTN.Buy tickets for Northwestern
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The bloom is off the rose for these Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten), who went from being underrated by the college basketball illuminati early this season to now arguably underperforming as the expectations around them have risen. The climb up the mountain, as always, gets harder with every subsequent step toward the top.
Rutgers visits the Northwestern Wildcats after Jordan Derkack scored 26 points in the Scarlet Knights' 81-74 loss to the Michigan State Spartans.