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Purdue guard Jaden Ivey (23) makes a pass in front of Wisconsin forward Tyler Wahl (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Edey helps No. 23 Purdue hold off No. 25 Wisconsin 73-69

By Michael Marot 18 hrs ago

Alabama guard Keon Ellis (14) passes the ball as Auburn center Dylan Cardwell (44) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
SEC - First Round - Game 1 (win) at Kentucky Wildcats 3/4/2021

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Illinois's Andre Curbelo drives past Wisconsin's D'Mitrik Trice during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Illini win 74-69 as Wisconsin's Trice-led rally falls short

By Steve Megargee Feb. 27, 2021 05:01 PM EST

Illinois's Trent Frazier tries to pass around Wisconsin's Nate Reuvers during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
America East - First Round Game 2 (win) at America East - First Round Game 3 (win) 2/28/2021

Feb. 27, 2021 02:20 PM EST

Wisconsin guard Brad Davison, front right, shoots as Northwestern guard Chase Audige guards during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Evanston, Ill., Saturday, Feb. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Potter helps No. 21 Wisconsin knock off Northwestern 68-51

By Jay Cohen Feb. 21, 2021 10:23 PM EST

Wisconsin's D'Mitrik Trice tries to stop Michigan's Brandon Johns Jr. during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Ohio State meet to top AP Top 25 slate

By Aaron Beard Feb. 16, 2021 02:35 AM EST

Wisconsin's D'Mitrik Trice drives past Michigan's Franz Wagner during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Back from layoff, No. 3 Michigan tops No. 21 Wisconsin 67-59

By Steve Megargee Feb. 14, 2021 03:25 PM EST

File-Baylor guard MaCio Teague, front left, scores past Kansas guard Marcus Garrett in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in Waco, Texas. Teague and Davion Mitchell, two of the league’s best shooters, were part of a Big 12-record 23-game winning streak last season in their debuts as Baylor starters. Those former transfers had also gone through a redshirt season together. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP, File)
Redshirted rosters: No. 2 Baylor benefits from extra years

By Stephen Hawkins Feb. 09, 2021 06:11 PM EST

Illinois guard Da'Monte Williams (20) battles for ball control with Wisconsin's forward Aleem Ford (2) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Holly Hart)
Cockburn, Dosunmu lead No. 12 Illinois past No. 19 Wisconsin

Terry Towery Feb. 06, 2021 05:08 PM EST

FILE - Washington State and Utah play the first half of an NCAA college basketball game at Beasley Coliseum without fans present due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Pullman, Wash., in this Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, file photo. Since the season began Nov 25, more than 715 men’s basketball games have been postponed, rearranged or simply called off, according to an AP analysis through Friday's, Feb. 5, 2021, games, and the news was similar for women's teams. (AP Photo/Young Kwak, File)
COVID-19 variants add more variables to playing in pandemic

By Larry Lage Feb. 05, 2021 03:01 PM EST

Illinois' Kofi Cockburn (21) smiles after a dunk during overtime in the team's NCAA college basketball game against Indiana, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Bloomington, Ind. Illinois won 75-71. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
No. 12 Illini's offense facing test against No. 19 Wisconsin

By Eric Olson Feb. 04, 2021 02:39 AM EST

Wisconsin's Micah Potter and Penn State's John Harrar go after a loose ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
No. 19 Wisconsin returns to winning ways over Penn St, 72-56

By Steve Megargee Feb. 02, 2021 11:18 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2020, file photo, Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg gestures to players during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Wisconsin in Lincoln, Neb. The Nebraska men's basketball team is emerging from a shutdown because of a COVID-19 outbreak that left coach Hoiberg with the most severe case. “I got a little scared, to be honest with you, just with everything I’ve had in my past with two open heart surgeries and being fully dependent on a pacemaker,” Hoiberg said Tuesday, FEb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/John Peterson, File)
Wisconsin Badgers at Nebraska Cornhuskers 2/15/2020

Feb. 02, 2021 02:18 PM EST

Jones, Brockington help Penn St. top No. 14 Wisconsin 81-71

By Travis Johnson Jan. 30, 2021 05:25 PM EST
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Myreon Jones scored 20 points on 8-for-12 shooting and Penn State snapped a decade-long skid against Wisconsin by beating the No. 14...

Wisconsin forward Micah Potter (11) goes to the basket against Maryland guard Aaron Wiggins (2) and forward Donta Scott, back, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
No. 14 Wisconsin weathers Maryland comeback in 61-55 win

By David Ginsburg Jan. 27, 2021 11:22 PM EST

Ohio State's CJ Walker and Wisconsin's Brad Davison go after a loose ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Liddell helps No. 15 Ohio State beat No. 10 Wisconsin 74-62

By Steve Megargee Jan. 23, 2021 06:27 PM EST

Wisconsin's D'Mitrik Trice reacts after sinking a 3-point basket during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Rutgers, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Piscataway, N.J. Wisconsin won 60-54. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
No. 10 Badgers host No. 15 Ohio St in key Big Ten matchup

By Eric Olson Jan. 21, 2021 01:15 PM EST

Wisconsin's D'Mitrik Trice, left, passes the ball past Rutgers' Ron Harper Jr. during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Piscataway, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Trice's Big Second Half Pushes No. 9 Wisconsin Past Rutgers

By Matt Sugam Jan. 15, 2021 11:23 PM EST

Michigan center Hunter Dickinson (1) and guard Franz Wagner (21) react during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in College Park, Md. Michigan won 84-73. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
No. 7 Michigan faces stiff test against 2 ranked opponents

By John Marshall Jan. 12, 2021 02:25 AM EST

Wisconsin's Aleem Ford shoots over Indiana's Rob Phinisee during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
No. 8 Wisconsin outlasts Indiana 80-73 in double overtime

By Tamira Madsen Jan. 07, 2021 11:06 PM EST