"Despite the expected one-year contract extension at Wisconsin, Luke Fickell has a lot to prove this fall," Marcello wrote in his latest mailbag. "He's 13-13 overall and the Badge

Two years into Fickell's tenure, the Badgers haven’t competed at a championship level and haven’t won hardly any game of consequence.

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Wisconsin is now 7-5 against Quad 1 opponents, 7-1 against Quad 2 and 7-0 against everybody else. That resume still holds strong as one of the best in the sport. It still has the team slotted as a No. 3 seed in current NCAA Tournament bracket projections.

No. 11 Wisconsin hosts the Washington Huskies after John Tonje scored 22 points in Wisconsin's 77-73 overtime loss to the Oregon Ducks.

Wisconsin opened the scoring at 8:10 of the first, as leading Badger scorer Quinn Finley made a strong drive to the netfront and sent a spinning pass through the low slot. It found Michigan Tech transfer Ryland Mosley on the back door, where he went skate to stick and stuffed the puck over junior goaltender Owen Say for his 15th goal of the season.

MADISON – The numbers Wisconsin is putting up are crazy and in some cases historic. The Badgers men’s basketball team’s average of 82 points per game is its highest since the 1970-71 season.

Wisconsin’s 94 points were the most Purdue has allowed in a game since its 2019 Sweet 16 victory over Tennessee.