For the first time in 15 years, MSU takes on a Wisconsin team not coached by Bo Ryan. For this, and some other reasons, this is not your slightly older brother's Wisconsin team. This is the worst edition of Wisconsin basketball in the KenPom era; the Badgers are 62nd in KenPom's rankings. You have to go back to 2006 to see a Badger team worse than 28th by KenPom's standards.
When Wisconsin Has The Ball
The massive losses from a year ago of Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker, Josh Gasser, Traevon Jackson, and Duje Dukan have caused Wisconsin's offense to fall off of a cliff.