MADISON – Tyler Wahl acknowledged an ugly thought had crept into his mind.
Wisconsin could miss the 2023 NCAA Tournament.
With the Badgers having lost eight of their last 11 games, a trio by a combined nine points, they sit in 10th place in the Big Ten at 6-8 and just 14-10 overall.
They are on the outside of the 68-team field compiled by most analysts/bracketologists.
“That’s always in the back of your head,” Wahl said Saturday after UW’s overtime loss at Nebraska when asked about the team’s NCAA hopes. “That is the goal every year, to make it there.