After a somewhat lackluster start to the 2019-20 season, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team appeared to be turning the corner at the beginning of Big Ten play. Wisconsin won four consecutive games, including an impressive resume-building road victory over No. 5 Ohio State University.
Instead, the Badgers dropped a crucial home game to unranked Illinois, 71-70.
Trailing 20–19 with just over seven minutes to go in the first half, the Badgers (9-6, 2-2) kicked it into high gear and went on a 15–8 run, capped off by a Micah Potter lay-in to go into halftime with a comfortable 34–28 lead.