A thunder of voices accompanied by a great puff of smoke welcomed the 7-2 University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team into the Kohl Center on Tuesday for their first game of what will be a gauntlet of a Big Ten season. Under this atmosphere, head coach Greg Gard and company picked up their first win of the challenging Big Ten season, snapping an eight-game win streak by the University of Maryland Terrapins.
While Maryland came into Tuesday night with a blistering 8-0 record, including an impressive win against high-powered Illinois, the air in the Kohl Center was perfumed with the scent of a trap game.