I’m a positive guy. At least, I try to be.
Throughout the 2017–18 Wisconsin men’s basketball season—so far, the Badgers are 11–16 overall, 4–10 in the Big Ten, and in all likelihood bound to miss the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1998—a flurry of negatives have engulfed this team.
Injuries to two key Badger guards, an underachieving class of 2015 that is seeing only two of five players contributing regularly, depending upon three current or former walk-ons for minutes—each factor has contributed to a disappointing season that in no way should put head coach Greg Gard in the hot seat.