The Badgers were in the midst of playing their worst basketball of the year in the lead up to Wisconsin’s first matchup with Minnesota this season on January 3 at the Kohl Center. It’s safe to say that trend continued against the Gophers, at least in the first half.
As has been the case at times this season, Wisconsin came out of the gates pathetically slow. At the end of the first half, the Gophers led by 15 and the Badgers had just 14 points to their name, largely due to an atrocious14 percent clip from three-point range.