Badger hoops are likely still a year away from seriously contending for Big Ten or national honor. Wisconsin basketball’s youth and inexperience showed in the closing stretches of an 80-70 loss to #15 Xavier Musketeers.
The final score line flattered Xavier as they added some rude punctuation marks on its win.
So lets keep things in perspective. An early season loss to a ranked team isn’t grounds for sweeping declarations about the season.
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The Badgers missed a chance to bolster its resume come March. But it didn’t really wound its chances either.