MADISON -- On the night of Wisconsin Badgers head coach Bo Ryan's retirement, the game was an afterthought.
Around the Badgers program and its fans, the mention of the basketball program at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is sure to elicit memories of uneasy nostalgia and anxiousness.
The only previous contest between the two schools was nearly a disaster for Wisconsin.
Meeting in the first round of the 2007 NCAA tournament, the 15th-seed Islanders scored the game's first 10 points and led by as many as 18 points in the first half against the second-seed Badgers.