MADISON — The No. 10 Wisconsin Badgers (24-5 overall, 15-4 Big Ten) hosted the No. 8 Purdue Boilermakers (24-6 overall, 13-6 Big Ten) on Tuesday night in only the fourth top-ten matchup ever played in Madison. With a win, the Badgers would clinch at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title after being picked to come in tenth in the conference during the preseason.
Purdue had the hot hand early, connecting on multiple three pointers to take an early lead. Matt Painter’s game plan was clearly to make someone other than Johnny Davis beat him, and to an extent, it worked.