The 2019-2020 season is coming to an end for the University of Wisconsin’s women’s basketball team (11-15, 3-12 Big Ten) and the Badgers have fallen off dramatically as conference play continues to demand consistently elevated play. The case of peaking too early — or possibly the illusion of a peak developed from poor competition — has made for a disappointing slide down the stretch.
After battling for a close contest in the Kohl Center for 40 minutes in a wire-to-wire game against the Purdue Boilermakers (17-10, 8-7), Wisconsin was thoroughly overwhelmed by the Iowa Hawkeyes (21-5, 12-3) on the road just three days later.