Wisconsin Badgers guards Trevor Anderson (12) and D’Mitirk Trice (0) during an NCAA Big Ten Conference college basketball game against the Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday, January 23, 2021, in Madison, Wis. The Buckeyes won 74-62. (Photo by David Stluka/Wisconsin Athletic Communications)
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Men's Basketball

The Starting Five: Michigan

Badgers host Wolverines for regular-season rematch

Men's Basketball

The Starting Five: Michigan

Badgers host Wolverines for regular-season rematch

Wisconsin

15-6, 9-5 B1G

MICHIGAN

13-1, 8-1 B1G


MADISON, Wis. — Coming off a 61-48 win at Nebraska, No. 21 Wisconsin returns home to host No. 3 Michigan on Sunday. The Badgers are 3-3 against AP Top-25 teams this season and are seeking their 9th top-10 win under Greg Gard.

Wisconsin is looking to avenge an earlier season loss to Michigan. Dating back to the 2018-19 season, UW has won it's last 8 rematch games against a team it lost to earlier in the same season.

THE STARTING FIVE

1) BADGER BOUNCE BACK: Wisconsin has not been swept in a regular-season series since 2017-18. UW has only been swept three times in six seasons under head coach Greg Gard.

2) DOUBLE-DIGIT DUBS: 
Wisconsin is looking for Big Ten win number 10, which would give it double-digit wins for the 18th time in the last 20 years. No other Big Ten team can make that claim. 

3) D-FENSE! D-FENSE! The Badgers lead the Big Ten allowing only 62.4 ppg this season and rank 2nd in FG% defense (40.8%). Wisconsin's defense is 7th in the NCAA in Ken Pomeroy's Adjusted Defensive Efficiency.

4) NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Dating back to last season, Wisconsin has won 19 of its last 21 home games. Under Greg Gard, UW is 72-17 (.809) at the Kohl Center, including 39-15 (.722) in the Big Ten.

5) RESUME BUILDING: The Badgers are putting together one of nation's most impressive resumes this season. Wisconsin has 8 Quad 1 and Quad 2 wins this season, according to the NET rankings. Only Alabama (10), Creighton (10), Gonzaga (10), Illinois (10), Ohio State (9) and Purdue (9) have more.

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