One win away from claiming at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title since 2015. In order to do so, Wisconsin will have to travel to Indiana and beat the Hoosiers inside Assembly Hall. Indiana this season has posted a 15-3 home record as they will look to send out the senior class with one more victory.
In this Badgers Wire feature, we will look at the three keys or questions for Wisconsin as they prepare to play Indiana on Saturday.
LAYUP: REBOUNDING FROM THE GAME AGAINST NORTHWESTERN
Wisconsin was able to get the win against Northwestern on Wednesday but over Wisconsin’s current win streak they didn’t play as well as they have been playing.
If Wisconsin wants to leave Assembly Hall with a victory on Saturday the Badgers are going to need to put together a better performance against the Hoosiers.
Indiana is still trying to solidify their position in the NCAA tournament meaning the Hoosiers are going to bring everything they have as a win over Wisconsin would look good on their resume.
Wisconsin can’t afford any defensive lapses against a Hoosier offense that’s averaging 67 points over conference play and is shooting 42.2 percent (453-for-1,074) from the field. In the Badgers first meeting against the Hoosiers in December, they were able to hold them to 64 points and 42 percent (21-for-50) shooting from the field.
The Badgers will need to learn from the mistakes that they did make against Northwestern, in particular, the Badgers struggled against the Wildcats ball screens. If they can they should be able to limit the Hoosiers from generating high percentage shots for themselves like Northwestern did at times against Wisconsin.