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Minnesota and Ohio State basketball close in on Wisconsin in latest AP poll

In the latest AP basketball poll, Wisconsin dropped one spot to No. 10 following their loss to the Michigan Wolverines and win against th…

In the latest AP basketball poll, the Wisconsin Badgers dropped one spot to No. 10 following their loss to the Michigan Wolverines and win against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights last week. After some upsets and closes finishes, the top six have shifted a bit with the new order being Gonzaga, Baylor, Villanova, Iowa, Texas and Tennessee.

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The Big Ten has had mixed results in the latest AP poll with Michigan staying at No. 7 and Illinois falling to No. 22, while Minnesota and Ohio State both climbed six spots to No. 17 and No. 15. The Iowa Hawkeyes have also moved to No. 4 after their dominant wins against both Northwestern and Minnesota last week.

After Wednesday’s game against the Northwestern Wildcats, the No. 10 Wisconsin Badgers will face off against No. 15 Ohio State this Saturday at the Kohl Center in a game that will not only affect Big Ten standings but could drastically impact next week’s AP poll.

What Michigan HC Jim Harbaugh said about Wisconsin after the game

Paul Chryst and the No. 10 Wisconsin Badgers returned to the field last night in Ann Arbor, Michigan and made an absolute statement…

Paul Chryst and the No. 10 Wisconsin Badgers returned to the field last night in Ann Arbor, Michigan and made an absolute statement, routing HC Jim Harbaugh and the 1-3 Michigan Wolverines 49-11.

The game was more than a positive sign for the Badgers, especially after having to wait 22 days to play their second game of the year.

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Michigan, on the other hand, now sits at 1-3 on the season and has real questions about the team, the coaching and the overall direction of the program.

Harbaugh discussed after the game what his team needs to change going forward, saying “there’s nothing to right now to say an acceptable job is being done — players or the coaches.”

He then continued to note that his team needs to re-evaluate the “process of everything we do — we’ve gotta try to win by all means necessary. That’s gonna be our training, that’s gotta be our workouts, that’s gotta be our meetings, that’s gotta be our coaches. All of us in terms of putting our plan together — every meeting, every walkthrough, every practice, nutrition, recovery — everything we do is going to be aimed at improvement. Really all areas, all areas. Anything we can identify of a way we could do it better. I’m thinking of things, but gotta address all areas.”

The Michigan head coach also had good things to say about the job Paul Chryst and the Badgers did in every area last night, especially on the perimeter:

“They had extra blockers on the perimeter. We didn’t set the edge all night. We weren’t containing.”

A testament to the job Chryst and his staff did preparing the team, Harbaugh noted that they “were thoroughly beaten in every phase. Didn’t really do anything well. Did not play good, did not coach good.”

Most of the focus of the press conference was on the state of the Michigan team and program, though the overall tone pointed towards the Badgers’ utter domination of the Wolverines on all fronts.

Paul Chryst and the Wisconsin Badgers are back in action on Saturday against the undefeated No. 19 Northwestern Wildcats. A fun fact to note: the game will mark the first top-20 matchup between the two teams since 1962.

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