Wisconsin basketball’s 2023-24 season is at a crossroads.
The team has shown the ability, at times, to play like a top-10 team. It even was ranked No. 6 in the AP Poll entering February, until the wheels came off and the team lost five of six.
Now, five Big Ten Conference games remain: home vs. Maryland, at Indiana, vs. Illinois, vs. Rutgers and at Purdue.
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Yes, the Badgers are 9-6 in conference play and don’t have much of a shot to take home the regular season title.
But there’s a reason seasons are only remembered by the month of March. If Wisconsin ends the regular season strong, plays well in the Big Ten Tournament and parlays that into a Sweet 16 or Elite Eight run, fans will forget the struggles during early February.
For that all to happen, Wisconsin must get a win against Maryland on Tuesday night.
As we enter that contest, here are ESPN BPI’s game-by-game predictions for the rest of Wisconsin’s regular season:
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