Wisconsin men’s basketball had a blue January.
When the calendar flipped to the new year, the Badgers (5-6 Big Ten, 13-8 overall) went 2-6 to put themselves near the basement of the Big Ten.
But UW stopped the bleeding with a tough 65-60 road win against the Buckeyes Thursday, and have a chance to exact vengeance over the surging Northwestern Wildcats (6-5, 15-7) Sunday night.
In one of the lower points of UW’s losing skid, the Badgers had control of the game in Evanston back on Jan. 23, but eventually lost a tight one 66-63 as NU’s guards stood out.