On a night that celebrated the undefeated national champions of 1976 at Assembly Hall, Indiana knocked off Wisconsin 59-58 to improve to 13-3 overall, and 3-0 in conference play. It was the eighth straight win for the Hoosiers.
It was slow and ugly throughout most of the game, different than what most games have been like at Assembly Hall, where the Hoosiers have been explosive on offense. Against the Badgers, however, it was the defense that won the game.
“I think the main thing was us getting stops defensively,” Yogi Ferrell said. “We came together and had a collective mindset that we wanted to get stops.