The last time Ohio State beat Wisconsin, the calendar had just turned to December in 2017 and Chris Holtmann was less than 10 games into his tenure as head coach.
Since that day's uneventful 83-58 victory in Madison more than three years ago, Greg Gard has had the Buckeyes' number. His Badgers staved off a late-charging comeback for a six-point overtime win in the final game of the following year's regular season slate, and they topped Ohio State twice – 61-57 in Columbus and 70-57 in Wisconsin – last year in the span of five weeks.
Holtmann's 15th-ranked Buckeyes (will get another shot at the Gard's squad on Saturday, and they'll do so as the decided road underdog to the nation's 10th-ranked team.