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Badger basketball makes history in Utah but for all the wrong reasons

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After a 4-0 start to the year, the Badgers were quickly humbled by BYU on Friday night. Wisconsin lost 98-70, and simply had no answers on either end of the court as the Cougars went on to make the wrong kind of history for Greg Gard and the Badgers.

The lopsided loss tied the largest margin of defeat in the Greg Gard era. Wisconsin lost 78-50 against Purdue in 2018.

BYU hands Badgers biggest loss in seven years

Wisconsin had been looking strong leading up to the game. They were averaging over 90 points per game, were top-five in the nation in free-throw percentage, and looked every bit the No.