The last time Wisconsin touched the floor in a game of any meeting, confetti rained down at the end of it, coronating a super senior class with a national championship pretty much five years in the making.
The next time the Badgers play — Friday against the TCU Horned Frogs on ESPN+ at 7:00 p.m. — will be a reset in some ways for the program. Just don’t tell that to Anna Smrek.
Last year, the 6-foot-9 middle blocker from Canada was a freshman phenom. She had at times an up-and-down season because of injuries and a changing rotation but truly broke out with a game against Nebraska in Lincoln in the middle of the season where she posted 12 kills and a .