Wisconsin vs. Purdue: how to watch, game preview and open thread

This is March.

Jon Rothstein being a huge dweeb aside, March is an excellent month full of exciting college basketball and here on the first day of the month the No. 10 Wisconsin Badgers (23-5 overall, 14-4 Big Ten) men’s basketball team welcomes the No. 8 Purdue Boilermakers (24-5 overall, 13-5 Big Ten) to the Kohl Center with a share of the Big Ten regular season title on the line. It barely gets any bigger than this in the whole sport.

The Badgers are rolling right now, winners of four straight games and eight of their last 10. Purdue is coming off of a close loss at Michigan State on Saturday but have also won eight of their last 10 games. With both teams still battling for the Big Ten…