And if there is one thing the Badgers men's basketball team showed during the early portion of the conference schedule, it’s that the line between victory and defeat is going to be especially thin. Last week the team suffered a three-point loss to Michigan.

Wisconsin's basketball recent losing streak continued on Tuesday night. The Badgers fell 86-80 to Big Ten rival Illinois. The loss is the team's third straight in the last week, dropping it to 8-3 overall and 0-2 to start Big Ten play.

The Wisconsin Badgers fell to the Illinois Fighting Illini 86-80 on Tuesday night.

Kasparas Jakucionis scored a career-high 24 points, Tre White had 23 points and eight rebounds and Kylan Boswell added 19 points and six assists to lead Illinois to an 86-80 win over No. 20 Wisconsin It was the fourth straight game that Jakucionis scored 20 or more points for the Illini,

Illinois took care of business on its home court defeating Wisconsin 86-80 for its ninth straight in over the Badgers.