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Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur stopped in the Wisconsin basketball team's locker room after the Badgers' big win on Friday night. Here's what he said.
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo heaps praise on the coaching job of Wisconsin's Greg Gard following the Badgers' 92-71 win in Madison.
Nick Boyd scored 29 points and shot 5 of 7 from 3-point range as Wisconsin trounced No. 10 Michigan State 92-71 on Friday.
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What Tom Izzo said after Michigan State got drilled by Wisconsin
Michigan State basketball got blitzed by Wisconsin on Friday night. See what Tom Izzo had to say.
Wisconsin sinks 15 3s, tallies third top-10 win of the season with beatdown of No. 10 Michigan State
Wisconsin (18-7, 10-4) now has three top-10 wins this season. Greg Gard's squad previously spoiled then-No. 2 Michigan's historic start to its 2025-26 campaign on Jan. 10 and then took down now-No. 8 Illinois in overtime on Tuesday. Both of those victories came on the road, though.
The basketball bounced off the front of the rim, and Wisconsin held on for a 92-90 overtime win over No. 8 Illinois. The Badgers, led by 49 total points from veteran guards Blackwell and Nick Boyd, lingered on the State Farm Center court afterward to celebrate their second top-10 road win this season after beating No. 2 Michigan on Jan. 10.
The Wisconsin Badgers will wrap up their two-game road trip with one of their toughest matchups of the season. The No. 8 Illinois Fighting Illini, coming off a heartbreaking 85-82 overtime loss at Michigan State,
In NCAA Tournament resume building, a high-end road win is more valuable than gold. After knocking off Illinois in overtime, 92-90, Wisconsin now has two of the very best road victories in the country. Earlier in league play, the Badgers won at Michigan, and they remain the only team to knock off the Wolverines all season.