This blog will invariably have a bias toward the Wisconsin Badgers. I’m not going to try to hide it…in fact in the coming weeks I’ll probably be flaunting it.
Badger fans across the nation should be grinning right now, as Ohio State just defeated Purdue in overtime, 80-77. That means that the Boilermakers are now 14-3 in the conference, and that the Badgers (14-2 in the Big Ten) now have an opportunity to win the conference title outright.
UW’s next two games are Penn State at home (tomorrow night, 8 pm), and at Northwestern on Saturday at 2 pm. Neither team should pose a serious threat. Penn State is 6-10 in the Big Ten, and Northwestern had 1 conference win going into tonight’s game against Iowa.
The Badgers have already faced both teams once this season. Back on Jan. 15, UW downed Penn State 80-55, and on Jan. 19 the Badgers beat the Wildcats 62-50.
UW’s last Big Ten title came in the 2002-03 season, when they finished 12-4 in the conference. Fans may remember the final regular season game that year went down to the wire, and Devin Harris hit a free throw to give the Badgers a 60-59 win over Illinois.
Go Big Red!
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