This is a new, yet old blog feature of ours. We used to have something called ‘The Roundball Cow’ where I would recap all the games in the state of Wisconsin. Then at some point, I broke out the recaps into their own thing. As I get busier plus the focus is more on the podcast, it makes more sense to condense them together. This is something I should have done a while back but hadn’t pulled the trigger. Hope you enjoy this version of what happened in college hoops this weekend even though it was another bad weekend for Wisconsin and Marquette

Illinois 74 Wisconsin 69
What went wrong for Wisconsin: They went ice cold too often – Wisconsin did not come up swinging in this one. You expected the Badgers to have a little more firepower, but it did not happen. If you break up the game by quarters, Wisconsin scored only eight points in the first quarter and nine in the third quarter. That says everything. Wisconsin cannot go into those cold spells against good teams.

What went right for Wisconsin: D’Mitrik Trice tried to save Wisconsin – You have to give up to what D’Mitrik Trice did on the court for Senior Day. The guy had 19 points in the final two minutes of the game. As someone who needed to watch on DVR later, it was an incredible rewatch. He did everything he could to will Wisconsin back into this one. Trice deserves a lot of credit for the way he fought late.

Next up: Wisconsin will head to Purdue in an interesting matchup between two teams you could use the win for seeding. Purdue has won five of their last seven, but it’s against the lower half of the Big Ten. It will be interesting to see how they level up against Wisconsin. Purdue is trying to keep their double-bye intact

UConn 80 Marquette 62
What went wrong for Marquette? The 15-2 run + scoreless stretch buried Marquette – It’s hard to watch a game and know it’s over in the first half, but that’s exactly what happened with the Golden Eagles on Saturday. They did not score for six minutes while UConn turned it up leading to a 15-2 run. Before you knew it, Marquette was down by 16, and they were done for the rest o the game. UConn pushed it out to 20 at some point. This game was not close after the quick start by the Golden Eagles.

What went right for Marquette? Well, Justin Lewis is back – The good news from this game is Justin Lewis is now playing again after his leg injury kept him out for most of February. Lewis had a good game with 14 points in 21 minutes. Good to have Lewis back for the final stretch of the season. Doubt it will make a difference against the elite teams but you never know.

Next up: Marquette heads to DePaul on Tuesday. DePaul has fallen off a cliff in the last few weeks. They love beating the Golden Eagles though. Marquette should have revenge on their minds and be ready for this one. There is no excuse here to lose to the Blue Demons.

Elsewhere in Wisconsin
– Good news for UWM, they beat IUPUI and advanced to round number two in the Horizon League Tournament. Bad news, they have to play top team Wright State on Tuesday. r- Green Bay’s season is done after losing in double overtime to Purdue Fort-Wayne. They had an eight-point lead with 10 minutes to go and it disappeared on them. Will Ryan will hope for a better year in Year 2.