Illinois coach Brad Underwood had implied after his team's loss to Northwestern last week that he had been too "soft" on his players in practice. This was coming at a time when the Illini were also shooting blanks at both the 3-point and free-throw line.

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.