Most major college basketball rating metrics agree that the Wisconsin Badgers are one of the best teams in the country. Most. Wisconsin (21-5, 11-4 Big Ten) has won five in a row against Northwestern,

In arguably their most important game left, No. 11 Wisconsin men’s basketball team (21-5, 11-4 Big Ten) routed unranked Illinois (17-10, 9-8 Big Ten) 95-74 at home Tu8. The win gave the Badgers their first success in 10 tries against the Fighting Illini and improved this season’s home record to 13-1.

With Illini trying to patch together a team, the Badgers' bigs feasted. Steven Crowl scored 20 points tonight while Winter added another seven. Wisconsin out-rebounded the Illini 39-30, and grabbed 13 offensive rebounds, a huge difference from their first game in Champaign.