LIVE COVERAGE FROM THE KOHL CENTER
| Big Ten Basketball Northwestern at No. 14 Wisconsin | ||
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| 17-9 (6-8 Big Ten) | 19-7 (9-5 Big Ten) | |
| February 21, 2010 1:00 PM CT Kohl Center, Madison, Wis. | ||
| TV: Big Ten Network (Wayne Larrivee and Shon Morris) Radio: Badgers Radio Network, Sirius 90/XM 196 (Matt Lepay and Mike Lucas) Opponent Blog: Sippin' On Purple, Lake the Posts Coverage: Our Wisconsin-Northwestern Game Page | ||
| All-time Series: Wisconsin leads 106-61 Last Meeting: Wisconsin won 60-50 (January 13, 2010) | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Michael Thompson | G | Trevon Hughes |
| Jeremy Nash | G | Jordan Taylor |
| Drew Crawford | G | Jason Bohannon |
| John Shurna | F | Tim Jarmusz |
| Luca Mirkovic | F | Keaton Nankivil |
Welcome into the Kohl Center for UW's 15th Big Ten game of the season. We'll have live coverage throughout the day as UW goes for its 10th Big Ten victory of the season and 20th overall.
It's been a rough couple of weeks for both of these teams as each has lost two of its last three games. Northwestern has seen its NCAA Tournament hopes fade away with losses to Iowa and Penn State.
The biggest question for Wisconsin going into this game is the health of Jon Leuer who returned Thursday night at Minnesota but only scored four points. Will he return to the starting lineup and will he return to the form we saw earlier in the season when he was arguably the best big man in the Big Ten?
Wisconsin beat Northwestern 60-50 in Evanston Jan. 13 without Jon Leuer. It was the first game UW played without their star forward.
Predictions:
Sippin' On Purple: Wisconsin 66, Northwestern 47
Welsh Ryan Ramblings: Northwestern, 61 Wisconsin, 60
Our prediction: Wisconsin 62, Northwestern 49