Wisconsin ended Kentucky's perfect season, while Duke cruised to a comfortable win over Michigan State to advance to tonight's national championship game.
Considering the pure dominance Kentucky has shown this season we to wonder if this team can be beaten at all. Now 34-0, Kentucky looks to finish its epic season with a run through the NCAA Tournament and a historic 40-0 record.
No. 12 Wisconsin made its point emphatically Friday night.
Ben Brust scored a career high 29 points, Frank Kaminsky grabbed 12 rebounds and Minnesota didn't get many good looks against a lockdown defense, a combination Wisconsin used to pull away for an 83-57 rout in the Big Ten quarterfinals.
The way Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan sees it, the 16th-ranked Badgers are playing better because they're making shots.
They're also making plays -- and Frank Kaminsky came up two huge ones to beat No. 15 Iowa on Saturday.
DeAndre Mathieu and Mo Walker each scored 18 points, an outside-inside combination that pushed Minnesota to an 81-68 victory Wednesday night over No. 9 Wisconsin, the Badgers' third straight loss.
UNDATED (AP) — Third-ranked Wisconsin entered the night hoping to stay unbeaten while becoming the first team ever to win 13 straight games over Indiana. Neither happened.
Ben Brust hit four straight free throws after Iowa coach Fran McCaffery was hit with back-to-back technical fouls, helping turn momentum in Wisconsin's favor as the No. 4 Badgers came back to beat the No. 22 Hawkeyes 75-71 Sunday night.
Wisconsin has been running roughshod over the Big Ten since a disheartening loss to Ohio State almost two months ago.
When its ground game faced a surprisingly spirited challenge from upstart Minnesota, all the Badgers had to do was lean on that bone-crushing defense to win their sixth in a row.
Wisconsin didn't need a monster game out of Melvin Gordon to beat Iowa.
The Badgers converted a pair of second-half interceptions into touchdowns that turned a close game into an easy 28-9 win over the Hawkeyes.