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Iowa Hawkeyes invade the Kohl Center tonight to take on the Badgers. Here is the only preview I could find. It's from an Iowa site.

• Wednesday concludes a stretch of playing 4-of-5 and 5-of-7 on the road for the Hawkeyes.
• Five of UI's six Big Ten losses have come by margins of nine points or less, including three by three points. Iowa has one victory by seven points or less this season (70-66 over Wisconsin).
• Iowa won for only the second time since 2000 a year ago in Madison with a 72-65 win at the Kohl Center. The Hawkeyes held the Badgers to 11 percent (3-of-28) shooting from distance.
• Iowa will be gunning for its first four-game win streak over Wisconsin since 1986-89 when it won six straight over the Badgers.
• Iowa is 13-3 when shooting 40 percent or better from the field.
• Aaron White is one of only three Big Ten players to average 13.9 points and six rebounds or more. The other two being Cody Zeller of Indiana and Deshaun Thomas of Ohio State.
• The Hawkeyes are 8-1 when Aaron White scores 16 points or more.
• Iowa is 16-2 when scoring 80 points or more, the last three seasons. The Hawkeyes are 22-0 when holding opponents to fewer than 60 points, the last three years.
• Melsahn Basabe is averaging 9.7 points and seven rebounds in the last three games. He earned his first start of the season a week ago vs. Penn State (Jan. 31).

ALL-TIME SERIES
Iowa leads the all-time series with Wisconsin, 79-77. After losing 13-of-15 games to the Badgers, the Hawkeyes have won the last three. Iowa swept the Badgers for the first time since the 1994-95 campaign (96-84 in Iowa City; 84-77 in Madison) a year ago, and edged Wisconsin 70-66 on Jan. 19 last month in Iowa City. The last time the Hawkeyes won three straight over Wisconsin was 1992-93. The last time Iowa won four consecutive was 1986-89 when it won six straight. The two teams have split the last eight meetings, but Wisconsin has won 13 of the last 18. The last four meetings have been decided by a combined 15 points. Wisconsin holds a 49-28 advantage in games played in Madison. The Badgers have nine of the last 10 meetings in the Kohl Center. Iowa is 3-9 at the Kohl Center, winning there in 2011 (72-65), 2000 (61-55), and 1998 (79-76). Iowa and Wisconsin have met three times at the Big Ten Tournament, with the Badgers winning twice. Wisconsin won in Chicago in 1999 and 2005, and Iowa won in Indianapolis in 2002.

SCOUTING WISCONSIN
• Wisconsin just concluded playing a stretch of playing 4-of-6 games away from home. The Badgers will now play two-straight at the Kohl Center, beginning Wednesday with the Hawkeyes. Wisconsin will host nationally-ranked Michigan on Saturday.
• Eight of Wisconsin's nine Big Ten games have been decided by nine points or less, and the Badgers are 2-2 in conference games decided by five points or less.
• After shooting zero free throws in a 58-49 loss at nationally-ranked Ohio State last Tuesday, the Badgers sank 28-of-42 from the foul line in a 74-68 road victory at Illinois on Sunday in Champaign. Three Badgers scored in double figures: Ben Brust (20), Fran Kaminsky (19), and Ryan Evans (15).
• Jared Berggren leads the team in scoring (11.6), while Ben Brust ranks second (10.7) and Ryan Evans is third (10.6). Evans also ranks first in team rebounding (7.6).
• Frank Kaminsky, who averages 5.2 points, did not play against the Hawkeyes on Jan. 19 due to an eye injury suffered in the Indiana game on Jan. 15. Kaminsky nearly doubled his free throws total in the Illinois game on Sunday, sinking 12-of-14 and raising his season totals to 26-of-33.
• Wisconsin ranks first in the country in fewest turnovers (9.1); sixth in assist/turnover ratio (1.5); ninth in fewest fouls (14.4); 11th in scoring defense (55.6); 30th in scoring margin (11.6); and 36th in turnover margin (3.0).
• Both head coaches, Bo Ryan and Fran McCaffery, were raised in the Philadelphia area. McCaffery is a Philadelphia native, who attended La Salle High School, while Ryan was raised in Chester, Pa., and attended Chester High School.
• Wisconsin freshman Traevon Jackson is the son of BTN color analyst Jim Jackson.
• Wisconsin assistant coach Gary Close was an assistant coach at Iowa for 13 seasons (1987-99) under Tom Davis. He later was the head boys basketball coach at Regina High School in Iowa City for three years, leading his team to the state tournament his last two years.

IOWA BEAT WISCONSIN IN LAST MEETING
Iowa built a 20-point advantage in the first half and never looked back en route to a 70-66 victory over first-place Wisconsin Saturday inside a sold out Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Aaron White led Iowa with 17 points, while Roy Devyn Marble contributed 13 points. Iowa committed only seven turnovers, equaling a season low (Michigan). Wisconsin had zero steals and no blocks, which are season lows for a Hawkeye opponent. Iowa ended Wisconsin's nation-leading streak of 11-straight games of holding their opponents to 60 or fewer points. Iowa's starting backcourt had 10 points or more; Mike Gesell had 11, while Anthony Clemmons chipped in 10 points. The Hawkeyes outscored the Badgers 24-8 at the foul line. Iowa attempted 29 free throws compared to 12 for Wisconsin. The Black and Gold made 10-of-12 from the charity stripe the last 1:14 of the contest to help preserve the victory. White netted 13 of his 17 points at the foul line.


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Badgers Will Not Lose tonight!!!!
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Travon Jackson give me gray hair. Nailed one of the biggest shots of the night, but threw some horrible passes again.

Some really poor passing tonight, actually, missed passes to open players. Evans just needs to move the ball faster period, either drive or pass it out. And like others have said, just go ahead and hit Dekker about any time. I'd like to see Dekker get a few more rebounds though, but I think that will come.

Good to win.
They certainly weren't crisp passing the ball and the inbound turnover in the 2OT just about gave me a coronary. However, unlike most of the season, they actually hit their FTs in the extra session(s) and that really sealed the deal for them. Had they shot their customary 60% I doubt they win last night. I'm sure Evans had to feel some sense of redemption hitting the two key FTs near the end.

Iowa has been really pesky this year so it's good to see them win. At 7-3 in the conference they are still in good shape and this sets up a really big game on Saturday with Michigan.
I can say this because we won....

but...

the officiating was HORRIBLE! very inconsistent....
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this must have been the "D" Team of Big Ten officiating...

yes, we had some bad shots, turnovers in critical times...but, I watched the game again and I thought the refs didn't know what to call....the inconsistency on Brusky's offensive fouls: the one he got and the charge he didn't get...and the bad call on Dekker at the end...etc...

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