The Badgers enter the first-round matchup as prohibitive favorites. It would be a shock if they failed to advance to Saturday's second round, where they would play the winner of No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 VCU.

Wisconsin hit two more free throws to go up 11 but Will Tschetter finally stopped the bleeding with a three, and with 12:11 remaining in the game, it was 38-30, Badgers. Goldin got a layup just before the under-12 timeout and the deficit was six.