Wisconsin basketball fell to rival Michigan State, 71-62, on Sunday afternoon. The hard-fought loss eliminated the Badgers (22-7, 12-6) from the Big Ten regular-season title race and dropped them three games behind the first-place Spartans.

Wisconsin basketball has slowly but steadily been pursuing Michigan State all year in the standings, giving themselves a chance until they could finally face the Spartans. Unfortunately for the Badgers,

Greg Gard and the Wisconsin Badgers have squared off against Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans on 17 occasions

Fueled by strong rebounding and hot 3-point shooting, No. 8 Michigan State beat No. 11 Wisconsin 71-62 in a game marred by frequent fouls.

Add Michigan State's Tom Izzo to the long list of coaches who came away impressed by the 2024-25 Wisconsin Badgers after meeting on the court.

Max Klesmit played just five minutes for the Wisconsin basketball team against Washington. He apparently re-aggravated a lower leg injury that has bothered him this season, but Badgers head coach Greg Gard doesn't think that it's anything to be too worried about.

The Badgers (22-6, 12-5 Big Ten) travel to the Breslin Center Sunday for a key late-season matchup with the Spartans, the Big Ten's co-leader.

An injury update for Wisconsin guard Max Klesmit entering the Badgers' game at Michigan State later this afternoon.

Wisconsin basketball (22-6, 12-5 Big Ten) received a timely contribution from an unlikely playmaker in its 26-point win over Washington on Tuesday.

If the Badgers end up with at least a share of the B1G regular season title it would be Gard's third time sharing a regular season title. The first came in 2019-2020 in which Wisconsin shared with Maryland and Michigan State and the second in 2021-2022 when Wisconsin shared with Illinois.