It was clear something was off when Illinois coach approached Wisconsin's Greg Gard after the Badgers' 95-74 win over the Illini on Tuesday at the Kohl Center in Madison. After a brief exchange, Gard stiffened slightly and could clearly be seen to mouth one word "Why?"

John Tonje tallied his second straight 30-point game while Steven Crowl rebounded from an underwhelming performance against the Big Ten rival. Here's what stood out in the Badgers' fifth straight

Wisconsin basketball ended its nine-game losing streak to rival Illinois in decisive fashion on Tuesday evening, winning 95-74. John Tonje again leads the postgame headlines. The star wing finished with 31 points,

Tipping off the game with 6-foot-9 Ben Humrichous and 6-foot-6 Jake Davis at the five and four, the Illini were at a gargantuan size disadvantage against a Badgers squad led by a frontcourt of 7-footer Steven Crowl and 6-foot-11 Nolan Winter.

Wisconsin basketball continued its stretch of statement performances with a big win over Illinois on Tuesday. Social media reacted to the performance

But it's more than fair to call Illinois' 81-61 win over Iowa on Tuesday at Champaign's State Farm Center a building block to something better. Center Tomislav Ivisic had a game-high 22 points on 9-for-13 shooting to help Illinois (18-11,