UW hasn’t fared well recently in tourney

MADISON – Wisconsin is seeded No. 5 in the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament, set to open Wednesday in Minneapolis.

We look back at how UW has performed in its past five tournament appearances:

2023 (Chicago)

No. 13 Ohio State 65, No. 12 Wisconsin 57

The Badgers started slowly, faced an 18-point halftime deficit and trailed by 27 points with 15 minutes 31 seconds remaining in the game before pulling within five points with 2:13 left. UW had a chance to pull closer after a steal by Chucky Hepburn but Max Klesmit missed an open three-pointer and the Badgers never got closer than four points after that.

2022 (Indianapolis)

No. 7 Michigan State 69, No. 2 Wisconsin 63

After winning a share of the regularseason title, UW went one-and-out in the league tournament.

Johnny Davis, the league’s player of the year, was still battling an ankle injury and hit just 3 of 19 shots in the loss.

2021 (Indianapolis)

No. 6 Wisconsin 75, No. 11 Penn State 74

The Badgers led by 10 at halftime and built the lead to 18 points with 7:48 left but needed a huge play from Brad Davison in the final seconds to hold on.

Penn State had a chance to steal a victory but Sam Sessoms couldn’t get a pass over the hands of Nate Reuvers and Davison dived for the loose ball and called a timeout with three-tenths of a second left before falling out of bounds.

No. 3 Iowa 62, No. 6 Wisconsin 57 The Hawkeyes had a 10-5 closing run as UW hit just 1 of its last four shots and turned the ball over twice.

2020 (Indianapolis)

Tournament shut down after two games because of COVID. UW was seeded No. 1 after sharing the regular-season title with Michigan State and Maryland.

2019 (Chicago)

No. 4 Wisconsin 66, No. 13 Nebraska 62

D’Mitrik Trice secured the victory with a three-pointer from the right wing to give UW a 60-55 lead.

No. 1 Michigan State 67, No. 4 Wisconsin 55

Ethan Happ (20 points) and Kobe King (13) were the only players in double figures for UW, which hit just 2 of 19 threepointers.

2018 (New York)

No. 9 Wisconsin 59, No. 8 Maryland 54

Brad Davison hit two free throws with 8.5 seconds left to give UW a 57-54 lead and then, after UW committed its fifth team foul, Khalil Iverson stole the ensuing inbound pass.

No. 1 Michigan State 63, No. 9 Wisconsin 60

Brad Davison’s contested three-pointer fell short late in the game and UW finished the season 15-18.

MARK HOFFMAN/MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard will be out to reverse a trend in which his team’s have just four wins in the last five Big Ten Tournaments.