Coach Greg Gard’s Wisconsin Badgers will be trying to protect the ball again in Friday’s Big Ten Conference home game against Purdue. Wisconsin is second in the nation for its low turnover percentage. Purdue comes into the game at the Kohl Center with a 9-6 record, having won two of its four conference games. Guard Carson Edwards is averaging 24-and-a-half points-a-game. He’s scored at least 30 in five games and exploded for 40 in a December 9th outing against the Texas Longhorns.
The Badgers are adding also the powerful Tennessee Volunteers to their men’s basketball schedule over the next two seasons. Tennessee has a 12-1 record and is ranked third in the country this week, but the games with the S-E-C powerhouse don’t start until next season. The two teams will meet in Knoxville in December, then the Vols travel to Madison for a game at the Kohl Center in November 2020. Tennessee and U-W have met four times in history, each side winning twice.
