Wisconsin’s Road To The NCAA Tournament

By Andrew Kahn
National Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky, fellow first-round draft pick Sam Dekker, and other key players are gone, but the Badger train keeps rolling. Since Bo Ryan took over in 2001, Wisconsin has finished no worse than fourth in the Big Ten, and the streak continued this season as the Badgers ended in a four-way tie for third. They’ll play Pittsburgh in the NCAA Tournament. How did they get there?
Preseason expectation: Nobody knew what to expect from the Badgers enteri