Wisconsin is in an interesting spot now. Sunday it gets a desperate Minny team. Maybe they're already broken, but that might be a little feisty, esp off the big UW win.
After that NW should be a win. Realistically, UW is in a good spot head to Bloomington for the season finale at 20 wins with 13 already in conference.
This isn't a good year to be a second-tier coach of the year candidate with Illinois, Penn State and Rutgers' surges, but Gard has this team in great position after a mess of setbacks. The team lost an assistant to that horrible accident, then one of two rotation bigs was out the first 10 games. Then the veteran guards both started the year super poorly and after things started going well, the second-leading scorer quit.
And since then, the team is top 10 in the land in adjusted net efficiency, with a 6-2 record and a good chance to finish out strong.