"We packed a lot in with the two teams back, and Coach Ryan having the banner raised, and then how these guys played." Third on Gard's list, how the Wisconsin Badgers played, coul

Wisconsin basketball guard John Tonje had a historic performance against Arizona on Friday night. Badgers head coach Greg Gard picked up a massive win against the favored No. 9 Wildcats, led by their star grad transfer’s 41-point game.

That’s the sentiment from the Wisconsin side. From an Arizona perspective, the loss is the program’s first under head coach Tommy Lloyd in the month of November, now in his fourth year with the program. It is a significant blow to the team’s sky-high expectations entering the season after a Sweet 16 run in 2023-24.

John Blackwell and Max Klesmit combined for 27 points in the victory, walk-on guard Jack Janicki played a big role with nine points off the bench, transfer forward Xavier Amos finished with eight points with two three-pointers made and Kamari McGee continued to excel in his role off the bench.

John Tonje had one of the nation's most extraordinary individual performances of the young season Friday night by scoring 41 points -- two shy of the Wisconsin record -- in the Badgers' 103-88 win over No.

John Tonje had a special performance and it led to a statement win for the Badgers men's basketball team. Tonje scored a career-high 41 points to power the Badgers in a 103-88 upset victory over No. 9 Arizona Friday night at the Kohl Center in Madison,