If college basketball games were 35 minutes long, the No. 21 Maryland men’s basketball team would be celebrating a hard-fought victory on the road against No. 24 Wisconsin. But unfortunately, the final five minutes played out as poorly as one could imagine for head coach Mark Turgeon’s team as the Badgers (16-6, 8-3 Big Ten) used a 15-6 run over the final 4:59 to win their fifth straight game and hand Maryland a 69-61 defeat.
The Terps drop to 17-6 overall and 8-4 in the Big Ten, capping off a brutal stretch of five road games in six contests. The teams played 18 days ago -- a 64-60 win Jan. 14 in College Park, Md. -- but despite holding a lead for most of the game the Terps couldn’t sweep the season series.
Here are five impressions of the game:
