Illinois, Steven Crowl looked like a shell of himself. In 18 minutes of action, the program veteran finished with nine points, zero rebounds and three fouls. Illinois center Tomislav Ivisic dropped nine points and corralled a game-high 11 rebounds,

Kaminsky knows Gard well to vouch for him. Gard was the Badgers' associate head coach under Bo Ryan when Kaminsky starred at UW for four years (2011-15). And Kaminsky also knows a thing or two about national awards. He was a consensus national player of the year in the 2014-15 season when he led the Badgers to the national title game.

Wisconsin basketball notched a season-defining win over Purdue on Saturday afternoon. It did so with a significant boost from an unlikely contributor