It was clear something was off when Illinois coach approached Wisconsin's Greg Gard after the Badgers' 95-74 win over the Illini on Tuesday at the Kohl Center in Madison. After a brief exchange, Gard stiffened slightly and could clearly be seen to mouth one word "Why?"

The Badgers enter their game with Oregon on Saturday fresh off back-to-back wins in which they scored more than 90 points.

The star graduate guard has averaged 25.1 points per game over his last eight contests, showing significant improvements even after setting a high bar at the start of the season.

Tipping off the game with 6-foot-9 Ben Humrichous and 6-foot-6 Jake Davis at the five and four, the Illini were at a gargantuan size disadvantage against a Badgers squad led by a frontcourt of 7-footer Steven Crowl and 6-foot-11 Nolan Winter.