Behind Aday Mara’s breakout performance and Sebastian Mack’s clutch leadership, Mick Cronin’s strategic decisions guided UCLA to a thrilling 85-83 victory over No. 18 Wisconsin.

Despite dropping a nail-biter to UCLA on Tuesday, the Wisconsin Badgers rose four spots in ESPN’s updated Basketball Power Index. While the Badgers remained at No. 21 in the most recent KenPom hierarchy,

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The Badgers actually received a boost just before the UCLA loss, as Ohio State won on the road at Purdue and jumped to No. 30 in the NET. That pushed the Badgers’ recent home victory over the Buckeyes back into the Quad 1 category.

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The Badgers saw their seven-game winning streak come to an end in Los Angeles as the Bruins pulled out a nail-biting victory at Pauley Pavilion. Here's what stood out.

Two days after UCLA’s Aday Mara stood out against Wisconsin, coach Mick Cronin said the sophomore center’s usage would continue to be situational.

The Bruins’ head coach, who has employed the bigs in certain situations, said they ‘made me look smart’ after both rose to the occasion in Tuesday’s victory

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Specifically, UCLA shot 14-of-20 from two-point range in the second half. A bulk of the Bruins’ paint scoring arrived from the aforementioned Mara and bench guard Sebastian Mack. The Badgers had no answer. Wisconsin shot extremely well from the outside, but UCLA’s consistence presence down low was devastating on Tuesday.

The 18th-ranked Wisconsin men did everything they could to try and mount a comeback Tuesday night at UCLA. In the end, it was too little, too late, as the Bruin