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Wisconsin went on a 20-7 run to end the first half and held off the Wolverines in the second half, ending No. 1 Michigan basketball's perfect run.

Wisconsin is 0-5 against Quad I teams and 0-2 in true road games. It has also lost twice to teams Michigan beat. Here's how U-M and Wisconsin compare.

Wisconsin guard Braeden Carrington (0) celebrates with his teammates after they beat Michigan after an NCAA college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, January 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel) Wisconsin guard Braeden Carrington (0) celebrates ...

But this week, which started with Michigan nearly leapfrogging Arizona for the top spot in the AP Poll, the Wolverines brushed with defeat at Penn State, where they resisted a second-half Nittany Lions push to escape with a 74-72 victory.

Six of the Wisconsin Badgers' seven February games are Quad-1 games.

John Blackwell, Nick Boyd and Aleksas Bieliauskas combined for 65 points to lead Wisconsin to a 91-88 upset of No. 2 Michigan, the Wolverines first loss of the season.

Michigan owns the Upper Peninsula because of bad maps, political power plays, and one of the strangest conflicts in U.S. history. In the early 1800s, Congress used inaccurate maps to draw borders, accidentally sparking a standoff between Michigan and Ohio over a narrow strip of land near Toledo.