The Iowa Hawkeye men take a 9-7 Big Ten record on the road to Wisconsin. The Badgers won the first meeting 78-75 in overtime back in early December in Iowa City. Hawkeye coach Fran McCaffery says his team is much different right now.

Badger freshman Connor Essegian is averaging better than 14 and a half points in his last six games.

McCaffery says the Hawkeyes had too many defensive breakdowns in an 80-60 loss at Northwestern and they need to eliminate those against Wisconsin’s half court offense.

McCaffery says the Badgers will feast on defensive mistakes.

Wisconsin is 7-9 in the Big Ten and needs some resume building wins down the stretch.