Let us take a moment and laugh at the Badgers

But overall, this game just illuminates the job that Ryan has on his hands this season. Not only does the team need to replace Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker -- two first-round picks in the most recent NBA Draft -- but it also lost Josh Gasser, Duje Dukan and Trae Jackson, three guys whose departures just tanked the depth of the roster.

Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig -- the lone holdover rotation pieces from last season's run to the NCAA title game -- did their part, combining for 34 points and six of the Badgers' eight total assists. However, without the aforementioned depth guys around, the Badgers are turning to relative newbies in Vitto Brown, Zak Showalter and Ethan Happ. Those guys, as well as the rest of the team, combined for 33 points on 32 percent shooting.

That -- along with what looks like a leaky defense right now -- is not going to be quite good enough this year if the Badgers want to continue Ryan's streak of top-four Big Ten finishes this season.

Dr. Strangelove wrote:http://awfulannouncing.com/the-locker/wisconsin-puts-out-a-scheduled-tweet-about-beating-western-illinois-after-losing-to-said-team.html