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Road show: UW proving
they can win, anywhere
Badgers have earned 10 wins away from home
BY PATRICK HERB @BADGERMBB
U
nder Bo Ryan, Wiscon-
sin is renowned for its
incredible home re-
cord, but the Badgers have
also enjoyed remarkable suc-
cess on the road.
Wisconsin owns a 10-2 mark
away from the Kohl Center this
season, going 3-0 in neutral
site games and 7-2 in true road
venues.
With two roads games re-
maining on the schedule, UW
will look to become the first
team in school history to earn
11 or more wins away from
home in a single season.
To put UW's road success
into perspective with the rest
of the league, no team in the
Big Ten has more true road
wins than Wisconsin.
UW has also secured a pair
of critical road wins during its
current six-game win streak.
The Badgers earned victo-
ries at No. 15 Michigan and No. 15 Iowa,
marking the first time in school history
that Wisconsin has recorded consecutive
road wins over ranked Big Ten teams.
Wisconsin's road show has also ex-
tended beyond the boundaries of the Big
Ten. If the season ended today, the Bad-
gers would have earned wins over five
conference champions: Virginia (ACC),
Florida (SEC), Saint Louis (Atlantic-10),
Green Bay (Horizon League) and Michi-
gan (Big Ten), with four of those five
wins coming away from home.
Along those same lines, Wisconsin has
dominated teams that have done con-
siderably well at home this season. Vir-
ginia (13-2), Michigan (11-2), Iowa (12-
3), Purdue (12-3) and Green Bay (12-2)
have a combined home record of 60-12.
UW is responsible for 5 of those 12 loss-
es.
Since Bo Ryan was hired in 2001, Wis-
consin has been the Big Ten's best road
team, owning the most true road wins
(74) and best road win percentage (.521)
in the conference.
Ryan credits preparation and confi-
dence as the hallmarks to his squads'
road success.
"We've been a decent road team year
in, year out," Ryan said. "So I don't see
our guys going on the road and not feel-
ing that they can get it done.
"It's a state of mind. It's how you pre-
pare. And if you believe, then you have a
chance."
SCHEDULE (23-5, 10-5)
LOOKING BACK
Feb. 22 at #15 Iowa W, 79-74
Tuesday Indiana W, 69-58
COMING UP
Sunday at Penn State 11 a.m.
March 5 Purdue 8 p.m.
