It was clear something was off when Illinois coach approached Wisconsin's Greg Gard after the Badgers' 95-74 win over the Illini on Tuesday at the Kohl Center in Madison. After a brief exchange, Gard stiffened slightly and could clearly be seen to mouth one word "Why?"

While the Fighting Illini were battling both illness and injury entering the contest, the result was a polar opposite to Wisconsin's loss in Champaign earlier this season. The Badgers were outrebounded 40-29 during that 86-80 defeat. On Tuesday, they flipped the script, grabbing 39 rebounds to Illinois' 30.

With Illini trying to patch together a team, the Badgers' bigs feasted. Steven Crowl scored 20 points tonight while Winter added another seven. Wisconsin out-rebounded the Illini 39-30, and grabbed 13 offensive rebounds, a huge difference from their first game in Champaign.