The Badgers actually received a boost just before the UCLA loss, as Ohio State won on the road at Purdue and jumped to No. 30 in the NET. That pushed the Badgers’ recent home victory over the Buckeyes back into the Quad 1 category.

Wisconsin basketball’s seven-game win streak concluded with an 85-83 road loss to the UCLA Bruins on Tuesday. Fueled by a breakthrough 22-point performance from 7-foot-3 bench center Aday Mara and 15 second-half points from bench guard Sebastian Mack,

UCLA enters Tuesday ranked No. 31 in KenPom, making the contest a Quad 1 game for the Badgers. Wisconsin is 2-3 in such games this season — that record stood at 3-3 until Ohio State recently fell outside of the NET’s top 30. UCLA is 1-4 in its last five games, its latest result a blowout win over Iowa.