Do you notice anything different today?
Other than the banks and post offices being closed, the balmy 40-degree temperatures and a maybe a little less pedestrian traffic Downtown? Anything else?
For the first time ever, the University of Wisconsin is ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press men's college basketball poll. The Badgers (26-2) received 35 first-place votes and 1,747 points to leapfrog ahead of No. 2 Ohio State (24-3). Florida, which had been ranked first, fell to third after losing to Vanderbilt on Saturday.
Wisconsin is the fourth team to hold the No. 1 ranking this season and the 52nd school to hold the spot in the history of the poll. This also is the first time that two Big Ten teams have held the top slots in the AP poll.
The Badgers, who ranked behind the Buckeyes in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll, play at Michigan State on Tuesday night in East Lansing and will play at Ohio State on Sunday. It will be the first time that the No. 1 and 2 teams have met since Dec. 10, 2005, when Duke defeated Texas in New Jersey.
Marquette University, which hosts Villanova tonight, lost its third straight game on Saturday but is ranked 16th in both polls because several teams in the top 25 were beaten over the past week.
Host of “The Drew Olson Show,” which airs 1-3 p.m. weekdays on The Big 902. Sidekick on “The Mike Heller Show,” airing weekdays on The Big 920 and a statewide network including stations in Madison, Appleton and Wausau. Co-author of Bill Schroeder’s “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers” on Triumph Books. Co-host of “Big 12 Sports Saturday,” which airs Saturdays during football season on WISN-12. Former senior editor at OnMilwaukee.com. Former reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
