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.

John Blackwell's potential game-tying shot was blocked with 9 seconds to play and the Badgers suffered an 85-83 loss at UCLA on Tuesday night.

Aday Mara scored a career-high 22 points and UCLA held off No. 18 Wisconsin 85-83 to snap the Badgers’ seven-game winning streak.

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.

No. 18 Wisconsin brings a seven-game winning streak into Tuesday's second leg of a Los Angeles road swing when the Badgers visit new Big Ten Conference counterpart UCLA.

The Wisconsin Badgers seven-game winning streak came to a halt in Pauley Pavilion as the UCLA Bruins rode a strong second half to win 85-83. The Bruins’ 7’ 3” Spanish center, Aday Mara, was the MVP of the game with a career-high 22 points on a perfect 7-of-7 shooting night.