The Badgers (26-9) take on 14th-seeded Montana (25-9) in a first-round game at 12:30 p.m. CT Thursday in Denver.

We’re all still stinging from the Wisconsin Badgers brutal Round of 32 road loss at altitude to the BYU Cougars, so I figured it’s the perfect time to wax nostalgic about the 2020 Wisconsin national championship march that never was (thanks a ton,

BYU set the tone early that an 11-0 Big Ten start was not meant to be. The Cougars jumped out to a 23-14 lead at the midway point of the fist half then extended it to 47-36 at the break. Wisconsin struggled to slow a BYU attack that was hot inside and out.