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Takeaways from No.11 Wisconsin's 67-64 Loss to Michigan
Takeaways from No.11 Wisconsin’s 67-64 Loss to Michigan
MADISON, Wis. – Michigan 7-footers Vlad Goldin and Danny Wolf were working on creating a nickname for their tandem, a partnership that could potentially cause matchup nightmares throughout the Big Ten schedule.
Here’s one they can workshop – Badger Bashers.
Goldin and Wolf controlled the low post, picked apart Wisconsin’s defensive mistakes, and made Wisconsin center Steven Crowl a non-factor in a 67-64 victory at the Kohl Center.
It was a disappointing setback for the Badgers (8-1, 0-1 Big Ten), which shut down Michigan guards but struggled to hit open shots consistently against the Wolverines’ top-10-rated defense. It doesn’t get any easier for the Badgers considering No.5 Marquette has a defense that is rated five spots better than the Wolverines.
“I think we’re going to respond great,” guard John Blackwell said. “We have a great group of vets who have been through this. You’re not going to win every game. We’re going to be just fine. We’re going to build off this loss, take it on the chin, and keep moving forward.”
Here are my takeaways from the Kohl Center.
Goldin and Wolf were superior to Crowl and Winter
In a battle of teams with 7-foot frontcourts, it was no contest.
Wolf is described as a 7-foot point guard because of how he handles basketball. Goldin is all muscle in the low post. Together, they pummeled Wisconsin relentlessly in the second half once Crowl got into foul trouble and created a mismatch problem.
Wolf was active early with nine points, six rebounds, and five blocks. Goldin struggled around the rim in going 2-for-7. Both players exploited UW’s interior with Wolf going 4-for-6 with five assists and Goldin going 7-for-9, mostly on dunks at the rim. The duo scored 28 of Michigan’s 41 second-half points and 44 of its 67, as Crowl and Winter got lost guarding the pick-and-roll or not creating enough resistance on the player rolling toward the basket.
That was evident late as Goldin got behind Wisconsin’s defense for easy baskets at the rim to allow Michigan to answer UW’s offense and take control over the final three minutes.
“We weren’t physical enough,” forward Nolan Winter said. “We weren’t intent on the ball screen with what we were doing. It’s on both of us as bigs. We know it. We know we’ve got to be better, and Steven knows he’s got to be out of foul trouble. We need him out there and the presence he brings us. It’s poor communication.
“They’re two great 7-footers coming off ball screens. They know what they’re doing, but we got to handle that a lot better.”
Crowl and Winter were hoping Tuesday would be their big coming-out party. The end of the first half showed some promise. With John Tonje on the bench because of foul trouble for the final 6:02, Crowl and Winter helped the Badgers go on a 13-6 run entering the half largely by creating and finding space.
Blackwell drew a double team on the low block and split with a bounce pass to Crowl for an easy finish off the glass. Kamari McGee successfully probed the double team as well, drawing Goldin away from the basket to stop dribble penetration before bouncing a pass to Winter. With guard Tre Donaldson late on the switch, Winter had an easy dunk at the rim. With Blackwell leading the break on the next possession, the sophomore attacked the right block, drew the double team, and passed to Winter for another slam.
That allowed Wisconsin to take a six-point lead in the locker room, even though the Badgers shot 32.3 percent in the first half. A lot of those actions were cut off in the second half, as the Badgers went 4-for-14 around the rim and UW’s duo was only 1-for-4 from the floor.
The defensive miscues don’t all fall on the forwards. Wisconsin guards struggled at times guarding rollers and winning individual matchups. The Badgers held Michigan to 6-for-25 from three-point range, but the 18-9 run to start the second half was created by Michigan attacking the paint and converting, wiping out UW’s six-point halftime lead.
“They’re both vets and have been around this for a while,” said Winter, as Michigan shot 61.5 percent in the second half. “Their games really complement each other well. The ball screens created some issues for our defense. They executed really well and they’re both really talented, find one another and finish.”
Blackwell’s Leadership Emerging
Tonje led Wisconsin in scoring for the seventh time with 18 points (12 in the second half), but the senior didn’t play in control as he’s done in many games throughout the season. Blackwell was a different story with 16 points and nine rebounds, including his work creating off the offensive glass
Blackwell had four offensive rebounds through the first seven games of the season and equaled that total against Michigan, including two on a stretch that showed he’s on his way to becoming the future of Wisconsin’s program.
On consecutive second-half possessions, Blackwell boxed out guard Roddy Gayle Jr. on three-point attempts, secured the loose ball, and finished at the rim. When he hit a step-back jumper on the next trip, Blackwell’s 6-0 run gave UW a 47-44 lead.
UW finished with 16 offensive rebounds that led to 12 second-chance points, a big boost for a team that entered the night 291st nationally in offensive rebounding (9.0 per game).
“His ability to gobble up offensive rebounders and finish in there,” head coach Greg Gard said. “He played a lot of minutes. We needed him on the floor. He did a lot of good things in the second half.”
Blackwell didn’t play perfectly, which his season-high five turnovers would indicate. UW was well under the 17.3 turnovers Michigan forced a game, but the 10 UW turnovers led to 13 Michigan points.
Klesmit in A Deep Freeze
Gard vividly remembered how Max Klesmit drove into the lane and made a play in the paint with a turnaround jumper, putting the Badgers up 64-61 with 2:37 remaining. He likely remembers it because it was the last point UW scored or because it was Klesmit’s only second-half field goal.
Klesmit went 3-for-14 from the floor and 1-for-9 from three, numbers that aren’t pretty but better than his second-half stat line of 1-for-9 and 0-for-6.
The senior missed shots on three consecutive possessions that would have tied the game or put Wisconsin ahead. He badly missed one and barely drew iron on another.
“I think they are good shots, honestly,” Blackwell said. “Max, Kamari, JT, keep shooting the ball. They are great looks. They are going to fall sooner. I was fine with our looks. We just got to get back in the gym and get more reps.”
Wisconsin shot a season-worst 18.8 percent (6-for-27) on threes, a lack of perimeter success that prevented the Badgers from spreading the floor. Not spreading Michigan out prevented the Badgers from attacking gaps and getting to the free throw line, where they went 14-for-19 (the third-fewest makes of the season).
Gard thought Wisconsin forced at least one possession down the stretch, but that Klesmit had open looks. Klesmit’s three-point miss with 22 seconds left was originally supposed to be a possession where the Badgers went for two, but Blackwell drew two defenders and kicked the ball out to the senior.
“Max has made those shots before,” Gard said. “He’s in a slump right now. We got to help him get out of it.”
Gard also bemoaned Winter’s missed free throw with UW down three in three seconds left. With the plan to make the first and miss the second, Gard said UW practiced the exact scenario on Monday and executed the drill.
But the bigger worry is Klesmit, who is shooting career-worst overall (32.6 percent) and from three-point range (25.4). Over the last four games, Klesmit is 9-for-39 from the floor (23.1 percent) and 5-for-28 from the perimeter (17.9).
“You got to keep shooting,” Gard said. “Work on it. You can’t be hesitant, can’t be gun shy. You got to keep working stuff in practice, getting extra shots, just got to work your way out of it.”
By The Numbers
21.2 – Michigan’s first-half shooting percentage. The Wolverines finished at 39.0 percent after going 16-for-26 in the second half.
7:42 – Number of minutes the Wolverines went without a field goal to end the first half
3:02 – Longest field goal drought for Michigan in the second half
19 – Fast break points for Michigan, which outscored the Badgers by 15 in transition
5 – Shot attempts by Crowl, only three of which came from two-point range.
3 – Michigan’s winning streak in the series, tied for the longest against the Badgers since 2000.
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Just east of the Capital City Trail crossing at the Yahara River, a nondescript warehouse rises on Madison’s west side. Its blank exterior offers no hint of what’s inside, and even the interior is not set up for glass cases and museum spotlights.
But its more than 180,000-square-feet of climate-controlled space contains the largest collection of North American history outside of the Library of Congress.
In all, the Wisconsin Historical Society holds 3.8 million print publications, 25,000 maps, 3 million images, 125,000 cubic feet of archival material and 750,000 historic and archaeological objects. Most are stored in the State Archive Preservation Facility, including the original Milwaukee Brewers Racing Sausages, one of the country’s first weather maps, traditional Ho‑Chunk baskets and comedian Chris Farley’s football jersey from Edgewood High School.
It’s a largely unknown, certainly underappreciated, Wisconsin treasure.
The archives are managed by the Wisconsin Department of Administration and operate in partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Typically, history is presented in a carefully curated way – edited in a textbook, displayed behind a rope, maybe protected under glass. But the archives are an uncurated mix, and in many ways a more accurate reflection of the jumble that is human life than the single storyline we try to make it out to be.
Here, history feels human and unfinished. Every box, aisle and rack holds items that come to life when someone pulls them out and shares their story.
“Without the stories, the passion behind them, the experiences of individuals, it’s just a desk or a chair, but it’s the stories that are there,” said Nick Hoffman, chief creative officer with the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Preserving film history at 40°F
As the heavy doors to the “cold room” on the second floor swing open, chilled air spills out. The room’s temperature holds at 40 degrees Fahrenheit with 35% relative humidity – the ideal balance to protect film and videotape.
More than 44,000 film cans sit packed inside, and despite Madison’s distance from entertainment hubs like Los Angeles and New York, this is one of the world’s leading collections of film and television history.
More than 300 manuscript collections include materials from figures such as Michael and Kirk Douglas, Agnes Moorehead, Rod Serling and Edith Head. The shelves hold Mary Tyler Moore’s full archive, materials from early talk show host Faye Emerson, and footage of the McCarthy hearings later used in a documentary by Emile de Antonio.
The oldest film in the archives − “The Lumberjack,” a 16-minute silent film shot in Wausau − dates back to 1914.
Many donors have no ties to Wisconsin. What binds the archive isn’t geography so much as the pull to preserve a legacy.
“It’s often about an individual,” said Jill Sterrett, chief collections officer.
History written in ink on paper
One of the country’s oldest newspaper collections resides on the third floor, including a July 10, 1776, edition of The Pennsylvania Gazette, with one of the earliest printings of the Declaration of Independence, as well as Frederick Douglass’ 1850s newspaper, and the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper published in a Native language.
The archives has the ability to bring people down to the individual level, then zoom out to show how an individual connects to a huge moment in U.S. history, Hoffman said. “That’s the scale that we have here,” he said.
In the early 1960s, for example, the Historical Society began collecting material from civil rights groups and activists, becoming a leading center for studying the American civil rights movement. Today, the archives hold hundreds of thousands of documents and recordings from the Highlander Research and Education Center in Tennessee. Highlander trained activists like Rosa Parks to organize and educate people, especially on voting rights.
That training partly shaped Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man, which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, said senior archivist Lee Grady.
One of the earliest weather maps by Milwaukee scientist Increase Lapham is also in the collections. Lapham made the map in 1868, reconstructing a storm from a decade earlier to show how weather patterns could be tracked. The map served as a proof-of-concept, Grady said, which helped prompt Congress to establish the National Weather Service in 1870.
The archives also have an ongoing, little-known interaction with the public. Grady said the Historical Society fields about 16,000 questions a year, mostly by email, on topics like land records, divorce filings, even whether a house is haunted. Family history requests are the most common, he said.
Racing Sausages, Freedom Desks, tribal baskets share space
About 100,000 objects share space in a cavernous room on the fourth floor.
The original, 7-foot-tall Milwaukee Brewers Racing Sausages tower around the first corner. Made with foam and rubber cement, they are being restored by the Historical Society before they go on display in the new Wisconsin History Center, which is scheduled to open in 2028.
Directly above the Racing Sausages sit “Freedom Day” school desks from Milwaukee. During Milwaukee’s 1964 “Freedom Day” boycotts, thousands of students left segregated public schools to attend alternative Freedom Schools in local churches.
Also on display are materials from the March on Milwaukee – the 200 consecutive nights of marching to protest segregated housing, led by the NAACP Youth Council and advised by the Rev. James Groppi.
Wedged in the middle of a nearby clothing rack is a bowling shirt from Earlene Fuller, a legendary Milwaukee bowler who became known for designing custom shirts, many featuring kente cloth and other African-inspired patterns. She broke down racial barriers in the sport, and was the first Black woman to bowl a perfect 300 game.
There’s also Rosie the Riveter coveralls made in Beloit and Jane Kaczmarek’s “Lucky Aide” smock from Malcolm in the Middle.
“These are telling the stories of everyday efforts to win World War II, to the stories that make us laugh,” said Leo Landis, director of curatorial services.
More aisles open up at the push of a button. Each aisle is arranged by when its contents were donated, a densely packed uncurated cross-section of memorabilia.
One aisle holds West Allis–born speed skater Dan Jansen’s Levi’s velour Olympic warm-up jacket from 1984.
A couple of aisles down are Ho-Chunk baskets, some that date back to the 1800s, weaving together more than a century of tradition.
Ancient canoes sit alongside the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
Downstairs, in one of the unassuming basement rooms, it’s hard to know where to look first.
The tightly packed space holds the original Oscar Mayer Wienermobile as well as a Culver’s sign from one of the first franchises, made from a repurposed Ford dealership sign.
There’s also a Packers helmet-shaped ice shanty built by Bill Casper of Sturgeon for Tomorrow, a nonprofit that promotes sturgeon conservation and celebrates Lake Winnebago’s ice-fishing culture.
But one of the most striking displays underscores how history is still being written.
Two dugout canoes raised from Lake Mendota sit soaking in a chemical bath. Discovered in 2018 and 2022, they have been dated to roughly 1,200 and 3,000 years old.
For the past year and a half, the canoes have been treated with polyethylene glycol, a resin that slowly fills the cells of the waterlogged wood. In about six months, Sterrett said, the canoes will be shipped to Texas A&M to be freeze-dried in a giant chamber, drawing out the water while letting the resin holding its shape.
Sterrett said the canoes, along with others found in Wisconsin lakes, are reshaping what people know about the region’s past climate and how people lived on and with the water.
Authority, access, audience engagement
The Historical Society is no longer just collecting items. It is rethinking ownership, renegotiating who defines history, and in some cases returning pieces and material.
That shift is visible in the “repatriation room,” where desks and shelves made from Menominee Forest wood help ground the consultations between the Historical Society and tribal nations on returning cultural items. Repatriation has expanded in recent decades, moving beyond compliance toward collaboration.
More broadly, archivists are rethinking access and engaging different audiences.
The state archives already operates an inter-archival loan system across University of Wisconsin schools. The Historical Society now is working to move records, such as family and land documents, closer to the communities they are tied to.
Anyone can access materials at the Wisconsin Historical Society headquarters on Library Mall on the UW-Madison campus. But the State Archive Preservation Facility is generally closed to the public, with tours offered just twice a year and some items coming out only for special events. When the Wisconsin History Center opens in early 2028, many items from the archives will be on rotating display.
As the leaders of this repository look to the future, they are convinced interest in history hasn’t waned. The key is letting people know what Wisconsin has, and making it available in a way that makes the most of it.
And as always, sharing all those great stories behind the archives.
As Sterrett said, “The risks of not sharing are far greater.”
New history center will increase access to archives
The new history center, slated to open in early 2028, will provide unprecedented access to the objects, entertainment and print products housed within the archives.
The Wisconsin Historical Society broke ground on its new $160.5 million center in 2025. The five-story, 100,000-square-foot building on Capitol Square in Madison will more than double the exhibition space of the previous history center.
When it opens, the center is expected to welcome 260,000 visitors each year. It will feature three core galleries, a rotating community gallery, rooftop terrace, café as well as educational spaces.
Caitlin Looby covers the Great Lakes and the environment for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Contact: clooby@gannett.com. Follow her on social media @caitlooby.
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Manuel Franco claims his $768 million Powerball jackpot
Manuel Franco, 24, of West Allis was revealed Tuesday as the winner of the $768.4 million Powerball jackpot.
Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Wisconsin Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at June 2, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Mega Millions numbers from June 2 drawing
15-26-43-48-60, Mega Ball: 12
Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 3 numbers from June 2 drawing
Midday: 0-7-8
Evening: 8-5-8
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 4 numbers from June 2 drawing
Midday: 7-9-8-3
Evening: 4-4-7-5
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning All or Nothing numbers from June 2 drawing
Midday: 01-02-03-05-06-10-11-13-16-21-22
Evening: 02-05-06-09-10-14-16-18-19-20-21
Check All or Nothing payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Badger 5 numbers from June 2 drawing
06-13-26-28-30
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Winning SuperCash numbers from June 2 drawing
10-14-15-18-34-38, Doubler: N
Check SuperCash payouts and previous drawings here.
Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
- Prizes up to $599: Can be claimed at any Wisconsin Lottery retailer.
- Prizes from $600 to $199,999: Can be claimed in person at a Lottery Office. By mail, send the signed ticket and a completed claim form available on the Wisconsin Lottery claim page to: Prizes, PO Box 777 Madison, WI 53774.
- Prizes of $200,000 or more: Must be claimed in person at the Madison Lottery office. Call the Lottery office prior to your visit: 608-261-4916.
Can Wisconsin lottery winners remain anonymous?
No, according to the Wisconsin Lottery. Due to the state’s open records laws, the lottery must, upon request, release the name and city of the winner. Other information about the winner is released only with the winner’s consent.
When are the Wisconsin Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10:00 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Super Cash: 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 3 (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 3 (Evening): 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 4 (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 4 (Evening): 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
- All or Nothing (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
- All or Nothing (Evening): 9 p.m. CT daily.
- Megabucks: 9:00 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Badger 5: 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
That lucky feeling: Peek at the past week’s winning numbers.
Feeling lucky? WI man wins $768 million Powerball jackpot **
WI Lottery history: Top 10 Powerball and Mega Million jackpots
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