The month of March was going to be the month, the time when the University of Wisconsin would figure out a cure to what had been ailing them and go on a hot streak as they have done several years before. At least that was the company line throughout an inconsistent February.

So, how would the 25th-ranked Badgers look now that the final full month of the season had arrived? Pretty much the same.

Wisconsin dropped its seventh straight game against a ranked team – this one a 73-69 decision to No.23 Purdue in UW’s house of horrors known as Mackey Arena – because the Badgers (16-10, 10-9 Big Ten) shot poorly from the field, suffered lapses defensively late in the second half and were outplayed by the youngest team in the Big Ten in crunch time. March Madness indeed.

Here are five takeaways from Wisconsin’s loss to the Boilermakers.