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Paul Chryst stresses importance of ‘being in the moment’ as Wisconsin hits second half of the season

Nick Schultz

By Nick Schultz

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It wasn’t a great first half of the season for Wisconsin.

The Badgers, who opened the year at No. 12 in the preseason AP Top 25, are currently 3-3 overall and 1-2 in B1G play. They’ve won their last two games against Illinois and Army, and their matchup with Purdue this week got that much more interesting after the Boilermakers beat Iowa last week.

But Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst is trying not to look too far ahead as his team enters the second half of its schedule. In his weekly press conference Monday morning, he said he’s sticking to the one-game-at-a-time mentality.

ESPN’s FPI predicts UW to finish 6-6 this year, including a loss this week to No. 25 Purdue. Once the Badgers get past No. 11 Iowa, they’ll certainly have some chances to get into the win column and maybe play spoiler in the B1G.

Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves, though.

Nick Schultz

Nick Schultz is a columnist and breaking news writer for Saturday Tradition. A 2020 graduate of Loyola Chicago, he covered the Ramblers' 2018 Final Four run from beginning to end and has worked at NBC Sports Chicago. Follow Nick on Twitter @NickSchultz_7.