3 games Wisconsin basketball must win to avoid ruining their tournament resume

The Wisconsin Badgers currently have one of the best resumes in college basketball. They are undefeated in quads 2-4 and are 5-5 in quad 1 games. Many pundits have Wisconsin listed as a four or five-seed. There are plenty of ways that Wisconsin can boost their resume to get higher in the brackets but there are also a few games that could destroy their resume. Right now, Wisconsin is all but locked into being a tournament team but that doesn't mean they couldn't ruin their resume.

Wisconsin cannot afford to lose any games worse than quad-1

Wisconsin still has a few games that are quad two or worse on their schedule. Those are the games that the Badgers cannot afford to lose. UW only has five quad-2 or 3 games left. Actually, check that; they only have one quad-3 game, and the other four are quad-2. Here are the ones that would be the worst and resume-crushing:

Quad-3 game against the Washington Huskies - Tuesday, Feb. 25

The Huskies are one of the lowest-ranked Big Ten teams on the NET at 97. Only Minnesota is currently lower, with a NET score of 99. While the Badgers have a game left against Minnesota, it's on the road and is less of a resume destroying than the other ones mentioned here. They host the Huskies, and because of that - this 97 net team is giving the Badgers a quad-3 game.

Quad-2 game against the Indiana Hoosiers - Tuesday, Feb. 4

The Badgers are hosting the Hoosiers, and this version of Indiana is ranked 67 in the NET. It would be a disaster to lose this one at home, and it would be a quad-2 loss for the Badgers. The Hoosiers are an up-and-down team this season, and it could pose a challenge, but UW needs to find a way to win it.

Quad-2 game against Penn State - Saturday, March 8

There is debate on which loss would be worse for the Badgers: at No. 99 Minnesota or losing to No. 53 Penn State at home. The Nittany Lions would be worse for one primary reason: it's the final game of the season before the Big Ten tournament, and it would hurt the resume simply because of the question, "What have you done for me lately?" scenario. However, either would be terrible and would hurt the Wisconsin resume.

Wisconsin will find its way into the NCAA tournament unless an utter collapse happens, but these three losses would severely hurt their March Madness resume.