The Wisconsin women's basketball team is in a terrible slump and has now lost six games in a row. They have only pulled off one win in the Big Ten, and it was over Rutgers back at the beginning of December, which feels like a lifetime ago at this point. The season is falling apart on head coach Marisa Moseley, and as you look down their schedule, there are so few winnable games with the way they are currently playing basketball.
Wisconsin women's basketball are 10-8 overall and 1-6 in the Big Ten.
As we look into the standings of the Big Ten, four teams still have yet to win a conference game: Northwestern, Purdue, Penn State, and Rutgers. Therefore, Wisconsin is not last in the Big Ten but is close to it with their lone win. The problem with the women's Big Ten is that there are three tiers of programs this year: the good, the mediocre, and the bad. Teams like Ohio State, UCLA, and USC are all in that undefeated and really good category. At the same time, teams like Nebraska, Minnesota, Michigan State, and Washington are all in the middle of the road.
Wisconsin is firmly in the bad category. That's not where they want to be, and it only seems like the trajectory is headed even further in that direction. They need a turnaround, and the schedule does not look promising. According to ESPN BPI, there is only one game left that Wisconsin is favored to win, and that's against Northwestern. The rest are all predicted to go against Wisconsin. There are some winnable games in there against Purdue and Penn State, but with those being on the road, the predictions favor the home team.
The concern is that the program is slipping into being a doormat program in the Big Ten, and it's fair to ask if it will be time for a coaching change if the above results hold out. Wisconsin should not be happy or content with these results and should be willing to ask for more out of the women's basketball program.