Wisconsin fends off Maryland 74-70 at Kohl Center · The Badger Herald

As University of Wisconsin men’s basketball head coach Greg Gard put it postgame, Tuesday’s matchup was a “classic Big Ten battle.”

Both UW (39) and the University of Maryland (6) entered the contest in the top-40 in KenPom’s defensive efficiency rating, and the final score wasn’t indicative of just how defensive-oriented the game was.

In the final minute of regulation, there were 28 combined points scored — 14 by…