College Basketball: Breaking down the Wisconsin-Marquette rivalry

Head-to-Head Play

Overall series record: Marquette leads the series 41-37.

Series record from 1950-1970: Wisconsin led the series 13-12.

Series record from 1970-1990: Marquette led the series 18-8

Series record from 1990-present: Wisconsin leads the series 16-11

Longest winning streak: 15 straight wins by Marquette from 1970-1978.

Played at Wisconsin: Wisconsin leads the series 20-13.

Played at Marquette: Marquette leads the series 28-16.

While both teams were ranked: Wisconsin leads the series 3-1.

While just Wisconsin was ranked: Wisconsin leads the series 6-2.

While just Marquette was ranked: Marquette leads the series 17-3.

On the whole, this has been an extremely competitive rivalry. Although Marquette went through a period of dominance, Wisconsin has bounced back over the last several years to get the series close to tied again. With just four games of separation after 78 meetings, this could be tied up in just a few seasons.

Marquette and Wisconsin play one time every single year, with home-court alternating every season. In 2017-18, the game will be played at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin (home of the Badgers) on December 9th.