The Badgers were unbeaten in their five Big Ten road matches (4-0-1) after closing their non-conference schedule with a brutal 6-0 loss at top-ranked Stanford on Sept. 20. "Our goals this year were to be in the top half of the Big Ten and then get an NCAA berth. With the schedule that we had, we were a little bit leery of that ... especially when we came back from Stanford ... I thought we were just done. Losing 6-0, being embarrassed out there, it was not very good. And I thought going into the Big Ten, 'Oh, this is going to be a nightmare.' But they've kind of used it as a badge of honor like, 'We played Stanford, it's not going to get any worse.' Actually, it's had the right result for us." The only question left is whether all of that will result in Wisconsin's name being called when the brackets are unveiled Monday night on ESPNews. Full Article at Soccer Blogs