Badgers will play American in Milwuakee on Thursday. When they win they will play the winner of Oregon/BYU. GO BADGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also in that bracket are Creighton, Nebraska, Baylor and Louisana.
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Put me down as an Anti-American....
Nothing not to like about that draw and in Milwaukee no less. I think they can do some serious damage.
A little bit more about American. They play in the Patriot League. Total record is 20-12. Lost to Ohio State back in November 63-52. 316th in scoring at 63.9, 7th overall in shooting % at .495. RPI of 122. 0-2 all time in the NCAA.
Arizona State playing in Milwaukee. I see that potentially being a pretty ugly scene.
Oregon is good. That may be a tough game if it lines up that way.
Green Bay got hosed.
Agree Brak. They deserved it more than Iowa.
Beat 'Nova!
The string of NCAA basketball tournaments and bowl games is unexcelled. This is a golden age of Badger sports. Enjoy it. 12 bowl seasons in a row.
The thing I like best about watching Badger basketball is the way that most players in Ryan's program improve from year to year. Jordan Taylor, Alando Tucker, Mike Wilkinson, etc.
No one has demonstrated this better than Frank Kaminsky. When I saw him play as a freshman, it looked like it was completely wasted scholarship. Now, he may end up being an NBA prospect as a backup big man. The improvement in his footwork is nothing short of astonishing.
I can't wait to see what Nigel Hayes will look like in a couple of years after working with this staff.
No matter what the result is in the tournament this year, it's nice to watch a team that's based on developing talent with college guys who probably actually go to class and make academic progress. I'd rather watch this than get guys like Kevin Looney. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I love seeing guys get coached up rather than cheer for "one and doners."
Arizona State playing in Milwaukee. I see that potentially being a pretty ugly scene.
Both SMU and UWGB got hosed but it happens every year
I'd rather see one of those teams play than the 6th or 7th best team in a major conference (like NC State or Iowa)
UWGB beat Virginia and Tulsa, and nearly beat the Badgers. They also played and lost to Harvard. Overall RPI was around 50. Bottom line, while they should have won the Horizon League Tournament I don't know what else a team like that can do. They played a tough non-conference schedule.
But UW-GB is only a 4 seed in the NIT. Horizon League got no respect.
I think NCSU deserved it much more than IOWA and SMU.
SMU SOS was over 300 and they lost to Houston in their Conf tourney to end their season with 3 straight losses. SMU had 3 really bad losses that were far worse than anything we suffered,
NCSU strentgh of schedule was strong (33), playing @ Cincy, @ Tenn (win), Missouri and a strong ACC slate. yeah we lost to NCCU but they are a tourney team, We have the ACC POY which never hurts. We having a winning road record. We beat Syracuse from start to finish in the ACCt (shouldve beat them at SYR due to bad call in OT when they were #1), played Duke Toe to toe and won at PITT.
not sure about UWGB. I know the win over UVa was early in the season so not as fresh on peoples mind. and with a gaudy record but RPI still over 50 probably means they had alot of cupcakes. still woulda liked to see them get in over Iowa.
Strength of schedule, road record and recent success all favored the Pack.
but dont let that get in the way of a " OMG we got slighted!!11" news story
I guess theNCAA Selection Committee knew what they were doing. Green Bay gets blown out by Belmont by 15 points. Game was in Green Bay too. (Sigh)
I would imagine some teams suffer a bit from "NIT letdown".
No Kiefer Sykes - their best player scoring 20 per game
Bad luck because he got hurt against UWM and there is no way they lose to those guys if he's 100%
Badgers play at 11:30 A.M. on Thursday. Lunch with Bo sounds good.
Take with a grain of salt: ........
The NCAA tournament never fails to deliver with surprises, evidenced by Florida Gulf Coast's storybook run to the Sweet 16 in last year's Big Dance.
...... Here's a look at the favorites to become NCAA tourney darlings in this year's tournament, ranked based on Cinderella potential and their second-round matchup.
....... 12. American: The Eagles are one of the best shooting teams in the country statistically, making 50% of their shots. American's potent offense features four players averaging double-figures. It starts with sophomore guard Jesse Reed, who averages 13.9 points a game.
GO BADGERS GO.
Bracket Briefing: Spotlighting 20 Cinderellas in the NCAA tournament
UW missing some open 3's at the beginning. Gotta hit those guys!
Is this another egg-laying performance by Wisconsin? Someone has to hit a shot.
This is pathetic right now.
OMGosh, they look so cold.....d*mn....gotta get this baby turned around.
Refs blow two calls in a row.
Dekker blows a bunny.
Let's put this away at the beginning of the second half.
don't have Tru TV, so I have to follow the gamecast. They had me a little nervous at the start.
Finally looking like we expected, but a cold spell like they had in the first half will be the end against a better team. This is like playing a less athletic version of Northwestern.
don't have Tru TV, so I have to follow the gamecast. They had me a little nervous at the start.
u can pick up the game right on cbssportline over the internet. free too
if my internet connection is live ??????I have 12:26 left in the game
Badgers pulling away 51-26
A 41-8 run will beat most any team 
Can't stream at work...
I work for communists.
Hopefully they can relax a little bit and have some Evan Anderson time to keep those legs fresh.
50-11 run. Wow.
OT but Dayton just beat Ohio State with the winner coming with less than 5 seconds remaining! sweet
