Bucky runs a gauntlet until the BigTen tournament. First game was great, lets see what Bucky can do on the road.
I think these next five games might be the difference between a coaching search and Gard sticking around.
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Unless there is a complete meltdown Gard has the job....
Pikes Peak posted:Gard has the job....
Barry needs to lock him up at halftime. Really impressed with the job he's done.
Barry will do what Barry does and interview everyone, but for my money Gard is the man.
No inside game.......need Happ to develop a offensive game
I also don't know what a fragrant 2 is
Stone absolutely should have been ejected
— Dan Dakich (@dandakich) February 14, 2016
Last comment (maybe). There is nothing more important than player safety. Call was wrong. B1G may weigh in and suspend Stone a game.
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) February 14, 2016
I can't believe this is the same team that lost to Western Michigan Sisters of the Blind. Gard has this team playing great
LOL. This is awesome. Just got home. Stupid DVR slipped the game.
You didn't miss much
other than the most awsum game that ever happend
Can Bucky request to wear the road red for every game from hear on out?
Agree on Stone. With all the talk about concussions in sports (not just the NFL now) you would think the refs would put a premium on flagrant fouls to the head. Yeah, sure, he didn't punch the head....but still, unnecessary and could've given Brown a headache for a while. I can't wait to see what the B1G Commish has to say about that.
This wasn't just a win, but a complete pommeling of a #2 seed. Everyone stepped up (except what's his face that missed that bunny under the hoop shot). This team is fun to watch. You never know who's going to make the big play. But it seems the last 12 games someone always has...Go Bucky!
Do the Badgers get into the NCAA tournament now???
Time to take the interim off the head coach, Bo knows coaches.
If Badgers take care of business vs. Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan they are in the NCAA tournament.
El-Ka-Bong posted:You didn't miss much
Found it on ESPN 3. Liar!
Vito Brown is becoming a weapon. Finally the player he was supposed to be.
It was surprising that these guys overcame foul trouble to a pair of key players (Happ and Showy), but Maryland was missing open looks from 3 and lay ups. Good D inside, but the open looks from 3 were strange. Trimble was what... 2 for 13 or something?
Meanwhile the Badgers continue to hit 3s at a crazy pace.
Saw most of the second half. Great effort and results against a really good team on their home court.
Bubble team? Not anymore. Assuming they don't totally collapse down the stretch they are in.
To deliberately put one's hand on a guy's head and smack it on the floor and to have that not be ruled an ejection is unconscionable.
ttps://twitter.com/hashtag/Badgers?src=hash">#Badgers Vitto Brown, who had 21+7 in 34 min today, had 0 pts and 0 rebounds in 18 min in first meeting.— Jeff Potrykus (@jaypo1961) February 14, 2016
Here is why Gard will not be named coach yet, and why I can't say with 100% confidence he will be named
Badgers with incredible road win as they win 7 th in a row at Maryland / GREG GARD has earned Head Coaching job at Wisconsin NOW !
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 14, 2016
Nobody tells Alvarez what to do
I don't know if there is a single understandable rationale for why Diamond Stone was allowed to continue to play in that game. He tackled VB to the ground more or less, then shoves the head against the Florida or for good measure. Textbook definition of Flagrant 2. Also a punkassed way of playing the game.
But I have to compliment VB for his response when asked about it- he said (paraphrasing) that it was a good thing, and it stood to galvanize the team going into halftime. May have served to help them keep that lead the remainder of the game.
We knew going in that the team would be better as the season went on. I am pleased to know this is happening right before our eyes. Keep winning baby!
What pisses me off is that the whole foul thing was not even mentioned in the ESPN or SI story of the game. If that had been some Dookie or Kentucky player that had his head pushed into the floor they would have been all over that. 
Hope the BigTen commish does the right thing and suspends Stone for a game but with Maryland's next game at Goophers will it even matter?
Well there is this from ESPN's Myron Medcalf, whoever he is
Worst call in a weekend filled with bad calls -- Diamond Stone smashes another player’s head, stays in the game
Listen, player safety is significant. And NCAA rules state that a flagrant 2 foul “is a personal foul that involves contact with an opponent that is not only excessive, but also severe or extreme while the ball is live.” Late in the first half of Wisconsin’s win at Maryland, Stone smashed Vitto Brown’s head into the hardwood while he lay on the ground after a scramble for a loose ball. Stone drew a contact technical for his actions and Charlie Thomas, Brown’s teammate, also picked up a technical after he exchanged words with Stone.
But the bottom line is that Stone should have been ejected. What he did was excessive and dangerous. And if the folks in the Big Ten’s offices truly value player safety, they should take a hard look at Stone’s actions and consider further punishment. There is no room for that in college basketball.
The only good thing about Stone being allowed to stay in the game is that the Badgers beat the #2 seed at home....at full strength.
#Badgers Hayes said when Stone shoved Brown's head into court he knew UW had Terps frustrated/off their game.
— Jeff Potrykus (@jaypo1961) February 15, 2016
Terps being proactive?
Maryland’s Diamond Stone suspended one game for flagrant foul against Wisconsin https://t.co/DeHoZ9qYel
— Jeff Potrykus (@jaypo1961) February 15, 2016
The only person I heard that supported the refs and Stone was that worthless POS Doug Gotlieb. He must be having a conniption fit that Maryland and not the BigTen suspended Stone.
Athletic director Barry Alvarez says he has to “go through process,” but he’s impressed with job Gard has done as... https://t.co/c4EgM1KBv6
— Jeff Maillet (@jeff_maillet) February 17, 2016