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Wisconsin Coach Greg Gard After Losing Ncaa Tournament Heartbreaker To Florida

... a replay I’ve seen, he obviously caught the ball in stride and going towards his rim. And with four seconds, I mean he can get rim-to-rim in four seconds, let alone get to the three-point line. But we need to do a better job of making him have to come back to catch it and then once he does catch it, change direction. And we didn’t and I don’t know if we got him to change it at all or if he came with his left hand completely the way up. I was looking up the floor to see what else was happening, as he came up the floor. And then he hits that one-legged runner, so but we needed to have him alter change, go side-to-side, to eat more time.”. On his team’s seniors. “Obviously a very gut-wrenching game, but as I told the team, the last 45 minutes are going to sting and hurt for quite awhile as we move forward and appreciate these three, obviously, up here with me, but also we have two other seniors in ...

Wisconsin's Bronson Koenig Ready For Madison Square Garden

... That set the stage for a basket by UW sophomore center Ethan Happ with 2 seconds remaining that sent the game into overtime. If anybody’s happy to get back to Madison Square Garden, it’s Happ, who finished with a career-high 32 points against Rutgers. Overall, the Badgers shot 33.3 percent as a team during their first trip to Madison Square Garden this season and went 3-for-25 from 3-point range. “Hopefully,” UW coach Greg Gard said, “we can shoot the ball a lot better.”. Any advantage the Badgers might have had in familiarity with the East region venue is washed out by the fact that Florida played a game at Madison Square Garden this season as well. The Gators dropped an 84-74 decision to Duke in the Jimmy V Classic on Dec. 6. “No matter where you play at this time of year, just focus on the 40 minutes,” Gard said. “The rims will be 10 feet high, the court’s 94 feet long. They’ll wear white, we’ll wear red, and go play. “We don’t get too wrapped up in where have we been. It will be hopefully a good game whether we play it here in the ...

This Wisconsin Team Always Managed To Surprise Us

... semi-ridiculous (and fully ridiculous) questions with poise and grace. Anyone who watched the game knows that Wisconsin’s failure to hit free throws in overtime contributed heavily to the loss. So did the team’s collective failure to redirect Florida guard Chris Chiozza— incidentally, one of the fastest athletes in college basketball—to eat off more time before his game-winning shot. So did the aforementioned mental lapses that led Gators guard Ke Vaughn Allen to rack up free throws at the end of the first half seemingly at will. These are the mistakes that we who watched the game know affected the outcome; those who made them know that better than the rest of us ever could. Questions are asked. Questions are answered. Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports. This team—this beautiful, woke, frustrating, joyous team—now ...

No. 8 Seed Wisconsin Stuns The Reigning National Champs

... up by four. In the second half his two threes could not have been much better timed: the first, from the corner, tied the score at 57 to complete a seven-point comeback with 3:27 left; the second put the Badgers up three at the two-minute mark. Koenig, a 39.3% shooter from three on the season, is 11-for-23 from deep over Wisconsin’s two wins this week, displaying the kind of trigger and accuracy befitting a star turn in this tournament. When a big shot is needed for the Badgers in the Sweet 16, you can bet Koenig will have the ball in his hands. Support System: Tom Crean may have fallen out of favor at Indiana, but his coaching family will be there to pick him up. 2. Heavy is the head. Villanova came into the tournament last season dogged by questions about whether it could advance past the opening weekend for the first time in seven years. Josh Hart said earlier this week that it was nice to not hear that question anymore, but in its place had emerged a different burden: Could the Wildcats repeat? Though they swore there were no jitters, Villanova came out looking tight and ...

Athletic Trainer Henry Perez-guerra Always Has Players' Best Interests In Mind

... Florida in an NCAA East Region Sweet 16 game Friday night. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Buy Now. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Wisconsin Badgers head coach Greg Gard walks the floor as his team participates in an open practice at Madison Square Garden in New York, Thursday, March 23, 2017. Wisconsin will play Florida in an NCAA East Region Sweet 16 game Friday night. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Buy Now. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Wisconsin Badgers director of basketball operations Kat Vosters and athletic trainer Henry Perez-Guerra watch players participate in an open practice at Madison Square Garden in New York, Thursday, March 23, 2017. Wisconsin will play Florida in an NCAA East Region Sweet 16 game Friday night. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Buy Now. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Wisconsin Badgers athletic trainer Henry Perez-Guerra watches players participate in an open practice at Madison Square Garden in New York, Thursday, March 23, 2017. Wisconsin will play Florida in an NCAA East Region Sweet 16 game Friday night. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Buy Now. M. P. KING, STATE ...

Decisive Play In Season-ending Loss Provides 'what Ifs

... got the ball and earned the role of hero. Florida coach Mike White experienced the agony of defeat during the 1998 NCAA tournament as a player at Ole Miss, which had its heart broken when Valparaiso’s Bryce Drew hit a miraculous 3-pointer at the buzzer. Nineteen years later, White experienced the thrill of victory on a shot with an even greater degree of difficulty. White said Chiozza had “the wherewithal to know that he can get all the way (down) the length of the court in four seconds. He obviously utilized his speed and quickness and had tremendous composure, of course.”. Could the Badgers have defended the play better? Absolutely, but any second-guessing requires a look at pros and cons of each individual decision. UW coach Greg Gard could have instructed Hayes to intentionally miss his ...

Wisconsin's Success In Football And Basketball Still Is Missing Something, Badgers The Underdogs And More

... who showed up for the final game of the season if they’d be OK with six Big Ten titles and a total of five non-winning seasons, they’d have taken it in a heartbeat. Same for the faithful 5,000 who showed up at the Field House to watch a poor product on the court for years. Four Big Ten titles, three conference tournament titles and three trips to the Final Four? Yes, please. But we’re far removed from those days. The accomplishments have spoiled large pockets of the fan base that has known only winning. With that comes deserved higher expectations. And while the school has every right to tout its success, it also needs to be mentioned that the big boys Wisconsin apparently is on par with aren’t doing the same thing. For the Ohio States, Michigans and Floridas of the world, the only goal is to be the last one standing at the end of a season and holding a national championship trophy. Everything else is nice, but that’s how they judge success. Wisconsin is not at that point now. It’s not that the Badgers haven’t been close. They have. Two years ago, they were minutes from a national title in basketball, while 1 regular-season loss in 1993, 2006 and 2010 kept them ...

Off The Court, This Friendship Runs Deep

... before Happ's freshman year. "Even before I got here," Happ said, "I was texting him about things I needed for college and he has been helping me out ever since.". Going into his sophomore year, Brown was planning on renting an apartment with some UW teammates. "But things changed and some guys wanted to live alone," said Brown, who roomed with. Nigel Hayes. , a fellow Ohioan, as a freshman. "I saw that Ethan was the only scholarship athlete coming in, so I decided to stay in the dorms again. As soon as he set foot on campus, I've been with him since.". There were some understandable early adjustments because they were not in the same class. "It was kind of different because he already had his friend group," Happ said. "And when most freshmen come in, they room with another freshman. I didn't have that someone to go to all the freshmen orientations. So it was different in that sense. But we were friends right away.". Over the last three years, the friendship has blossomed. "We've grown more and more similar to each other as we've been together," Brown said. "We both appreciate a lot of the same things. We aren't ...

Wisconsin's Khalil Iverson Tries To Focus Amid Family Tragedy

... N. Y., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. The Wisconsin Badgers will play the Virginia Tech Hokies in an NCAA Tournament first-round game on Thursday night. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Buy Now. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Virginia Tech Hokies assistant coach Jamie Mc Neilly holds his three-month-old son, Jahro, during his team's open practice at the Key Bank Center in Buffalo, N. Y., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. The Wisconsin Badgers will play the Virginia Tech Hokies in an NCAA Tournament first-round game on Thursday night. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Buy Now. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Virginia Tech Hokies forward Zach Le Day (32) attempts a three-point basket during an open practice at the Key Bank Center in Buffalo, N. Y., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. The Wisconsin Badgers will play the Virginia Tech Hokies in an NCAA Tournament first-round game on Thursday night. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Buy Now. M. P. KING, STATE JOURNAL. Virginia ...