The University of Wisconsin men's basketball team nearly started its season in disaster, but with a surge over the last 33 minutes, it exited its first tune-up of the season showing signs of lively play. The first real test, though, comes in Game 2 on Thursday.
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Fans like Wisconsin men's basketball's scoring tandem after slow start vs. Holy Cross
Figured this would be popular
16-16 free throws, the biggest takeaway for me tonight
— Chris Cesar (@Cesar_Chris) November 5, 2024
Fantasy and favorite teams often don't mix well
Welp, I’m regretting my second round dynasty pick on Freitag if he’s not playing on this roster.
— Ryan Pohle (@RyanPohle) November 5, 2024
Defense turned a corner, at times
Well - slow start but once the defense shut down Holy Cross and the offense got humming it was good. Great ball movement on offense, good transitioning on Defense. #Badgers
— Jon (@jon_jandrin) November 5, 2024
I'd still temper expectations
Yay, a Badger game that was watchable and, dare I say, enjoyable?! It's been a minute since I could say that. I have been conditioned to have minimal expectations after this year's football experience. Looks like a fun team.
— Damon Heim (@DamonHeim) November 5, 2024
I wasn't prepared for this level of petty
John Tonje has to be the best Badger guard from Omaha in the 2020s.
— Zach Rastall (@zrastall17) November 5, 2024
I wouldn't go that far, joke or not
Chucky Hepburn really held us back. Our offense looked good in the second half. Tonje is really good.
— logan. (@logjwben) November 5, 2024
Hard to judge a single game, certainly
I guess just tune back in after Thanksgiving to see if things have evened out a little.
— Michael Drew 🍻🍻 (@MikeDrewWhat) November 5, 2024
Felt like an opponent Crowl should excel against
Hard to be certain against this quality of opponent but guard play looked good. Really like Tonje, brings some nice versatility at guard. Depth with the bigs may be a concern especially with Crowl’s underwhelming performance.
— Randall Kohl (@crandallkohl) November 5, 2024
To battle back after a horrible start is a strong quality
Impressed how they rebounded from a very poor start and Tonje looks legit!!
— Gary Brilowski (@gbrilo) November 5, 2024
Plenty of minutes to be had, it seems
Will every team in the Bug 10 win tonight? Doesn’t happen very often, but at least the Badgers are on the WIN column. Curious to see how roster is used in next month.
— mike kerry (@BadgerMike) November 5, 2024
I'm curious to see how it develops
Crowl and Winters playing together doesn't work. Slows down the offense and doesn't allow for penetration. Leads to too much standing around on the perimeter.
— Joe (@joebenz18) November 5, 2024
That'll be a big measuring stick game
Good start. Hopefully they can use this to build on and continue to improve leading up to Arizona.
— Jim (@Bigtenman77) November 5, 2024
Tonje, to quote Dickie V, looked like a PTPer
1. Tonje the real deal - fired up!
— Mark Marriott (@MarkAMarriott) November 5, 2024
2. Kamari needs to start - tired of hearing him being the spark off the bench - they were down big - how about avoiding that
3. If Freitag can’t get in until garbage time why the heck was everyone saying he looked the real deal in practice??
A really strong offensive tandem
Tonje and Blackwell will be hard to defend & if our “bigs” show up, Bucky’s offense could be really good. Another positive: 16/16 @ the line tonight.
— mark ellison (@EllisonMark) November 5, 2024
Curious to see where they end up
This team is a work in progress. We shall see how they end up.
— Truckduck Goose (@TruckduckG) November 5, 2024
I hear ya
When every other conference is on ESPN+, putting your games on B1G+, is such a bad move, few can see your games. Big Ten is the only conference that makes you pay for two services, B1G+ and Peacock. I’m so mad at Warren for this deal. Makes a bad deal and jolts to the Bears.
— Drew Litrenta (@DrewskiK2s) November 5, 2024
Took awhile to set the tone
That first 10 minutes was as ugly of basketball as I’ve ever seen.
— Team Slinky (@Buckmaster_FP) November 5, 2024
Depending on the book, a winner!
A half point cover as a 23.5 point favorite after that horrendous start is incredible. But those lines makers… 🎯
— Schmo (@BlackCoffeeSobr) November 5, 2024
Overreaction Monday?
I hate to do this but unfortunately if this continues with Freitag….. Daniel Freitag….transfer portal….collision course
— Nick Kapitz (@NKapitz) November 5, 2024
Won and oh
Best team ever. Need more freitag!!
— aarondentz (@aarondentz) November 5, 2024
