Wisconsin men's basketball fans excited 'special season' continues with another win
The battle of top Big Ten teams went the Badgers' way despite a sloppy showing against Northwestern. Fans were encouraged by the performance.
Nitty gritty victory
Both Wisconsin and Northwestern used to battle to avoid last place in the league. It’s a new day as the Badgers improve to 5-0 thanks to Max Klesmit hitting 3’s and another gritty performance from the entire team. The Wildcats are going to have a good season.
— Jeff Ostach☮️ (@jeff_ostach) January 13, 2024
It shows in team shooting numbers
The biggest difference this year is we don’t seem to be having those stretches where no one on the floor can make a shot. If one or two guys are struggling there are one or two who step up. That bodes well for the rest of the season.
— Russ Evansen (@waunaruss) January 13, 2024
Academic institutions
I seem to hate losing to Northwestern more than most other Big Ten teams, so this feels pretty good
— Ken Chia, some guy online (@kcchia80) January 13, 2024
Jordan-esque?
Playing Northwestern is always a grind, but Max Klesmit decided to become Michael Jordan so we’re good. Undefeated in conference!
— Badger Steve 🧀🍺🦌 (@UW_Steve) January 13, 2024
Carelessness for most TOs
Not our best performance in terms of protecting the ball and still beat a very good team.
— Randall Kohl (@crandallkohl) January 13, 2024
Took awhile to adjust
Too many turnovers and felt like we started playing Northwestern’s game instead our own for a while there. Happy to see them buckle down and pull out the win. Crowl seemed hesitant to shoot. Klesmit was in the pocket and Storr strong in 2H. Keep it rolling, gents.
— BethAnn Meier (@BAMeier) January 13, 2024
Had some really strong moments
Chucky’s D was outstanding in last 2 minutes. Good to win a grinder.
— Rob F (@RobFinley27) January 13, 2024
An important trend
Gusty and fun-to-watch performance. It seems Bucky can really bring opponents who have been hot scoring back down to Earth while maintaining offensive efficiency themselves. Great team and great coaching.
— Scott Weberpal (@SWeberpal) January 13, 2024
Emerged late
Great win. Good teams win at home even when not playing their best. They found a way
— Andy O'Halek (@aohalek) January 13, 2024
Free throws are free!
Anytime we make more FTs than our opponents even shoot is a great sign
— chuckwestover (@chuckwestover) January 13, 2024
If Max is going to play like this, the sky is the limit
Great to see Crowl’s late blocks + great team D down the stretch + the O boards and hustle plays
Turnovers were maddening, but this team is fun!
Top 5? Final Four?
My goodness that was fun. This team is super damn special and will earn themselves a top 5 ranking I believe at some point. Have to work on those turnovers, but able to overcome them today.
— Scott L (@CCSO228) January 13, 2024
Calm under pressure
Badgers 🏀🏀find different ways to win with different players at different times. They never appear shook when things aren’t going well. FUN TO WATCH! #gobadgers
— Coach Eddie (@EddieAndrist1) January 13, 2024
Against a quality team, no less
Winning big ten games without your best stuff is a great sign. Fun team.
— Cheeze Turd (@K39946278) January 13, 2024
Could've, probably should've, yet didn't
We got lucky, northwestern could’ve won this game. Too many unforced turnovers at the end of the game, we got to close out games better than that.
— B y R O N (@ByronGotGame) January 13, 2024
Agreed
Northwestern is a very good team so a big win by Bucky.
— MJ (@MikefromWisky) January 13, 2024
WWWWWWisconsin
Showed poise and answered NW runs time after time. Solid win. Keep stacking em.
— Jack Pine Express (@kwzanella) January 13, 2024
Close games aren't good for deadlines, either
Whew!! I don’t like these close games! Two great teams! Too many turnovers but Max came through again. Huge plus this year is the Badgers get fouled at the rim and then we actually make the free throws!! Who’s next???
— Mary Korn Erickson (@sixtiesfan) January 13, 2024
It was noticeably quiet
I get that students are still out but I’ve heard more enthusiastic crowds at funerals
— Badgerbuss (@badgerbuss) January 13, 2024
Solid offensively
Nice play by all. Max is hot... Like to have seen Connor a bit more he seemed to be hot as well.
— Pastaboy (@Wiscwin1) January 13, 2024
Dawggg
Max Klesmit. 🐶
— Jake Nelson (@Jake_Nelson10) January 13, 2024
GOATs
Best team ever
— aarondentz (@aarondentz) January 13, 2024
Will pay off down the road
Early start, sleepy crowd and not playing particularly well against a tournament team that really harasses and bothers you,but still pulled out a win. UW is poised, savvy and, finally, has a number of ways to hurt you offensively. Fun team to watch.
— ryebadger (@ryebadger1) January 13, 2024
Is your friend named Greg?
We still firing Gard? Asking for a friend.
— BK (@bkleppe83) January 13, 2024
History tracking that way
We are experiencing one of those special seasons.
— Hey, what’s the story with our chicken, man? (@Z_Bro88) January 13, 2024
Onto the next
Gutty win for Wisconsin, Northwestern better than I thought. Great start but have to keep it going in Happy Valley. Klesmit huge again!
— Gary Brilowski (@gbrilo) January 13, 2024
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