Wisconsin men's basketball fans revel in upset of No. 3 Marquette
The Badgers enjoyed a victory over their rivals after a big first half. Fans hope it's a sign of things to come but loved Saturday's win.
Wire-to-wire winner
Shaka Smart has had three consecutive shots at Wisconsin & in his hometown of Madison, he has failed to get a win, as the Badgers led wire-to-wire in a 75-64 upset of the 3rd ranked Warriors. Max Klesmit shot 3’s throughout the 1st half as Wisconsin led big time in 2nd chance pts
— Jeff Ostach☮️ (@jeff_ostach) December 2, 2023
Stand on business
Start to finish the most complete game we’ve played so far. Excellent win.
— Badger Steve 🧀🍺🦌 (@UW_Steve) December 2, 2023
Ha, I see what you did there
Total team domination. MAX-imum effort. Owned the boards. Survived the run. Fantastic from the line. Led the whole way. Crowd was awesome. Everything you’d want in a victory over Marquette. Gard with another win over a top 5 team!
— Chris Davis (@cdavis20000) December 2, 2023
Fun to watch
Love this win. Badgers looked tough, focused, and hungry. Dominated against #3 team in the country. Keep it rolling, Badgers! pic.twitter.com/PAoxENQPg1
— BethAnn Meier (@BAMeier) December 2, 2023
Plenty to silence
— Laura in the 608 🌈⚾️🐈⬛ (@hemming_hawing) December 2, 2023
Growth shown
Such an impressive performance. All the new guys seem to be getting comfortable and the physicality of this team is definitely improved.
— Nick P Bassill (@NickPBassill) December 2, 2023
Also ... made every front end? Who is this team? Great composure down the stretch. Win takes pressure off next two. #gobadgers
Something to monitor
If Klesmit can do that more often they'll be a Big Ten contender
— Ken Chia, some guy online (@kcchia80) December 2, 2023
A fan can dream
— WISkeylover54 (@WISkeylover54) December 2, 2023
It's been a minute
Holy smokes! A court storm! Haven’t seen that in a while. Fantastic game. I knew Marquette would come out guns a blazin’ in the 2nd half but the Badgers weathered it well with defense, few turnovers and free throws!!
— Mary Korn Erickson (@sixtiesfan) December 2, 2023
A+ fun!!
Tough day
What?! Some of us chose golf over hoops. I have the VHS in the DVR to capture the OMG!
— Rob Hernandez (@RobHernandezGLF) December 2, 2023
Making shots helps
Guess “that style of play” does work. Who knew??
— Jon Corbett (@Jon_Corbett) December 2, 2023
That hits deep
Max Klesmit is the player that Marquette fans claim Tyler Kolek is.
— Craig Smith (@smithcp1) December 2, 2023
Winning weekend
Start to finish good clean basketball, out hustled Marquette on the boards and 2nd chance points, made them uncomfortable in their offense. Hope this is a good sign for the Bucks and Packers this weekend too!
— Josh (@jpdavis1982) December 2, 2023
Rivalry runs deep
It will never not be glorious to beat Marquette. All credit to Coach Gard and these players for a huge early season win that will definitely help come tourney time.
— Russ Evansen (@waunaruss) December 2, 2023
Plenty to celebrate
Stood in there and absorbed their best blow. Best win in a few years!!
— Randall Kohl (@crandallkohl) December 2, 2023
Crashing the glass was fruitful
Huge rebounding advantage! Klesmit was fire in the first half. When the 3s dried up in 2nd half these guys brought it down low. Great offense, outstanding defense. Coaches!Athletes!Fun game.
— Fred Melius MD (@fmelius) December 2, 2023
A happy Saturday
Wow. Wow. Wow. They played a magnificent game. Almost as perfect as you can get. Thank you Baderger mens basketball. So fun to watch.
— Pam Ashe (@pamashe1965) December 2, 2023
In-state talent showed, too
I respect and follow both programs. Usually one program needs more than the other. Today equally important. Definitely my favorite basketball game of the year. Definitely helps #UW RPI
— Bob Lewis (@AppletonTech) December 2, 2023
And that matters
Last year and early season struggles paying dividends now. Tough couple games coming up still but love the want-to this team has been showing in Ft. Myers and today. They looked like they wanted it more than Marquette
— Frank McAllister (@UncleFrank528) December 2, 2023
The standard is the standard
Anyone not thrilled to beat the #3 team might need to re-examine their standards.
— Jeremy Rosen (@jnrosen) December 2, 2023
Finding weaknesses
Took advantage of Marquette's weaknesses. 1) Rebounding 2) No offense without turnovers. 3) Kolek only goes left. Scoring drought and 2nd half offensive sets out of timeouts remain a concern. Hopefully, some other guys can start making shots. Solid outing.
— Madtown Shane (@MadtownShane) December 2, 2023
Quality meme
— Blake R. Weiner (@BlakeWeiner) December 2, 2023
Do your dance, Barry!
— Mike Hockett (@mikehockett) December 2, 2023
We'll see by next week
Apparently Greg Gard knew what he was doing with the schedule he put together
— Mark Meddings (@MeddingsMark1) December 2, 2023
Team could be dangerous
Badgers played tough D against Marquette. Those new guys Storr and Blackwell are gonna be good. Wahl is back and if Essegian gets going...lookout.
— pb_Wisco (@pbubon) December 2, 2023
Three years running!
The question has been answered. Best in the state. Liked the energy level, the D and the game plan. Keep it going Badgers!🏀
— Paul Yochum'63 (@PaulYochum63) December 2, 2023
Where were they hiding?
— Chris Aschenbrenner (@Aschencc) December 2, 2023
Nooooobodddyyyy
Who doubted it?
— Más Tequila (@JoRy_MaMa) December 2, 2023
Bragging rights keep going!
— Joel Schneider (@joelschneider25) December 2, 2023
Ha! I get it
The Dunk Storr called, and AJ answered.
— Corey Otis (@CoreyWOtis) December 2, 2023
Cautiously celebrating
Love it. I am cautiously optimistic. Let’s see how they do with these other elite teams coming. Hoping it wasn’t just the rivalry that fueled them and that they can consistently be playing at this level.
— mdwstmom (@mdwstmom) December 2, 2023
The team believed
Nobody believed in us, but WE DID! #OnWisconsin
— ꀘꄲꄲ꒒ꌩ ꀘꄲꄲ꒒ (@KoolGotGame) December 2, 2023
Round of applause
The team finally looks good again pic.twitter.com/givHLPOjpY
— Derek Boyd (@DerekB0yd) December 2, 2023
Depth is underrated
GREAT WIN ..was worried they would blow it as Marquette came back but they held strong - depth and experience paying off and hope it continues
— Badger96 (@Badger9674) December 2, 2023
A nice way to start the day
Easily one of the happiest day of the year.
— Mike Philipps (@MikePhilipps79) December 2, 2023
Love a good dance party
Let’s goooooo! #OnWisconsin pic.twitter.com/Xu5iXdVOtR
— Kim Behrendt (@BeardedBehrendt) December 2, 2023
Big time wins
Virginia and now Marquette? We are top 25
— Felix Vega (@felix_vega10) December 2, 2023
That was a bad one, discard it?
I can’t unsee the providence game I went to but this certainly helps
— Tony Rivera (@trivnewengland) December 2, 2023
Not-so-silent victory
Silent Assassin gets the most out of his starters today. And someone (Klesmit) heats up from 3. A real team win.
— David Koller (@DavidBKoller) December 2, 2023
Old Fashioned anyone?
WE ARE….WISCONSIN! Go Badgers! Let’s all toast to @BadgerMBB tonight! 🥃🦡🥃 On, Wisconsin!
— Michael Herfel⚓️💙🤍 (@MichaelHerfel7) December 2, 2023
We'll find out more this week, too!
First off, Wisconsin played very well! With wins over a very good Virginia team, and now, Marquette, they showed they can play with anyone in the country. Number two Marquette was absolutely exposed as they always are when they play big teams.
— Coach Mac (@jamchese) December 2, 2023
You had me in the first half, just like Wisconsin had Marquette
You always want to lose games because the other team beats you, not because you beat yourselves. Not making foul shots is one of the easiest ways to beat yourselves. Badgers were 24-28 from the line today. Just outstanding.
— Joseph Britt (@Zathras3) December 2, 2023
Who's got the aux?
— Math (@TheEverydayMath) December 2, 2023
Fun police
Storming the court vs MU is weak!
— Jon Stocks (@Jon_Stocks_IT) December 2, 2023
Impressive audience for a statement victory
Impressive game for the Badger, start to end. On national TV view. The team is growing stronger and deeper. Should be an exciting Big10 season. #OnWisconsin #BadgersBasketball
— Mark Acker (@ackermd65) December 2, 2023
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