Is Brad Davidson a top 10 Wisconsin MBB player ever? Sure, I can name 10 more talented guys, but in terms of on-court success + records + culture, I think he's unmatched what he's contributed to the program in his 5 seasons
— Spencer ⭐️⭐️ (@ST960517) January 31, 2022
After watching the Badgers play this last week and more, it seems to me they are not ready to face Illinois. After all they barely beat some average teams. They give up big leads. The bench is weak lately. What am I missing?
— JMW123 (@jmw1235) January 31, 2022
Davis is the man, but I can’t help think he is not the prolific scorer that the NBA salivates over. Lots of defensive pressure, but am I wrong? He is a stopplable shooter. All-around stud, gets his points, but flash seems to have faded.
— WISkeylover54 (@WISkeylover54) January 31, 2022
If you are a team about as good as Wisconsin, why not play deny Johnny the ball like the Gophers and take your chances?
— Brian Hipp (@Brianhipp) January 31, 2022
What does @BadgerMBB have to work on to be #MarchMadness ready?
— Leonard Go (@LeonardGo) January 31, 2022
To what extent do we need to still be tapping on the breaks about the Badger basketball team? I mean, if they beat Illinois (big if), can we gun it then? Must we still be conservative drivers?
— Chris Davis (@cdavis20000) January 31, 2022
How are you doing on your crusade to bring Jordan Bohannon to justice?
— Tim bross (@btbross_tim) January 31, 2022
Was the Chryst extension surprising? Not sure if teams still do it but could they name Jimmy L assistant head coach/head coach in waiting?
— Douglas Greenberg (@DougGreenB) January 31, 2022
Love the Caleb Williams talk. How do the coaches talk Mertz off the cliff. Got to be tough for him.
— David Ross (@davidross9296) January 31, 2022
If you’re Mertz, how do you move forward at UW after staff’s pursuit of Williams??
— Jeremy Wojtecki (@jwojPAC) January 31, 2022
Any chance Mertz ends up testing the transfer portal?
— steveo (@badger8350) January 31, 2022
If it really is all about the NIL, how does any smaller market university compete for talent?
— TJ Ninneman (@tjninneman) January 31, 2022
What changes do you think Engram will bring to the Badger offense?
— Erik Grinde (@egrinde) January 31, 2022
How will Engram addition change the badger offense? Recruiting?
— Trap23 (@Trap2315) January 31, 2022
How many Wisconsin alums are on the Bengals & Rams?
— Joseph Britt (@Zathras3) January 31, 2022
Is it ever a good idea to hire a legendary former Badger as a coach? Especially one whose prior experience as a coach was in the NHL, not college hockey.
— Steve Schuster (@SteveSc84123682) January 31, 2022
I'm sure you will get many more reader-interest Qs but watching the UW-MI Hockey, I thought there were more empty than occupied seats. Where is hockey on the AD's priority list? Has Grantato's time run out?
— GT Schutz (@GTSchutz) January 31, 2022
If Denver offers the Packers their 1st and 2nd for both this year’s and next’s draft picks for Aaron Rodgers, we’d be stupid to pass that up right?
— Sean Stephenson (@sgstephenson) January 31, 2022
Fave 5: Jim Polzin picks his favorite stories of 2021
Jim Polzin stepped into a new role in June, going from University of Wisconsin men’s basketball beat reporter to Lee Sports Wisconsin columnist.
Polzin wore both hats later that month when, on back-to-back days, he broke the news about seven seniors confronting coach Greg Gard in a secretly recorded meeting during the 2020-21 season and followed up with a column about how that recording had exposed cracks in the program’s foundation.
I wish I didn’t have to write this story about the daughter of former UW football standout Al Toon, who was killed in an apparent murder-suici…
I was assigned this story when the news broke in early April that Alvarez was “retiring.” A couple months later, I’d produce what may have bee…
I wanted to get a game column in this list and there were handful from which to choose. But selected this one from the opener against Penn Sta…
Moseley is a fascinating woman who’s in the early stages of a major rebuilding project. Not as many people read this story as I’d hoped, so ma…
This story has been on a Microsoft Word document of stories I’d wanted to pursue ever since Smart, who grew up in the Madison area, was named …
