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Why didn’t someone in Michigan Athletic Dept step in on Sunday with a prepared statement and not let Howard dig a deeper hole at post game press conf? He was doubling down while his boss and bosses boss are issuing apologies to UW.
— Robert Landwehr (@RobertLandweh16) February 22, 2022
Who is Joel?
— Mitch Nelles (@ThunderMKE) February 22, 2022
Did the Big Ten not suspend Howard for the Big Ten tournament because it can't resist the potential TV ratings/revenue of a UW/UM tournament matchup? pic.twitter.com/hajnuoJsep
— Dean Witter (@i_am_deanwitter) February 22, 2022
What would you guess are the chances of Wisconsin facing Michigan in the BTT? (Think of the ratings)
— Laura in the 608, Anna Smrek stan (@hemming_hawing) February 22, 2022
What is going on with the talk about eliminating the “handshake line” in college basketball 🏀. Come on, the “handshake line” did not cause the Juwaun Howard to grab another coach by the shirt & strike out and hit/slap another opposing coach after the Badgers recent MI game.
— Paul Yochum'63 (@PaulYochum63) February 22, 2022
Can we pitch in and pay Greg’s fine?
— Brian Suttie (@BigDaddySutt) February 22, 2022
Asking for a friend…
@JimPolzinWSJ Open Jim question: Johnny Davis has been quiet and focused on basketball most of the season. At MSU and at Indiana, we saw the 'bye bye' expressions walking off the court. He's becoming more emotional, any insight?
— David Crawford (@Crawdaddy3) February 17, 2022
Assuming Johnny Davis turns pro, is he a lottery pick?
— jhfc (@bucksinseven) February 22, 2022
Does UW have a criteria for retiring numbers/honoring players? Or do they just do it on the fly? It seems odd Finley had to wait 27 years but Kaminsky was almost immediately retired.
— Steve Schuster (@SteveSc84123682) February 22, 2022
How long will it take to retire D Harris’ number? The program battles a perception as not being a place for NBA talent, so why not put the guys who made it front and center? Now that Finley is finally up there, will Harris join them, and will Davis have a short wait like Frank?
— Maj. P. Nuss, USSF (@major_p_nuss) February 22, 2022
After this season, where do you project Johnny Davis ranking in regards to the all time best at UW? I've been watching UW bball for a long time, Finley, Tucker, Kaminski were special but Johnny seems to be ascending to the top?
— Doug B (@DBsportsfan) February 22, 2022
Where do you rank Michael Finley on the all time Badgers athletics list?
— Jake Germann (@germann_jake) February 22, 2022
NCAA tournaments are all about matchups. What do you think would make for good and bad matchups for Wisconsin in this years tournament?
— Chris Davis (@cdavis20000) February 22, 2022
Been trying to think about this myself looking at the potential top seeds. Who do you think represents a favorable/unfavorable draw for wisconsin, either specific teams or more generically personnel/style
— Asher Low (@alow_33) February 22, 2022
What do you think the range of possibilities are for this Badgers team in terms of seeding in the NCAA tournament?
— pix :) (@lukregner) February 22, 2022
Do you think the lack of a deep and productive bench will force Coach Gard to play the starters even more in the Big Dance? will Bowman be back next game?
— Teri Shannon (@77rocket) February 22, 2022
Let’s revisit a question from earlier this season.
— Ty (@TJHoeft14) February 22, 2022
Chucky/Brad/Johnny/Wahl is as good as Wisconsin has been 1 through 4 since when? https://t.co/m6LLFcTLfi
A hypothetical question. A lot of players from last year decided to move on to other teams. What would the team and chemistry be if they had decided to stay? Is it a good thing in hindsight that they decided to move on? Just wondering.
— BadgerFan (@divot516) February 22, 2022
Do you think yesterdays incident brings this team closer together or does it serve as a distraction the rest of the way?
— Mark Meddings (@MeddingsMark1) February 22, 2022
Jim, when was the last time Wisco won at East Lansing, West Lafayette, and Bloomington all in one season? Has it ever happened?
— Doctor Badger (@popculturepsych) February 22, 2022
Where would you rate Chucky among other Badger freshman basketball players in recent history?
— Ben (@Ben_Oehler) February 22, 2022
No question, this is just a Chucky Hepburn appreciation tweet.
— Jeremy Wojtecki (@jwojPAC) February 22, 2022
Will baseball be brought back anytime soon at Wisconsin?
— William Jenkins (@wljenkin) February 22, 2022
I was surprised with the Colin Larsh news. Is the combination of the Arkansas transfer and Van Dyke going to be formidable in the big 10?
— Douglas Greenberg (@DougGreenB) February 22, 2022
With Bobby Engram (sorry if spelled wrong) coming in as OC, what type of changes can we anticipate schematically to the offense?
— Jim (@Jimsed37527) February 22, 2022
I’ve started checking Badger WBB scores this year after the positive press on coach Marisa Moseley. It seems like she doing a good job. What makes Wisconsin a place to stay for her and not a stepping stone?
— David Ross (@davidross9296) February 22, 2022
The packers have clearly gone all in on luring Rodgers back, if he stays, do they try to trade love?
— Fred Ehle (@FredEhle) February 22, 2022
Is the perception that Brady took a lot less money to win truthful or is cap manipulation? If it’s real, I’d like to see Rodgers take the same path. And yes, I know Brady is married to a billionaire model.
— ArtieHo (@ArtieHo2) February 22, 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 …
Contact Jim Polzin at jpolzin@madison.com.
Do you think the lack of a deep and productive bench will force Coach Gard to play the starters even more in the Big Dance? will Bowman be back next game?
— Teri Shannon (@77rocket) February 22, 2022
Should UW appeal Neath suspension?
— Brian Hipp (@Brianhipp) February 22, 2022
