Wisconsin State Journal reporter Jim Polzin previews the matchup between the ninth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers and the top-seeded Baylor Bears in the second round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament Sunday afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
What: NCAA tournament second-round game
Coach: Greg Gard, 119-69 in his fifth season at UW.
| No. | Name | Ht. | Year | PPG |
| 2 | Aleem Ford | 6-8 | Sr. | 8.7 |
| 5 | Tyler Wahl | 6-9 | So. | 5.2 |
| 35 | Nate Reuvers | 6-11 | Sr. | 8.2 |
| 0 | D'Mitrik Trice (above) | 6-0 | Sr. | 13.9 |
| 34 | Brad Davison | 6-4 | Sr. | 10.1 |
| No. | Name | Ht. | Year | PPG |
| 11 | Micah Potter (above) | 6-10 | Sr. | 12.6 |
| 1 | Jonathan Davis | 6-5 | Fr. | 6.9 |
| 12 | Trevor Anderson | 6-3 | Sr. | 3.3 |
| 22 | Steven Crowl | 7-0 | Fr. | 0.7 |
UW is 1-1 all-time vs. Baylor. The Badgers beat the Bears 69-52 in the 2014 Sweet 16, while Baylor won 70-65 early in the 2017-18 season. … Brad Davison’s 29 points vs. North Carolina tied Frank Kaminsky (Arizona, 2015) for the second most by a UW player in an NCAA tournament game. Michael Finley owns the record with 36 against Missouri in 1994. … Nate Reuvers and Micah Potter combined for seven blocks against North Carolina.
Coach: Scott Drew, 367-215 in his 18th season at Baylor.
| No. | Name | Ht. | Year | PPG |
| 11 | Mark Vital | 6-5 | Sr. | 5.7 |
| 0 | Flo Thamba | 6-10 | Jr. | 3.6 |
| 45 | Davion Mitchell (above) | 6-2 | Jr. | 14.0 |
| 0 | Jared Butler | 6-3 | Jr. | 17.0 |
| 31 | MaCio Teague | 6-4 | Sr. | 16.4 |
| No. | Name | Ht. | Year | PPG |
| 10 | Adam Flagler | 6-3 | So. | 8.8 |
| 24 | Matthew Mayer (above) | 6-9 | Jr. | 8.0 |
| 23 | Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua | 6-8 | So. | 6.5 |
MaCio Teague (above) is averaging 20.0 points in eight games since Baylor came off a three-week COVID-19 pause. He scored a team-high 24 points in Baylor’s 79-55 win over Hartford on Friday and made 10 3-pointers in a 35-point performance against Texas Tech on March 7. … Davion Mitchell was the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. … Mark Vital, a finalist for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year last season, leads the Bears with 6.7 rebounds per game.
“I knew it was going to be darn near impossible to recreate what we had going last March,” Badgers coach Greg Gard said. “It became harder than I even thought."
Predicting a starting group for 2021-22? It’s nearly impossible and foolish to even attempt as UW begins an offseason of transition.
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