Wisconsin basketball takes a playful shot at famous James Madison alumnus.

 

The social media presence of Wisconsin basketball is prepared for the team’s upcoming NCAA Tournament run.

The Badgers’ first matchup is a Friday night game at Brooklyn, New York’s Barclays Center against James Madison, the No. 12-seeded team. Wisconsin is a heavy favorite going into the game, but as the bracket was made public, many fans and commentators chose James Madison as an upset candidate.

This clash is ideal for Pardon My Take, one of the world’s most well-liked sports podcasts. Dan Katz (Big Cat) and Eric Sollenberger (PFT Commenter) are the two hosts. Katz is a well-known Wisconsin graduate and a major supporter of the university. Conversely, Sollenberger attended James Madison.

It’s uncommon that James Madison basketball makes it to this level, therefore Sollenberger is rarely consulted regarding the show. Conversely, when it comes to all things Wisconsin sports, Katz is at the forefront.

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Two years ago, the two hosts were almost at the center of attention as Wisconsin defeated Purdue with a thrilling last-second triumph. Arguably the program’s biggest victory in the previous five years, the victory gave the Badgers a share of the Big Ten championship.

There’s no shortage of images and videos showing Sollenberger cheering on the Badgers from the court. Wisconsin basketball on X had to remind Sollenberger about the team he used to support because of the evidence:

At the half, the No. 5-seeded Badgers were behind James Madison, the No. 12-seeded team, 33–20. Wisconsin has just five assists and 12 turnovers while shooting 27.3% from the field. James Madison, on the other hand, has 21 points off of the Badgers’ 12 turnovers and nine steals overall.

Wisconsin’s difficulties began with the first tip. After turning the ball over on four of its first six possessions, James Madison was able to get easy looks every time the team went down the floor. Before the Badgers finally cut the Dukes’ lead to the current 13 points, they had built up as much as a 17-point advantage.

After it appeared like Greg Gard’s squad had turned the corner in the Big Ten Tournament, the performance is undoubtedly discouraging. Wisconsin still has 20 minutes to make a complete turnaround, but if it doesn’t play better and more consistently, it will be eliminated in the first round.

After a challenging first half of play, Badgers supporters were, to put it mildly, less than delighted. Here’s a sample of that response.

New York City — After Friday’s surprising 72-61 loss to James Madison at the Barclays Center, there was still some shock for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team, even though it was the consequence of something familiar.

The same shock that began in the opening 2 minutes and 33 seconds when the Badgers mishandled the ball four times and there seemed to be no end in sight to the mayhem. However, Steven Crowl questioned why Wisconsin wasn’t more equipped for it given that the season was over.

The Dukes, with their defensive turnover percentage of 19.8%, which was ranked 40th, were a team the Badgers had faced that attempted to take advantage of them. Apply pressure. Make errors. Make anything from which the Badgers were unable to recover.

 

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(22-14) seems to have picked up on how to handle pressure from such examples. After every one of its eight defeats in its last 11 regular-season games, it declared that it would. However, the instances persisted. A team has not been able to destabilize Wisconsin to that extent in a long time.

And no team has done it more effectively than the Dukes, who pushed the Badgers into a season-high 19 turnovers, including 13 in the first half. Another team appeared to have learned more from its past mistakes than Wisconsin, as it had demonstrated several times at its worst moments.

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