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Wisconsin-Montana Game Highlights and Interviews

Well that was a nice change. UW was 9-1 in 1st round games under Bo entering yesterday's game but a lot of those 9 wins felt closer than they should have.

Not so yesterday as UW made the Seth Davis's and Doug Gottlieb's of the world look silly for continuing to pick UW to be upset in the opening round.

UW takes on Vandy at 5:10pm CDT on Saturday. That's a perfect weekend happy hour. Thanks CBS.

As always, you can read some (mostly) constructive thoughts on Eric's 10 Things thread at Buckyville.

Game highlights from the Sports Genius Network

Mike Lucas talked with Mike Bruesewitz and Ryan Evans after the game.

The Badgers made a lot of so-called college basketball "experts" look dumb for picking a #13 seed from the Big Sky to beat the #14 team in the country. This guy included (jump to the 1 minute mark for the brilliant insight).

Badger YouTube Videos to Pass the Time Until Tip-Off

We're less than 19 hours from the start of the greatest sports weekend of the year (and no, the play-in games don't count).  Here are some YouTube to help you get ready for tomorrow's game vs. Montanta.

Matt and Mike are in the Q and preview the game.

This is a few days old but here's a look at Selection Sunday for the Badgers. A little lower key than other schools.

Courtesy of Big Apple Bucky at Buckyville, here's a video on how Bo teaches post moves so you can impress your drunk friends with your in-depth knowledge of Bo's fundamentals.

Badger Fun Fact of the Day

Did you know, our University of Wisconsin is the only school to get into a BCS Bowl and the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons?  

Out of the 10 schools that made a BCS Bowl this year, only 4 of them made the tourney.  Granted, I saw a Final Four and Rose Bowl in the same year while I was at UW, but damn, this must be a fun time to be a student.  

Now, let's get out there Thursday and shove it in Doug Gottlieb's pie hole.  What a prick.  

 

F'em Bucky

 

The Bielema Wedding

I found these images while browsing TMZ.com late Saturday night.  A huge shout out to badgerfans.com reader K.P. for the pics.

Enjoy your measuring cups Mr. & Mrs. Bielema!  

 

You gotta love the red roses cake.  

 

The happy couple...

 

Introducing Mr. & Mrs. Bret & Jennifer Bielema

The good folks at bustedcoverage.com (a great site by the way) found Coach Bielema's wedding registry and posted it on their website.  They are notorious for purchasing the cheapest item off pretty much any celebrity's registry and sending the happy couple their gift.  Bielema's wedding is no different.  With Bret & Jennifer's nuptuals taking place this Saturday, March 10th, BC purchased them an egg timer for $6.99.  I must have the delux version of the egg timer...as mine both cooks and serves my eggs for me with a little canadian bacon, shredded cheese and tabasco.   

There's a good chance the happy couple will receive the set of "odd size measuring cups" they registered for, courtesy of badgerfans.com.  Someone has already purchased them the normal set of measuring cups, so when those tricky recipes call for 2/3 cup of sugar, thank god they will have a 2/3 measuring cup.  We wouldn't want poor Jennifer to stress out trying to calculate 2/3 cup with only a 1/3 measuring cup.   

I remember how excruciatingly painful walking around Crate & Barrell & Pottery Barn was with my wife scanning everything in site with that damn gun.  I can't imagine Jennifer dragging Bret through the Williams Sonoma, Bed Bath & Beyond and Target during a Saturday afternoon at West Towne.  Is there anything worse than spending a few hours on a weekend picking out dinnerware, dishes and a cake stand?   

If you would like to purchase the happy couple a red spatula set or the "B" Monogram coasters  you can do so without leaving the comfort of your couch.  Here is their full registry.   

Williams Sonoma 

Bed Bath & Beyond    

Target

Macy's

Pottery Barn

 

F'em Bucky

Hey Syracuse, There's No Hope With Dope

The UW football and basketball programs aren't 100%  squeaky clean when it comes to student athletes honoring the athletic code, or even the law, but the issues that come up tend to be relatively minor compared other programs.

I'm sure you've heard about the internal drug policy violations for the Syracuse men's basketball team. In the grand scheme of things a bunch of college kids smoking pot isn't news but it is when it violates an atheltic code and is covered up.

If you happen to work with a Cuse fan, feel free to send them the original, likley trademark-violating artwork above.

It appears that this PSA isn't part of the Syracuse orientation program.

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Balls

This has nothing to do with Badger sports so we'll file this under "college humor", even though these dudes might be in high school.  You could argue this is a poor reflection on today's youth but I say it's brilliant.

Badgers Roll Illinois on Senior Day

Jordan Taylor and Rob Wilson closed out their Badger home careers on a high note as UW easily handled Illinois 70-56 on UW's Senior Day. Bo Ryan also tied Bud Foster for the most wins in UW history with 265.

If you're looking for post-game reactions, check out John's game recap at B5Q and Eric's 12 things (we get 2 extra this week) at Buckyville. I think most Badger fans are happy to see Rob Wilson making more of an impact the last few weeks. UW will need as much offense as it can get headed into tournament play.

Here are the game highlights and UW's Senior Day tribute videos for Wilson and Taylor. Thanks for representing the University well the last 4 years, guys. Hopefully your careers don't end until New Orleans.

One Big Ten Coach Really Hates the Badger Basketball! (and Seth Davis is a D-bag)

Hot off of Twitter....Seth Davis anonymously interviewed a coach from all six major power conferences and had them express their "true" feelings on each one of the teams in their conference.  Not surprisingly considering Seth's general distaste for Wisconsin, the "coach" he interviewed absolutely slammed the Badgers including some harsh comments on Jordan Taylor, see for yourself;

I don't really respect the way they play. Jordan Taylor likes to run and grab you, and then throw his head back and try to get a call. If you set a pick, they take a dive. They cheat the game. Everybody raves about this defensive juggernaut, but that's bull. They dribble the clock out and mug you out of the building. Part of the reason they lost to Cornell and Davidson is because when you get into the tournament, refs outside the Big Ten don't fall for that. Taylor is kind of struggling, but they're always going to be in the game because they're not going to shoot until there are six seconds left on the shot clock. Then they give it to Taylor. That's their offense. They don't even run the swing as much as they used to. Taylor plays no defense because he's trying to save his energy. Jared Berggren, Josh Gasser and Mike Bruesewitz have all had fabulous seasons, and Ryan Evans has really taken his game to the next level. They're going to be in every game because of the way they play and the fact that they have a lot of weapons.

Link to SI.com

This looks like bush league reporting to me....way to go Seth!

Can UW's Dominance at the Kohl Center be Attributed to a Brand of Basketball?

This might be the Grand Daddy of all conspiracy theories.  Could the Badger home court advantage be chalked up to the brand of basketball they use?  According to Mike Viera at the New York Times, the Badgers are the only team in the NCAA to use a Sterling ball. 

I remain cautiously optimistic about this team, but Matt Lepay makes some good points about the Badgers being a tough out in the tourney.  Despite the offensive struggles, the defense has been pretty consistent.  Defense wins championships….right?

Congrats to Jordan Taylor on being named one of the 30 finalists for the Naismith Award.

Football

Think it is too early for football predictions?  I didn’t think so.

In case you haven’t voted for the All Bielema Team that UWBadgers.com is running, here is your chance.

Speaking of coach, The Bleacher Report listed their 5 favorite Bielema quotes.