Guard of the Year Lights Up Heat in Milwaukee; Final Push for Glory!
Wisconsin Badgers teammates say Andrew Rohde is the team’s best passer, a skill crucial for their NCAA Tournament run.
CHICAGO − The No. 5-seeded Wisconsin men's basketball team probably has one of the best-scoring backcourts in the NCAA Tournament with battle-tested tandem guards John Blackwell and Nick Boyd . But, let's go around the locker room and ask: Who is the best passer?
“A-Rohde is the best passer,” Blackwell said. “Oh, definitely, Andrew Rohde ,” Boyd said. Rohde , the 6-foot-6 senior guard from Brookfield Central, smiled wide: “I’ve got to say myself.
” Why does it matter? Because it's more than an interesting little detail on this very entertaining Badgers squad. The creative pass might not seem too important to Wisconsin, with its 3-point-heavy attack fueling its 83-points per game average.
The Badgers barely even post up in their half-court offense, instead electing to send four and sometimes all five to the arc to attack the basket face-first. And the leading assist-getter − Nick Boyd − gets probably half of his dimes by running downhill and dumping off to a big man in the paint. Worthy passes for sure, but not a challenge for someone of his caliber.