Wisconsin Badgers Basketball Team Makes Shocking ESPY Debut!
The Wisconsin Badgers are one of the hottest teams in college basketball heading into the NCAA Tournament. Greg Gard's squad has made the tournament five times in the past six years, as this year they enter as a No. 5 seed .
High Point awaits in the first round , a team that many have said could be incredibly dangerous. There is always a chance the Badgers are eliminated early, a trend that has often been the case under Gard. ESPN's Joe Lunardi wrote , "The Badgers launch over half of their shots from 3-point land and struggle to get offensive rebounds (29.
7%, 214th in the nation). It's a combo that spelled doom in some losses. " Keep in mind, Wisconsin will have Nolan Winter available in the tournament.
Knowing that, its offensive rebound troubles shouldn't be the main focal point anymore, and it has an extra element on offense that it wasn't able to operate with in the Big Ten Tournament. Lunardi continued, "So it'll take a team that defends the arc well to eliminate the Badgers. Arkansas (31.
7% 3-point defense) certainly fits the bill in the second round. " Defeating the 30-4 Panthers in round one will be no easy feat, but Lunardi doesn't like the Badgers' chances to make it out of the first weekend if a second-round meeting with John Calipari's Razorbacks comes true. Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion .