The Badgers travelled to Ann Arbor to tackle the Wolverines on Sunday, shedding in extra time by a rating of 87-79. The defeat might show to maintain Wisconsin out of the Nationwide Event.
With out going right into a horrible quantity of element, it is a sport the Badgers ought to have been capable of pull out. If not for a circus shot from Michigan large man Hunter Dickinson on the buzzer, Wisconsin would have received 68-65 in regulation however that’s not what occurred. With one second on the clock, Michigan inbounded the ball Dickinson nailed the game-tying three-pointer on the buzzer earlier than the Wolverines took dwelling the win in OT.
In what was as near a much-win state of affairs as you may get for Wisconsin, the workforce merely simply fell brief. Freshman guard Connor Essegian led the best way with 24 factors (10-21 FG, 1-8 3Pt, 3-3 FT) for the Badgers and he has now set the all-time freshman report for this system with 61 three-pointers this season.
Max Klesmit (19), Steven Crowl (14) and Tyler Wahl (10) have been additionally capable of attain double-digit scoring outputs.
In the long run, the most important query following the competition was head coach Greg Gard’s choice to not foul on Michigan’s last possession of regulation when the Badgers have been up three, as an alternative permitting the Wolverines to get off a last shot, which turned out to be a game-tying launch from Dickinson.
With solely two video games left this season, Wisconsin will seemingly must go 2-0 to have an opportunity to succeed in March Insanity. This implies they should take down Purdue (24-5) at dwelling at 8 PM on Thursday.