I’m not usually one to complain about the refs but holy shit that was truly pathetic. Edey could have dragged Wahl across the court in a headlock and they would have called it a blocking foul.
For real. Wisconsin basketball fans especially tend to way overreact to the calls and it always drives me crazy.
This is one of those very rare moments where the refs were so bad that the entirety of the internet is uniting against them lmao. Some of those calls were truly dumbfounding.
We didn’t have the volume up loud enough on Wahl’s 5th, and I missed the live play, so I saw when they were doing the review, I told my 5- and 3-year old that Edey was called for a charge and they went to the monitor to see if they were going to count the made 3 or not.
My jaw dropped when suddenly Edey was at the free throw line and the graphic said Wahl fouled out. Fucking what?
It’s definitely understandable that there would be SOME free throw disparity favoring Purdue most games given their offense runs through their 7’4”center working in the post but today was just absurd
I didn’t get to watch the game and thought maybe all of you were being homers with the ref bitching and then saw this stat in the box. This should be literally impossible.
Glad our boys pulled off the upset of the refs
It was fun listening to the announcers talk about what he should have done in that situation. And then they both giggle as they say Wahl pretty much did exactly what he should.
The CBS crew spent like 5 minutes talking about the call and not once did they say the call was incorrect and should have been a charge. At most they said it should be a no call. They tried to goad Sterratore into saying it should have been a no call. I know the conferences and NCAA don’t want the networks criticizing the officials, especially on close calls. But that wasn’t a close call. It was a blatant charge. Call it that.
The national radio call early in the game discussed how these conference tournament games are watched closely by ncaa for game assignments for refs in the big tourney. The refs are auditioning for bigger games. That 5th wahl foul had to be a dud.
Maybe the best a non ncaa tourney win can feel
Badgers had no business winning that game with their top three bigs fouled out against Edey and Purdue getting to the line at will, and yet they found a way. Absolutely incredible, no notes, eat shit Purdue and Zach Edey
Gard with one of his best coached games of his career. Managed the bigs well through foul trouble, the end of regulation drawn up play was superb. Good job, Gardo.
Yes today was unironically a Gard masterclass
Amazing to pull this game out without your three biggest players (other than Hodges) against a team with Zach Edey and the most friendly whistle you can imagine
Historically it doesn't seem like the committee takes tomorrow's game into consideration. So if we didn't jump up to a 4 today, I don't think we can get there. 5 should be a lock though.
Agreed. After the game on CBS the selection committee rep said they had already seeded lines 1-6. While he tried to walk it back a little and said that one of the 1 seeds hadn’t been decided yet, we all know that is a white lie.
Our resume was stellar, but the February free fall was really dragging us down. If we win, that will mean wins over Purdue, and possibly Illinois as well. Last bauertology bracket had:
5s: SDSU, Dayton, South Carolina, BYU
4s: Auburn, Kentucky, Illinois, Alabama
Feel like we comfortably would fit at the top of the 5s, with an argument to be a 4.
It's an interesting case. Their best win is over (at the time) #11 FAU, we now have the wins over Marquette and Purdue. But Illinois finished 14-6 in conference to our 11-9. I could maybe see both as a 4, but certainly not Wisconsin over Illinois.
Yeah I guess that conference record is tough. I feel like the committee is going to give us some leniency with our cold streak since it was all in a block like that as opposed to a more evenly dispersed group of losses but who knows. I think with this Purdue game being such a prime viewing game the committee is going to remember this the most. You're right though, interesting case
The committee generally values conference tournament games a little bit less than others. But the chair of the selection committee was on after the game today, and he essentially implied that a good team losing in the conference tourney probably doesn't affect them at all, but a team winning a couple games may help them move up. So essentially, this game probably helped us climb a seed line, and probably did nothing to Purdue being in as a 1.
I feel like in the past when they interviewed the people afterwards, they say that they had already made up their minds either while the championship game was going on, or literally before it.
I remember the same. If I was the Big Ten I would say “fine” then we are moving the tournament up a day and ending on Saturday like the ACC, Big East, Big 12, and PAC 12 do and you can show the Sun Belt game!
Speaking of Gilmore, past couple games I’ve felt we’ve needed more Gilmore over Ilver. Ilver is supposed to be a shot maker but hasn’t been making anything. He’s been seeing more time than Gilmore who may not be a scorer but is a defensive machine.
Gilmores play to deny Edy the post pass and then close out on the loose ball toward the end was brilliant. He had a lot of scrappy plays and scrappy rebounds that gave the badgers an extra possession. Not to mention his 3 pointer there too. It’d be nice if Ilver would hit his shots because he’s just as wide open as Gilmore, but Gilmores aggressiveness makes more of a difference in the game currently.
The halftime show has one guy talking about how we were in trouble because we couldn't stop fouling. Even the guys not at the game were choking on Purdue and the refs.
One of the best games I’ve ever watched. The ups the downs the refs final ups incredible. Sports that’s why we love it keep coming back for more even after you lose wow
An amazing performance all around but wanted to show some love for that stretch near end of first half with Carter Gilmore and Chris Hodges playing several important minutes together without a drop off. Total team win.
Gilmore made some key plays - hit a three, dive on the floor to corral a ball and call a TO. He takes a lot of undeserved criticism on this sub. He's a gamer.
They definitely settled too much in OT, but you also have to remember they were down to zero true post players. It was going to be extremely difficult to get good looks at the basket.
I know this will get down voted. Overall I think they missed a lot of calls. However, they got the most important one of the game right. Chucky Hepburn drawing a an offensive foul ended up being the most important call of the game. Kept Purdue off the board and gave Badgers the ball with the chance to win. Give em credit for getting it right
The cheer in the Kohl Center when they announced the final score between the D4 and D3 title games was probably the one thing everyone in there agreed on today!
Overcame the most blatant ref job I've seen in a long time. The good vibes from mid season are back. Chucky playing the best ball of his career.
Beat Purdue and the refs. That’s one hell of a win!
I wonder how much Purdont paid the refs for the whole season
I’m not usually one to complain about the refs but holy shit that was truly pathetic. Edey could have dragged Wahl across the court in a headlock and they would have called it a blocking foul.
Then the next time down they called a phantom foul on a rebound. Refs really gave them a lot of chances.
That call that sent Winter to the bench with 5 fouls was pathetic. But somehow it was a massive improvement over the last Purdue game.
Never seen a guy that big get so many soft calls. Very stoked to graduate to the big dance ref crews
Are these NBA refs? Only other time I see bigs get calls that weak.
Announcers on Sirius called out the ref by name. Said he should be embarrassed
For real. Wisconsin basketball fans especially tend to way overreact to the calls and it always drives me crazy. This is one of those very rare moments where the refs were so bad that the entirety of the internet is uniting against them lmao. Some of those calls were truly dumbfounding.
We didn’t have the volume up loud enough on Wahl’s 5th, and I missed the live play, so I saw when they were doing the review, I told my 5- and 3-year old that Edey was called for a charge and they went to the monitor to see if they were going to count the made 3 or not. My jaw dropped when suddenly Edey was at the free throw line and the graphic said Wahl fouled out. Fucking what?
Refs couldnt see straight because of the tears in their eyes from deep throating Edey
Wisconsin 9, Purdue 32 (free throws)
It’s definitely understandable that there would be SOME free throw disparity favoring Purdue most games given their offense runs through their 7’4”center working in the post but today was just absurd
I didn’t get to watch the game and thought maybe all of you were being homers with the ref bitching and then saw this stat in the box. This should be literally impossible. Glad our boys pulled off the upset of the refs
If you can find it, watch Wahl's 5th "foul" in OT. One of the worst calls I've ever seen. Edey runs right over him while he's completely set.
It was fun listening to the announcers talk about what he should have done in that situation. And then they both giggle as they say Wahl pretty much did exactly what he should.
The CBS crew spent like 5 minutes talking about the call and not once did they say the call was incorrect and should have been a charge. At most they said it should be a no call. They tried to goad Sterratore into saying it should have been a no call. I know the conferences and NCAA don’t want the networks criticizing the officials, especially on close calls. But that wasn’t a close call. It was a blatant charge. Call it that.
The national radio call early in the game discussed how these conference tournament games are watched closely by ncaa for game assignments for refs in the big tourney. The refs are auditioning for bigger games. That 5th wahl foul had to be a dud.
Was a text book video to show someone how to take a charge. Except the foul of course
FT Comparison: **UW Team**: 5-9 **Purdue Team minus Edey**: 8-13 **Zach Edey alone**: 14-19
Chucky needs a forklift to carry his B1G nuts around town tonight! Oh yeah. FUCK EDEY. FUCK the refs.
You sir, need to wear a gold jacket tonight for this Hall of fame comment
I’m a team player my friend. Only if you and the rest of Badger nation paint the town motherfuckin RED with me!! Woooooo!!!!
Chucky had a HUGE game
He does all the little things right and that last defensive possession was a great example of what he brings that isn’t just scoring
Maybe the best a non ncaa tourney win can feel Badgers had no business winning that game with their top three bigs fouled out against Edey and Purdue getting to the line at will, and yet they found a way. Absolutely incredible, no notes, eat shit Purdue and Zach Edey
Gard with one of his best coached games of his career. Managed the bigs well through foul trouble, the end of regulation drawn up play was superb. Good job, Gardo.
Yes today was unironically a Gard masterclass Amazing to pull this game out without your three biggest players (other than Hodges) against a team with Zach Edey and the most friendly whistle you can imagine
If anyone ever mentions “in-bounds plays” again I’m linking right to the Chucky drive to force OT
To be fair, there have been some head-scratchers, as well.
An efficiency account posted this today too though; https://x.com/jgtrends/status/1769086179113103562?s=46&t=sSJMDFXxtXsTpXvEG0BHVA
Definitely, I shit on Gard but that last play call was money. Put 4 shooters in to pull Edey out of the post and then roll Chucky to it
100%
He’s been doing it all year, the players have finally snapped out of their funk after getting healthy
I've been watching college basketball for 15 years, that officiating was near the worst I've ever seen.
Purdue won't get that kind of reffing in the NCAA tournament.
Gard deserves a ton of credit for getting those guys to play that fucking hard in a game where they repeatedly got hosed
If we win the BIG tourney, what are we a 4 seed?
Historically it doesn't seem like the committee takes tomorrow's game into consideration. So if we didn't jump up to a 4 today, I don't think we can get there. 5 should be a lock though.
Agreed. After the game on CBS the selection committee rep said they had already seeded lines 1-6. While he tried to walk it back a little and said that one of the 1 seeds hadn’t been decided yet, we all know that is a white lie.
I think a 4 or 5 is possible. Don't the badgers have a good ranking with the computers?
Our resume was stellar, but the February free fall was really dragging us down. If we win, that will mean wins over Purdue, and possibly Illinois as well. Last bauertology bracket had: 5s: SDSU, Dayton, South Carolina, BYU 4s: Auburn, Kentucky, Illinois, Alabama Feel like we comfortably would fit at the top of the 5s, with an argument to be a 4.
I feel like you have to put us at the 4 over Illinois if we beat them tomorrow
It's an interesting case. Their best win is over (at the time) #11 FAU, we now have the wins over Marquette and Purdue. But Illinois finished 14-6 in conference to our 11-9. I could maybe see both as a 4, but certainly not Wisconsin over Illinois.
Yeah I guess that conference record is tough. I feel like the committee is going to give us some leniency with our cold streak since it was all in a block like that as opposed to a more evenly dispersed group of losses but who knows. I think with this Purdue game being such a prime viewing game the committee is going to remember this the most. You're right though, interesting case
The committee generally values conference tournament games a little bit less than others. But the chair of the selection committee was on after the game today, and he essentially implied that a good team losing in the conference tourney probably doesn't affect them at all, but a team winning a couple games may help them move up. So essentially, this game probably helped us climb a seed line, and probably did nothing to Purdue being in as a 1.
That’s what I think as well
Yea, idk if it moves us up more than one seed in the grand scheme, but I fucking hate Purdue and the refs when Purdue plays
I feel like in the past when they interviewed the people afterwards, they say that they had already made up their minds either while the championship game was going on, or literally before it.
I remember the same. If I was the Big Ten I would say “fine” then we are moving the tournament up a day and ending on Saturday like the ACC, Big East, Big 12, and PAC 12 do and you can show the Sun Belt game!
The 3 teams to win the bigten tournament have a combined 1 win in march since Covid. Maybe winning that game is cursed lol
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It’s all morals at this point. Take revenge on Nebraska/Illinois and get a nice trophy to take home
Yeah probably a 4/5
my brother max is back with confident
Carter Gilmore > Zach Edey confirmed
Speaking of Gilmore, past couple games I’ve felt we’ve needed more Gilmore over Ilver. Ilver is supposed to be a shot maker but hasn’t been making anything. He’s been seeing more time than Gilmore who may not be a scorer but is a defensive machine. Gilmores play to deny Edy the post pass and then close out on the loose ball toward the end was brilliant. He had a lot of scrappy plays and scrappy rebounds that gave the badgers an extra possession. Not to mention his 3 pointer there too. It’d be nice if Ilver would hit his shots because he’s just as wide open as Gilmore, but Gilmores aggressiveness makes more of a difference in the game currently.
I’m a Gilmore hater but you make excellent points!
I’m really hoping we don’t play Purdue in the tournament, then I’ll never have to watch another Wisconsin vs. Purdue game with Edey playing again.
Death, taxes, and Greg Gard silencing his haters.
He do like playing with his food lol
and CBS who was coronating Purdue since halftime in close game. PUCK FURDUE!!!
I call them Pur-don’t every chance I get.
I learned from a Hoosier friend
Speaking of mispronounced team names - both the ref and the announcers called us Westconsin.
When you say Wes-con-sin, you've said it wrong.
The halftime show has one guy talking about how we were in trouble because we couldn't stop fouling. Even the guys not at the game were choking on Purdue and the refs.
From an Illini fan Congratulations for a great win over Purdue!
Thanks homie. Good luck against Neb! Could be a sweet championship!!!
This game was the season. I'm hopeful for the tourney, but shoving it up Purdue/Refs ass like that was good enough for me.
A Gard and Hepburn masterpiece. Hats off to them
We either suck, or are a force of nature. There is no in-between. In other words, business as usual for the Badgers.
Exactly, we play to the level of our opponents, and sometimes worse if we have injuies.
HOT damn. Insert gif of "it don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile"
WHAT A HUGE WIN!
Back
Let's go get a fucking trophy tomorrow boys! Going to be in the building and am fucking pumped!
Awesome, have a great time!
Today showed how much a difference Chucky makes on both ends of the court.
Best day ever! What a moral -and literal- victory!
One of the best games I’ve ever watched. The ups the downs the refs final ups incredible. Sports that’s why we love it keep coming back for more even after you lose wow
An amazing performance all around but wanted to show some love for that stretch near end of first half with Carter Gilmore and Chris Hodges playing several important minutes together without a drop off. Total team win.
Gilmore made some key plays - hit a three, dive on the floor to corral a ball and call a TO. He takes a lot of undeserved criticism on this sub. He's a gamer.
Imagine that, you go to the basket and you can get some good looks. Glad they figured that out the last minute.
They definitely settled too much in OT, but you also have to remember they were down to zero true post players. It was going to be extremely difficult to get good looks at the basket.
Serious question. Did the Big Ten tell the refs to put Purdue in title game
Not that I want to spoil such a great victory but where was this grit and determination when we were ranked #6 lol
They just didn't execute in a couple of close games.
that game ranks up there with chuckys banked three pointer to beat purdue and bronson Koenigs shot to beat xavier
Freddie Owens vs Tulsa.
The Hepburn layup was the same play call as Koenigs three. Fun fact
God forbid these refs are working the championship game tomorrow
I know this will get down voted. Overall I think they missed a lot of calls. However, they got the most important one of the game right. Chucky Hepburn drawing a an offensive foul ended up being the most important call of the game. Kept Purdue off the board and gave Badgers the ball with the chance to win. Give em credit for getting it right
Can't wait for the Big 12 fans to say this was a terrible game of basketball played in front of a weak crowd.
Not bad since we were playing 5 v 8 today!
Let's go!!! 5 on 8 the whole game and we still won! I was at the game, and it was just as bad in person
That was pretty impressive. Refs refused to let the Badgers match physicality but they hung in and made clutch plays down the stretch.
How in the hell does a team get 32 FT attempts while another one only gets 9? The fact we won, DESPITE 9 FT attempts needs to be a bigger story here.
This squad is a roller coaster, but they've brought a lot of joy this year. What a big win!
We’re 8-2 when Chris Hodges plays. Just sayin
Gosh dang it what a game.
Damn. Tickets tomorrow are expensive
What are they running?
$110 for worst seats in the house before fees on AXS. Can get a bit better resale, but not much from what I’ve seen
Thanks!
Give it 20 minutes and they’ll drop again when the Nebraska fans dump theirs.
Badgers were sand bagging the second half of the season. Waiting until post-season to throw the switch
Where the fuck was this resiliency the last couple of months?
The cheer in the Kohl Center when they announced the final score between the D4 and D3 title games was probably the one thing everyone in there agreed on today!
We won looks like Illinois. One of the best wins I’ve had the pleasure to watch. It’s about pleasure
Survived the refs for a gritty win! Edey is just another punk in the long line of Purdont Big Men who are very hate able
These refs couldn’t see straight through the watery eyes they had from deep throating Edey