Just a week ago the Badgers were nowhere to be found on the
national radar. Now after a pair of wins over top-15 foes, including UW's 64-59
upset at second-ranked Indiana on Tuesday, Wisconsin finds itself directly in the
national crosshairs.Here are a few things being said about the Badgers:
After the Badgers' 64-59 win at No. 2 Indiana on Tuesday night, you can lose the thought of Wisconsin having anything resembling a "down" season. And you can repeat the phrase until it hums like a mantra.
Never doubt Wisconsin.
Wisconsin was trending on Twitter Tuesday night, here's a sampling of why:
In sports, "genius" usually just means "good at every little thing." And that is Bo Ryan. What a coach.
-- Michael Rosenberg (@Rosenberg_Mike) January 16, 2013
Unreal #Wisconsin - so mediocre until last two games - Bo Freaking Ryan Factor
-- Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) January 16, 2013
Talk about a coach that squeezes everything from his players - just go to Madison =BO RYAN-amazingteacher as players but into Bo system
-- Dick Vitale (@DickieV) January 16, 2013
Great great win for the Badgers. Last unbeaten team in Big Ten. Bo knows what he's doing.
-- Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) January 16, 2013
How bout Bo Ryan and Wis last pm? Always impressed with how Bo gets his guys to dictate the flow & tempo of a gm. IU avged 85 held to 59!
-- Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) January 16, 2013
Wisconsin with the huge upset in Bloomington over No. 2 Indiana. So much for Bo Ryan's NCAA tourney streak ending. Soon to be a dozen.
-- Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanCBS) January 16, 2013
Catching up on last night's games... Lesson #1: Never count out Bo Ryan's teams. Lesson #2: the Big East is ... confusing.
-- Dana O'Neil (@ESPNDanaOneil) January 16, 2013
And now the team with the seventh-best profile in the league is the Big Ten's only unbeaten team. Quite a conference.
-- Andy Glockner (@AndyGlockner) January 16, 2013
Should build a statue of BO RYAN on beautiful Badger campus 4 what he has done 4 that hoops program-Who is undefeated in # 1 CONF Big 10 ?
-- Dick Vitale (@DickieV) January 16, 2013
Bo Ryan is 17-3 against Indiana in his career. That's an unbelievable stat. (And I know Indiana was down for a while, but wow....)
-- Pete Thamel(@SIPeteThamel) January 16, 2013
Bo Ryan and Tom Crean have had what you'd call a spirited rivalry dating to Crean's days at Marquette. But it's been all Bo lately.
-- Pat Forde (@YahooForde) January 16, 2013
Tom Crean told me before the season that he felt Wisconsin was a Top 10 team. Badgers certainly look the part tonight.
-- Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) January 16, 2013
Bo Ryan can coach, people. The rest of the Big 10 needs to watch out!! #Wisconsin
-- ESPN College BBall (@ESPNCBB) January 16, 2013
Traevon Jackson is fearless.
-- Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) January 16, 2013
Death. Taxes. Bo Ryan.
-- Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) January 16, 2013
So Wisconsin is going to make me look like an idiot for not picking them as a top-four Big Ten team again, aren't they?
-- Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) January 16, 2013
Sam Dekker is gonna be a star. He's just limiting his shots so he can make all the Breakout Sophomore lists next season.
-- Luke Winn (@lukewinn) January 16, 2013
