Greg Gard and the Wisconsin Badgers basketball program laid an egg against James Madison in the opening Round of the NCAA Tournament. Consequently, they’ll watch the rest of the Big Dance unfold from the comfort of their respective couches.
The 12-seeded Dukes wasted no time asserting themselves and “out Wisconsin’d” Wisconsin. Frankly, the Badgers didn’t have an answer for their physicality and crumbled under pressure, resulting in a season-high 19 turnovers, a 72-61 loss, and a plane ride home.
“We fought turnovers and shot selection all year,” Gard told reporters, “and those sins came back to get us again.