![]() To open the second half, Dekker launched a 3 that met nothing but the waiting hands of teammate Traevon Jackson, who tipped it in and was fouled by Dotson. Yet, down a dozen at the half, the Badgers shed that coat like they were greeted by an unexpected 60 degree day in a Wisconsin February en route to a stirring 85-77 victory.Īn example: to open the game, Badgers sophomore Sam Dekker launched a 3-pointer that met nothing but the waiting hands of Oregon’s Damyean Dotson, which led to a jumper by his teammate Mike Moser to open the scoring. The Badgers don’t seem to move well under the weight of expectation, a noun that fits Bo Ryan’s teams about as well as a wool pea coat on a toddler. Mumbles in the concourse may not have grown louder than the rumbles in the arena, but they were uttered with as much passion, and with far more fear of another early tournament exit. It left the partisan crowd of 18,206 wondering what traffic would be like traveling through such a disappointing cloud. They shot 55.6 percent from the floor and from the 3-point line and poured in 19 points off the break. Oregon raced to 49 first half points and a 12-point lead over the favored, and host, Badgers. The Oregon Ducks did the impossible Saturday night in the third round of the NCAA Tournament: the seventh-seeded, 10-loss team from over 2,000 miles away turned the 12th-ranked, second-seeded, 27-win Wisconsin Badgers from 78 miles away into an underdog in their adopted home arena of the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
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