Wisconsin Shocks Duke, The ACC, The World, Bobby Knight

Well in case you missed the game of the year thus far in college basketball, thank God you got Two Cents from the Nose Bleeds because I didn't miss it. Although it did conflict with my favorite show on television "Glee", I watched this game from opening tip off to the storming of the court. What Wisconsin was able to due on Wednesday at the Kohl Center was incredible, playing a nearly flawless game.
The game started off to a fast start, Wisconsin were on pace for 100+ points after 10 minutes of the game. Wisconsin was playing their offense, they ran the swing beautifully, were patient and were knocking down shots. Trevon Hughes, Jon Leuer, and Keaton Nakivil were studs early and carried throughout the game. As well as hitting open shots, Nakivil was getting offensive rebounds and playing tough inside with the Duke big men, something people think he lacked in his game. Duke seemed very one dimensial first half on offense. Kyle Singler, the ugliest player in College Basketball since Joakim Noah was torching the Badgers in the first half. Throwing up desperation heaves that seemed to find nothing but the bottom of the net. While Badgers lacked on helping on Singler they did a good job shutting down some prolific scorers like Nolan Smith and Jon Scheyer. They limited Duke's offensive rebounds and had a very impressive first half. The biggest coaching decision for Duke was switching to the zone which seemed to slow the Badgers' offense down. For the Badgers I think putting Jordan Taylor on Singler was a good move that seemed to shut him down for the last 5 minutes of the half.
In the second half Duke started their charge but the Badgers held tough. Badgers continued to hit big shots when necessary and somewhat slowed down Singler. Hughes looked like an NBA player hitting shot after shot and creating for the offense. The MVP of the second half for Badgers may have been Taylor, though. It seemed for the majority of the second half Bo wanted the ball in Taylor's hands. Taylor's penetration set up buckets for the big men and open shots on the wing. Taylor's interception late was one of the best defensive plays of the second half, unfortunately it was quickly stolen from behind. After Hughes hit a 3 pointer to go up by 11 with 5:01 remaining in the game seemed as he may have put the game away. Do not start storming yet though, here comes Duke. Andre Dawkins hit 4 3's to put Duke right back in the game. But like the whole night, Badgers came up big, made free throws and iced the game when redshirt freshman Ryan Evans shut down Kyle Singler. The fans stormed the court and Madison went crazy. It was the first time Duke lost a game in the Big Ten/ACC challenge. It was also the first time Big Ten won the challenge, much of the credit to this Wisconsin upset.
It was a perfect game by the Badgers, the stars stepped up big the role players did their job. This game makes them believe they can play with anyone and that they have as good a shot as any team to win the Big 10. Watch out for those scrappy Badgers because come March I would not want to play these guys!

BUT THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS FROM THE NOSE BLEEDS