The Wisconsin Badgers had a 23-21 lead at halftime against the Michigan Wolverines in the BIG10 Championship Game. Wisconsin and Michigan both struggled to shoot from three-point land and it was very telling in the first half.
In the second half, the Badgers led by as many as nine points but the Wolverines never went away. Michigan was able to find a way to come out on top against Wisconsin by a final score of 59-53. For the second straight season, the Wisconsin Badgers lost in the BIG10 Championship Game. The Michigan Wolverines won another tournament title.
Wisconsin Badgers Fans React To Loss Against the Michigan Wolverines
The Badgers fanbase had some interesting reactions to the loss against the Wolverines on Sunday afternoon. If they wanted to blame this loss on head coach Greg Gard, the Wisconsin Badgers fanbase is just trolling at this point. Some of them had some real takes about the loss against Michigan and said:
Let’s be honest, when you shoot seven for 39 from the three-point range, that should’ve been a complete blowout on the Michigan side. We hung in there, even though our best shooter couldn’t make a bucket today. I still see them going deep in the attorney
— MNPackerBadgerFan (@MNPackFan1) March 16, 2025
refs absolutely hosed us, I can’t believe it.
Indianapolis needs an investigation, my Badgers are the Big 10 Tournament champions. Jeffrey Anderson Jr STOLE this win from MY BADGERS.
— Dave Ernestkag (@DavidErnestkag) March 16, 2025
Stunning how many Division 1 coaches and players have no clue how to play the game of basketball. Chucking up 39 3-point shots in one game?? Absolute stupidity. I guess coaches and players are unaware of the concept, the closer you are to the basket, odds of scoring go up.
— Mike_AZCPA (@Mike_AZCPA) March 16, 2025
Tonje doing too much. Some bad possessions man
— EhhRicky (@EhhRickyy) March 16, 2025
Tonje doing too much. Some bad possessions man
— EhhRicky (@EhhRickyy) March 16, 2025
The referees were not on point in this game between the Badgers and the Wolverines. There is no question that some calls didn’t go in Wisconsin’s favor and some went in Michigan’s favor. At least most of this fanbase recognizes that the problems in this game were not because of Gard. Both teams also did not shoot a great percentage from three-point land either.
Game Stats
John Blackwell led the Badgers in scoring with 18 points. Max Klesmit also scored 12 points for Wisconsin. John Tonje struggled all game long for the Wisconsin Badgers and only scored nine points. Tonje will need to be better in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Wisconsin will face the Montana Grizzlies in the first round on Thursday. As for Michigan, their reward for winning the conference was the fifth seed in the NCAA Tournament, and also will face 12-seed UC San Diego Tritons on Thursday night. Many people were confused as to why the Badgers got a higher seed in the tournament compared to the Wolverines also.
