The last time the Badgers didn’t make the NCAA Tournament, Badger fans were able to spend March watching the last season of “Seinfeld.”
For you youngsters, that’s the show the “Bee Movie” guy did, which gave him the artistic license to pursue his dreams in insect cinema.
Anywho, the Badgers played their last regular season game against Michigan State this weekend.
Live look-in at MSU:
Despite their No. 2 ranking, it’s safe to say we didn’t have the worst season in the Big Ten.
Still, the Badgers’ record of 14-17 overall and 7-11 in the Big Ten is a major departure from years past, and most likely not good enough to warrant a bid to the NCAA Tournament (historically, one of the hardest frats to get a bid from).
As a result, the Badgers have one option remaining: Win the Big Ten Tournament.
Here is my road map for why, and how, these Badgers can leave their setts (the underground burrow badgers live in, educate yourself please) and capture a Big Ten Tournament title, a bid to the NCAA Tournament and restore just a tad bit of meaning to all of our pathetic existences.
Ethan Happ
Despite the rough season and increased responsibility on the thinned-out team, Happ has quietly been having a great year. He has set a career high in minutes (30.8 per game), points (17.9 per game) and assists (3.8 per game).
Also, he is tall. 6-foot-10 to be exact. That’s like three and a half badgers!
Tall people have a long history of being excellent basketball players. The list of successful tall basketball players includes names such as: [Name every basketball player you can think of, subtract Isiah Thomas and Nate Robinson]. A distinguished list!
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Brad “Steph Curry” Davison
Brad Davison is good at basketball. So good. But is he too good? An investigation:
After some digging, I’ve been able to conclude that the last name of Brad Davison, is Davison. While this is notable on its own, it gets even crazier. Davison sounds a lot like Davidson. In fact, only a single letter separates these two words: The letter “D“. Davidson, coincidentally (or maybe not so coincidentally) is the name of Davidson College. This is the very same college where previously noted “good-at-basketball tall person” Stephen Curry chose to college.
“Good at basketball”… where have I head that before? Oh yeah, Brad Davison, University of Wisconsin guard.
Surely that is where the similarities end, yes?
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CAUTION: TINFOIL HATS REQUIRED
Okay, are the Narcs gone?
Stephen Curry (the good-at-basketball person previously mentioned twice now) plays with the #30 on his jersey. Davison on the other hand, displays a proud #34.
What accounts for the difference? Remember that letter? “D”? It separates Davison from Davi(d)son. Let’s see where that letter is in the alphabet…
(To the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) A, B, C D. The fourth letter of the alphabet.
34-30=4.
Of course.
Curry plays for the Golden State Warriors. Brad Davison dislocated his shoulder and returned to the game on Sunday… because he is tough. Warriors are tough. Hmmm.
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Khalil Iverson
Doesn’t everyone love dunks? They’re great because they remind everyday-people of nothing, not a single thing, that we can do in our lives.
But Khalil Iverson on the other hand, that’s a man that can dunk a basketball. He does it all the time. Very entertaining.
Brevin Pritzel
Brevin Pritzel figured something out when he was a young man. As fun as dunks can be, three point shots are worth 150 percent more points. With that kind of mathematic expertise, Pritzel has employed a strategy that I like to call: “Shooting a ton of three-point shots at an efficient rate.”
This may come in handy in the tournament.
In conclusion, please contact your representatives, pray to your god, sell your bitcoin and, if it has been more than four hours, call your doctor. Anything you can do to help the Badgers win the Big Ten tournament is much appreciated.
There isn’t much time. Wisconsin faces off against the University of Maryland Thursday in the Big Apple in the first game of the tournament.
