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J. Mark's avatar

To finish below comment..... That the staff pulls one more out the portal. This team could potentially have 30+ wins year being a team sport new blood these guys will have to come together quickly this summer and gel it is vital the staff talks Johnny B. coming back one more year he is our floor general and will be huge in a National championship run.

Thanks for the spectacular year Badgers mens basketball team, and we can not wait until next season we believe this revamped squad will turn some heads!!!

Maria and Jeff Badger fans for life.

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Bill Rilling's avatar

Impressive shooting from these two Serbians!

Personally I think they’d also be more loyal to Wisconsin, that’s important in today’s college game.

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J. Mark's avatar

I am a die hard Badgers basketball fan from Sheboygan, loved the team Sam Dekker from Sheboygan played on with Frank the Tank.

We thought that this yeara team was capable of making an Elite 8 possible final 4 appearance if the stars aligned. Case in point look at there best game of the season which there was a few yet a complete game was against Purdue at there house. So my thought process was they can come close to that form against any team in the NCAA Tournament our Buckey Boys were unstoppable.

BYU was not a favorable opponent to many of us especially there offensive balance but we thought if they got by them they presented Alabama more of a challenge then BYU did.

We can imagine how John Tonje felt after that miss which pretty much ensured overtime, the man was a phenomenal player with God given talent and hard work he will be a superstar at the next level. We love it that no one really has noticed John all year as far as NBA is concerned but it will be signature and fitting when Mr. Tonje turns heads for not realizing his skill level. In many ways he reminds us of Brett Favre of basketball, watch and you will see him do things you wouldn't expect. John go get your payday you deserve it my friend as you will be missed and we thank you for what you have given us as well accomplished here in the cheese head state.

We will miss the guys leaving which this team was as good as the team that made the national championship I believe was 2016. Our hope is Johnny B. turns down the NBA for one final run as his stock will rise immensely if he plays one last year in Madison before fully committing to the NBA.

Now adding Boyd, Rapp, and Rhode threw the transfer portal pretty much makes up for the loss of Tonje, Klesmit, and Crowl. In some cases may even end up better fit even though we love the guys who are moving on. Consider Winter, Jeniki, and Blackwell coming back another year under there belt with experience much better.

The loss of Gilmore, Amos, and McGee hurts yet if we can either pull a couple solid players prefer a wing and or F/C you can consider the badgers a top 10 team all year as well don't be surprised an elite 8 or final 4 push this coming year.

They add the two Serb professional players which these guys are really solid ballers the sky's the limit. We hope that whatever visa issue these guys have can and will lift as from what you wrote they both want to play here. So that takes care of the loss of Gilmore and McGee. One of the new freshman coming in potentially make up for the loss of Amos, but don't sell yourself short

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