The Badgers.

Made a fine effort against the Tar Heels.

They managed to keep up despite being forced to play out of their style.

My one criticism of this team and it has been a standing criticism since I started paying attention to Badger Basketball. The Badgers fold like a origami artist when faced with full court pressure! This was true under Bennet, Soderberg, and still true under Ryan.

The Badgers finished off the first half in a strong fashion and kept it up in the second half until the Tar Heels applied full court pressure. When that happened the Tar Heels went on, what was it? A twelve point run? We never saw that full court pressure again because the Tar Heels did not need and I would bet had the Badgers started distancing themselves with another lead it would have evaporated in a similar fashion.

Bo's team needs to learn how to break full court presses!