It was 220 days ago that the Wisconsin men’s basketball team played their final game of the 2019-20 regular season, a 60-56 victory over Indiana that cemented themselves as co-Big Ten Champions.
We all remember what followed that game with COVID-19 striking the country, as five days later on March 12 the Big Ten Tournament was canceled and five days after that on March 17 the NCAA Tournament followed suit.
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Well, yesterday the Badgers’ memorable 2019-20 season was finally commemorated as the team and the coaching staff received their Big Ten championship rings.
Big Ten champ has a nice ring to it 💍
Time to go chase the next one 🔜 pic.twitter.com/jjYxtCG7mb
— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) October 13, 2020
The rings include “Do Moore, Be Moore, 4 Moore” for assistant coach Howard Moore after he faced tragedy earlier in the year, each player’s name and number, a Badger logo and a simple sentence: “2020 Big Ten Champs.”
A season we’ll never forget 💍 pic.twitter.com/bSc1rizkur
— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) October 13, 2020
Head Coach Greg Gard spoke recently about receiving the rings, saying “There is more out there for you to get. So this goes on the shelf and now we chase what’s next.”
D’Mitrik Trice echoed that statement in a Tweet showing off the new ring.
More to go get! 💍❄️ pic.twitter.com/22EZ7aT5dx
— D'Mitrik Trice (@DMitrikTrice0) October 13, 2020
The Badgers will be back in action in late November as they look to hold their No. 1 spot in the conference and capitalize on a chance to have Micah Potter’s services for a full year and on their opportunity to play postseason basketball.