The Badgers fought, and fought, and then fought some more on Thursday morning in The Bahamas. Wisconsin overcame a 15-point second-half Kansas lead to take a three-point lead over the No. 3 team in the nation with under a minute to go.
A Kevin McCullar Jr. three tied the game and forced overtime, and it was a Bobby Pettiford Jr. acrobatic layup with 0.2 remaining that ended up being the difference. Kansas escaped with a 69-68 win, but Wisconsin looked like a team capable of much more than their predicted ninth-place finish in the Big Ten.
Freshman guard Connor Essegian was once again an offensive lift, Tyler Wahl led the way with 23 points, and the Badger defense unsurprisingly looked stout. Here is how Wisconsin Twitter reacted to the dramatic loss:
