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Wisconsin Twitter reacts to Connor Essegian’s brilliant start to the year

The Badger freshman has been outstanding

Connor Essegian has made the most of the first five games of his Badger career, and has been at his best in The Bahamas during Wisconsin’s first two Battle 4 Atlantis matchups.

The Indiana native was an all-world scorer in high school and has carried that over into his Wisconsin freshman season. Essegian has totaled 30 points over two games in The Bahamas, and has emerged as the Badgers’ best shooter.

Badger fans are loving what they are seeing from the three-star recruit, and the former Central Noble high school star is only at the beginning of his Wisconsin journey. Here is a look at what Badger fans and Essegian had to say after the crushing loss to Kansas:

Ten takeaways from Wisconsin’s heartbreaking loss to Kansas

The Badgers fall in heartbreaking fashion

Wisconsin gave No. 3 Kansas everything they could handle and then a whole lot more, but in the end the fight fell 0.2 seconds short as the Jayhawks escaped with a 69-68 win.

Wisconsin fell to 4-1, but even in a loss it felt like one of the most impressive Badger basketball performances in recent memory. Trailing by 15 in the second half, the Badgers could have packed their bags but instead they went on a number of runs, the final one culminating in a three-point lead with under 20 seconds left in regulation.

Kansas made just enough key plays to escape, as a Bobby Pettiford Jr. put in an acrobatic layup with 0.2 seconds left to break Wisconsin hearts.

There were a number of impressive takeaways for Wisconsin in an impressive loss. Here is what Badger fans can take from an incredible fight in The Bahamas: