In a game where the final score certainly counts as a surprising stat, Wisconsin’s 85-62 win over North Carolina in round one of the NCAA Tournament had statistical surprises all over the final box score.
The Badgers were expected to lose the rebounding battle against a North Carolina team that pulls down more offensive rebounds than any team in the nation. Wisconsin has struggled to shoot the basketball for the past three months, despite finding a little something in that regard during the Big Ten tournament.
Tonight you can throw all that out the window. Here are three surprising stats from Wisconsin’s 85-62 win over North Carolina: