The Wisconsin Badgers had to wait just about all day, but as the clock slowly ticked towards Saturday morning, Johnny Davis, Tyler Wahl, Chucky Hepburn and crew found a final reserve of energy and turned the defense up to 11 to beat a game Colgate Raiders squad, 67-60.
The crowd at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee was amped from the tip-off, but didn’t have much to get excited about in the first half as the Raiders took an early lead and kept the Badgers at bay until halftime. After an electric start to the second half that saw Colgate preposterously hot from deep and Wisconsin dominant in the paint, UW ratcheted up the defense and shut the Raiders down for the final 10 minutes of the game to get the win and advance to the next round.