October 6th 2010 is a day that will go down in Wisconsin athletic history as one of the greatest days in football history. Now February 12th 2011 will go down as perhaps the greatest day in Wisconsin basketball history...after another upset of number one Ohio State.
The atmosphere in the Kohl Center on Saturday could be defined only as electric. With the number one Buckeyes in the house the fans showed up early, and got loud often early in the game.
With the Badgers taking an early lead over the Buckeyes the crowd could feel that another upset was perhaps on the way. Until the Buckeyes made a mini run late in the first half to tie the game, and then taking the lead after a David Lighty layup in the closing seconds. Putting the Badgers down two heading into the break.
Coming out of halftime the Buckeyes would come out strong. Hitting nine of their first ten shots from the field and building a 15 point lead over Wisconsin. Not to mention taking the crowd out of the game for the most part. Until the Badgers made their own rally.
Starting with a double-foul against freshman Josh Gasser and Ohio State's Lighy the Badgers found new life with the freshman's toughness. Then junior guard Jordan Taylor took that energy and turned it into points...lots of them.
Starting with back-to-back three point jumpers Taylor would start to heat up, and so would the Badgers. Going on a 15-2 run over three minutes to tie the game up after a three pointer, ironically, by the freshman whose foul ignited the Badger rally...Josh Gasser.
From their the Badgers would go to build a seven point lead, but the Buckeyes would again come back. Bringing the score to 63-65 with just one minute left on the clock.
That's when the Badgers would once again strike from deep. With a wide open jumper by Mike Bruesewitz that not only would shake the building, but would shake the Buckeyes' season.
In the end the Badgers would make their free throws to lock it up, and the students would move closer to storm the court. Then the clock struck zero as a long distance heaf from David Lighty would fall short as the Badgers would upset the Buckeyes, again, 67-71.
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