…even in defeat, it was still a memorable day for the Badgers, who shot down the perception that they’re a slow, plodding team – a boring Big Ten team – whose Midwest-bred players are anchored to the floor and incapable of hanging and running with ACC thoroughbreds.
That has been the image perpetuated by a number of self-serving, clueless national pundits, although that sentiment was not shared in the North Carolina locker room here Sunday. Were the Badgers better than advertised? Or stigmatized?
“Of course, they were better,” Jawad Williams said. “They have some guys who could go anywhere else and be a star in college basketball.