CHICAGO — The effusive Alando Tucker usually dominates the conversation when the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team congregates in the locker room after a game. It doesn’t matter if the Badgers win or lose, Tucker enjoys expressing his opinion on some subject.
Yet Tucker was uncomfortably quiet after seventh-seeded UNLV eliminated the second-seeded Badgers from the NCAA tournament with a 74-68 upset victory Sunday afternoon at the United Center.
The younger Badgers waited for Tucker or fellow seniors Kammron Taylor or Jason Chappell to say something, It never happened because this was an especially tough loss to absorb.