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This. Is. March.
Despite foul trouble and problems at the free-throw line, the No. 8 seed Wisconsin Badgers upset the No. 1 overall seed Villanova Wildcats 65-62 in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday afternoon. UW will now move on to face the winner of Florida and Virginia in the Sweet 16.
Senior Nigel Hayes carried the Badgers with both forward Ethan Happ and guard Bronson Koenig on the bench. The Ohio native scored 19 points—14 in the second half—and added eight rebounds. That included this nifty game-deciding shot to put the Badgers up by two with just about 12 seconds left in regulation:
Baller pic.twitter.com/HSoRzR6HCZ
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) March 18, 2017
Lots of current, former and future Badgers (along with other well-known personalities) had quite the rush of reactions:
You only have a 21% chance of winning THEY SAID!!!
— Khalil Iverson (@iverson_khalil) March 18, 2017
SWEET. pic.twitter.com/adGsUrNWuN
— UW-Madison (@UWMadison) March 18, 2017
Was that really a bracket buster though? My bracket looks pretty good tbh
— Dare Ogunbowale (@DGO23_) March 18, 2017
Wassup now @NCAA ??
— Frank Kaminsky III (@FSKPart3) March 18, 2017
We have great respect for Coach Gard and the @BadgerMBB program !! Great game today ! @NovaMBB will come back better and stronger !! pic.twitter.com/BHURWcGwVg
— Jay Wright (@VUCoachJWright) March 18, 2017
The doors that way Villanova!
— Crying Jordan (@CryingJordan) March 18, 2017
Credit - @JohnnyChief pic.twitter.com/voucsIk7Ol
Hug your mom.
— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) March 18, 2017
HUG EVERYONE! pic.twitter.com/elRl0UCsIq
March on, boys!#OnWisconsin https://t.co/At9Q8eB9jm
— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) March 18, 2017
We win in March, that's what we do
— Sam Dekker (@dekker) March 18, 2017
6 sweet 16s in 7 years!! Is that good!?!?!? Let's gooooo
— Ben Brust (@BenBrust) March 18, 2017
— Michael R. Flowers (@MrFlowers22) March 18, 2017
✌ ✌ ✌ pic.twitter.com/rAZPQKFL3P
— Sojourn Shelton II (@_SDS8) March 18, 2017
Lessssss gooooooooo!!!!!! We ain't no 8 seed though y'all trippin with that #ONWISCONSIN
— Jared Abbrederis (@abbrecadabra) March 18, 2017
NEED THAT !!! #OnWisconsin
— Flash | 28™ | A01 (@Melvingordon25) March 18, 2017
Reaction from the Sett on what ended up being the game winnin shot from @NIGEL_HAYES pic.twitter.com/dTDPgmLLdn
— Luke Schaetzel (@LukeSchaetzel) March 18, 2017
— Patrick Johnson II (@PjohnsonII) March 18, 2017
Great day to be a Badger!! #OnWisconsin ⚪️
— Griffin Grady (@grifgrady47) March 18, 2017
— Noah Burks (@noahburks2) March 18, 2017
ON WISCONSIN #badgers #MakeEmBelieve
— Jaden Gault (@77JadenGault77) March 18, 2017
Bucky all the way
— Matt Miller (@mattmillerUW60) March 18, 2017
65-62 https://t.co/bwlI26fRR2
— Kelly Sheffield (@KellyPSheffield) March 18, 2017
Down goes Nova
— Corey Clement (@CoreyClement_6) March 18, 2017
— Garrett Graham (@gra89ham) March 18, 2017
ON WISCONSIN!!!
— Adam Bay (@LongSnapper42) March 18, 2017
Wow!!! #OnWisconsin
— TJ Lang (@TJLang70) March 18, 2017
You guys are all amazing. Nobody I know bailed on our guys. The journey continues... pic.twitter.com/R6BFqqDBOa
— Mike Mahnke (@uwpaguy) March 18, 2017