I was debating upon whether or not to make a post on this game due to the fact that there’s still plenty of ball ahead of us on this Saturday, and maybe this won’t be the best game/finish of the day. But why not? Right? We all love us some orange ball. The formerly thought-to-be-by-some best team in the nation Texas Longhornrs were felled by the Badgers Michael Flowers, 67-66.

Note: One of the biggest reasons I watch college basketball because of the reaction of Wisconsin’s bench following this win. If ESPN could be so kind to show the replay view that the producers of this game did while it was happening, you’ll know what I mean.

Michael Flowers made a great play that cannot be understated. How often do you see this: A big shot in the closing seconds of a game falls in, then, the inbounding team is in such a rush to get a play off that an errant pass is made and said team doesn’t even get the chance to heave one before the buzzer. Well, that’s what happened here. Flowers (a stud defensively and the quintessential man to make this kind of play) made the game-winning trey, then stole the inbounds pass, and as he was falling out of bounds with less than three seconds remaining, threw the ball as high as he could in the air to preserve the win as time expired. Play. Maker.

Great, yet confounding, ending to a magnificent ball game. Key stats and other leftover tidbits from this one will be in the recap tomorrow morning. But it should be clear: Wisconsin doesn’t win today’s game without Brian Butch.

Saturday, December 29th, 2007 @ 3:01 pm Upsets
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