Wisconsin's Team Hitting Bill Raftery With An 'Onions' Call After Beating Michigan Is The Single Best Celebration In College Hoops This Year
This is the sort of game and win that I will now pay attention to. How does Michigan handle a loss and Wisconsin can be a serious team now with this signature win. Dusty May agrees with me:
And look, it was a damn good showing by Wisconsin. They had guys Aleksas Biealiauskas go for 17 and hit big shots. Andrew Rohde drilled a massive three.
Of course there was this call too:
I hate that rule so much. By letter of the law, yeah it was the right call. But that ball is coming off the rim, we gotta fix the cylinder/goaltending rule. I love the FIBA rule and it adds something to it. This would have obviously tied it up and then who the hell knows. At least Connor Stalions is on the hunt to get it fixed
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But it was what happened after that took my breath away. The greatest celebration in college hoops
I love that man more than anyone. Not Wisconsin, oh heavens no. Bill Raftery. He's the greatest human we have. He's college basketball. We know his calls. A little lingerie on the deck, a nickel dime and, of course, onions. When you get to play the uno reverse card and make him smile with it, you locked up celebration of the year. Look at that smile! He knows he's a legend and plays into it perfectly.
It was a matter of time before we saw a loss from one of these runaway teams. Michigan got it today. It's one of the bigger outcomes, because of what it means for Wisconsin and the fact the win was at Michigan. Now we see how the react out West to the rivalry we all grew up on. Michigan-Washington Big 10 basketball. What a sport.