UW BB team pic from Indiana- make of it what you will

[lutefisk]

I see it as making a statement... or maybe they're just goofing around...
:large

[NBachers]

1. OK- This is the one where I can shut the computer down and go to bed. I know we're in good hands.

[riversedge]

2. oh, just goofing around having fun.

[brucefan]

3. With those glasses on number 4

I would say they're making a statement.

[Scuba]

5. Number 24 is Bronson Koenig, from LaCrosse! Woo Hoo!

[GusBob]

9. Bronson is my favorite player ever. He is an American Indian

The only one that I am aware of to play for a championship. Ho-chunk tribe.

And he is only a sophomore. get to watch his career for awhile

[a kennedy]

11. You're correct, I read or heard that he's the first American Indian to play in a Championship game

Other Native Americans have been in the NCAA but not on a Championship team. He's very proud of his heritage and considers himself a role model for other American Indians, am too going to be watching his career. Love him.

Bronson Koenig will be the first Native American athlete to play and start in a NCAA Division 1 National Championship game. **
(Note: Derek Willis (Inuit) from Kentucky was a member of Kentucky’s 2014 runner-up team but did not play. In 2008, Jeremy Case (Muscogee Creek) was a member of Kansas National Title team but did not play either.) **Also, Dee Ketchum (Deleware tribe) started play for Kansas in 1958 but he was not a member of the 1957 Kansas Championship team.

Bronson is the only Native American athlete to play in consecutive Final Fours.
(Note: Other Native Athletes to play in Final Fours include Russel Archambault (although games stricken from NCAA records, 1997 Minnesota), Ron Baker (Citizen Band Potawatomi) played in the 2014 Final Four with Wichita State)


http://www.ndnsports.com/bronson-koenig-ho-chunk-nation-to-make-history-in-ncaa-final-four-championship-notes-and-our-picks-ahead-of-the-game/

[Brickbat]

4. Goofing around.

[Lochloosa]

6. They are doing what they should be doing.

Having fun and enjoying the moment.

[yourout]

7. This team is the epitome of what is great about college basketball. Wonderful...

ambassadors of the University of Wisconsin.

[undeterred]

8. Best time of their lives

and making Wisconsin proud.

[GusBob]

10. They are having fun with it and it shows on the court

they are playing loose and unflappable

I don't care what the final score is tonight. I am so proud of these guys. Never in my life would I think the Badgers play for a national title in anything other than hockey

[a kennedy]

12. and here is the Duke's photo....

http://twitter.com/MarchMadnessTV/status/583759023230582784/photo/1

http://twitter.com/UKAthletics/status/583678546947608576/photo/1

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/12608360/if-give-final-four-player-photobooth