Badger Basketball Seeding and Packers Need to Grow

In this week's episode of The Wisconsin Sportscast, Lucas and Oates join the show from the field once again as the Badger’s Men’s Basketball team sits slated, as of Tuesday night, as a number 3 seed in the NCAA tournament. There’s even a chance that they could play in Milwaukee, though that would require you to read into some of the predictions being thrown around. They’ll need to hold onto that number 3 seed for a little while longer if they want that to happen. We know the NCAA wants to put the Badgers in Milwaukee, if only because it’ll be sure to put some butts in the seats. There’s been plenty of great NCAA tournament Badger games in Milwaukee, and going back would be great for ticket sales. But first they have to win some games. They took a loss to Michigan State on Sunday, even after leading at halftime. While their shooting faced some real trouble, there was one good number coming out of that game. Nolan Winter had 17 rebounds against the Spartans. It’s been a while since the Badgers have seen that, since the Orlando Tucker days. Winter might not be the strongest physically on the court, but he’s certainly active, and when there’s a body on him he can move. The Badgers take on Minnesota on Wednesday before ending the regular season on Saturday in the Kohl Center with Senior Night. They’ll be losing a handful of great players after this season, with McGee, Tonje, Crowl, Klesmit and others graduating this year. They’ve signed a few incoming freshmen already, including a good handful from Wisconsin high schools. As they should, Oates thinks, as more and more good players come out of the Badger state in recent years. Meanwhile, the Packers have some work to do on their roster, and one name is sticking out: Davante Adams. He’s a free agent, and certainly would be of interest to Green Bay. It’ll come at his price, though, even if he wanted to be a star player on a Super Bowl contender team. Yes, the Packers need a top receiver, but they have a few other needs too, and that might take salary cap priority.  The Wisconsin Sportscast with Lucas & Oates is a Cap Times podcast produced by Nate Wegehaupt. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.