Wisconsin finished 8-8 in the Big Ten last year and went to the Final Four. Our team was really looking for answers a couple of weeks ago, and to get on a roll like that and to see the look in everybody's eye that we can really do this, that goes a long way. Sometimes plain luck, good or bad. If Tinsley's last-ditch bank shot finds the bottom of the net Thursday night, the Cyclones win and we aren't grasping for answers. It's such a long season.
Some teams peak early.
We happen to be peaking at the right time. I wasn't expecting Iowa State to lose. Jamaal had a great look on that layup. He doesn't miss many of those. I thought it was going in.