Wisconsin basketball

Johnny Davis, the Badgers' leading scorer and national player of the year candidate, left in the second half of Sunday's game against the Cornhuskers.

The Jayhawks defeated North Carolina, 72-69, and overcame the largest deficit and the biggest halftime hole in men’s NCAA Tournament championship game history. The Kansas Jayhawks on Monday won their first men’s basketball national championship since 2008, and did it in historic fashion. The Big Ten Network broadcast of the game said Davis had a "lower-body injury."

Wisconsin leading scorer Johnny Davis suffered a lower-body injury on a flagrant foul Sunday in the Badgers' loss to Nebraska.

Davis was hurt when he was fouled on a layup try by Trey McGowens with 17:32 left. Wisconsin (24-6, 15-5) now must settle for sharing the title with No. 20 Illinois, which beat No. 24 Iowa 74-72 on Sunday night. "The officials knew my thoughts, and knew them actually before it happened on some other things that I saw.

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Jerry Palm agrees with Indiana being out, and currently has Michigan and Rutgers as two of the last four teams in. In Lunardi’s projections, Michigan is one of the last four teams with a bye, and Rutgers is one of the last four teams in. The winner of this matchup would take on the winner of the 6/11 game between Loyola Chicago and Colorado State. The Rams seem to be near Wisconsin in every projection, so that is another team to keep an eye on. Indiana is currently one of the first four out. It’s clear that Lunardi is likely taking the absence of Davis into account and not hurting the Badgers too much for their end-of-season loss. According to Lunardi Wisconsin still sits as a 2-seed in his latest update from Monday morning.

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