John Blackwell adds to Wisconsin buzzer-beaters. Remember these?

John Blackwell’s thrilling buzzer-beater to give the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team a 78-75 win at Minnesota evokes many recent memories of game-winning magic from the cardinal and white.

Let’s go back in time and remember as many Wisconsin men’s buzzer-beaters as we can. Though they aren’t all “true” buzzer-beaters, we’ll put the cap at five seconds before a buzzer, and we’ll keep the list to everything in the current century (2000-present).

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Sorry, Wes Matthews, even though your half-court heave to beat Michigan State in 1979 has to rank among the most notable buzzer-beaters in program history.

Chucky Hepburn and Max Klesmit vs. Purdue in Big Ten Tournament (March 16, 2024)

Klesmit’s floater in the lane over behemoth Zach Edey with 4.8 seconds left in overtime bounced in and gave the Badgers a 76-75 win in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal in Minneapolis. Purdue finished that season 34-5, falling in the national championship game.

Hepburn’s layup at the buzzer tied the game at 66 and forced overtime for the fifth-seeded Badgers against the top-seeded Boilermakers.

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Max Klemsit at Marquette (Dec. 3, 2022)

There were still 3.5 seconds left when Klesmit’s one-handed turnaround in the lane gave Wisconsin the lead in overtime, part of an 80-77 victory over its cross-state rival.

Chucky Hepburn vs. Purdue (March 1, 2022)

The Blackwell finish in Minnesota perhaps conjured memories of this, when Jaden Ivey of Purdue tied the game with a three-pointer and less than 10 seconds on the clock, only to have Hepburn march down and hit a banked-in triple from the corner with 1.2 seconds left. Only in this case, the game gave the Badgers a share of the regular-season Big Ten title.

The moment also gave us a famous quote from star Johnny Davis, speaking to the crowd on mic during the postgame celebration. “I’m not going to lie,” Davis said. “That was some bullsh–, but it went in.”

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