TweetCap: Wisconsin Topples Kentucky, Will Meet Duke For the Title

Officials tonight are John Higgins, Verne Harris and Doug Sirmons

— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) April 4, 2015

Watching. Waiting.#FinalFour #Badgers pic.twitter.com/OG5JLWvhUB

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) April 4, 2015

Stat I looked up while waiting for this ugly thing to end: UK enters tonight as the best FT-shooting team (72.5%) of Calipari's career.

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_SEC) April 5, 2015

UK warming up in the halls. #BBN #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/e9EvFCWgAi

— Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) April 5, 2015

Loudest roar of the night so far … Kentucky takes the floor

— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) April 5, 2015

Duke and Kentucky players cross in the tunnel pic.twitter.com/ZnxF25ItfO

— Tyler Thompson (@MrsTylerKSR) April 5, 2015

Game Sim has been saying Wisconsin over Kentucky since the brackets were announced. Anxious to see what happens here.

— Jon Pence (@scacchoops) April 5, 2015

official prediction: pic.twitter.com/GwVAvj7sYa

— Lana Berry (@Lana) April 5, 2015

I will be crushed if this game is not insanely great. It should be.

— John Gasaway (@JohnGasaway) April 5, 2015

Sam Dekker, looming: pic.twitter.com/ND0nBb7i1o

— Luke Winn (@lukewinn) April 5, 2015

Kentucky-Wisconsin II.

It’s here.

— Brian Hamilton (@_Brian_Hamilton) April 5, 2015

Anyone else out there miss the player autographs during the Final Four introductions? #oldschool

— Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) April 5, 2015

From the buzz of the 70,000-plus inside Lucas Oil Stadium, it's pretty clear Duke-Michigan State was the JV game.

— Mark Zeigler (@sdutzeigler) April 5, 2015

Willie Cauley Stein opens on Sam Dekker.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) April 5, 2015

It's like that, Kentucky?

— Myron Medcalf (@MedcalfByESPN) April 5, 2015

About a minute into the game and we already have our first WCS alley oop

— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) April 5, 2015

Sam Dekker still appears to have the hot hand.

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) April 5, 2015

Gonna be a helluva duel. Dekker three over WCS. Towns doing that thing he does: baby hook and swish. It's 7-all.

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_SEC) April 5, 2015

Dekker my goodness

— Ben Swain (@TheBenSwain) April 5, 2015

So…36 more minutes of that would not suck

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) April 5, 2015

Dekker is destroying WCS early. Big

— Jordan Majewski (@jorcubsdan) April 5, 2015

Andrew Harrison. Andrew Harrison. Andrew Harrison. Andrew Harrison. Andrew Harrison. Andrew Harrison.

— TJ Beisner (@tjbeisner) April 5, 2015

In the tournament Sam Dekker is now shooting 74% on 2s and 50% on 3s.

— John Gasaway (@JohnGasaway) April 5, 2015

In the first lineup Bo Ryan was attacking Trey Lyles's defense. I like this lineup for Kentucky with Harrison, Booker and Ulis on the floor

— Chris B. Brown (@smartfootball) April 5, 2015

Great reaction to mismatch & Kaminsky is on the board finally in this one. 11-11 w/ 13:15 to go in 1st half.

— talkingBadgers (@talkingBadgers) April 5, 2015

Badgers off to a 6-for-11 start.

— Myron Medcalf (@MedcalfByESPN) April 5, 2015

Awful lot of Wisconsin fans wearing Duke blue right now.

— Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) April 5, 2015

UW up 18-14 with 11:20 left. The Badgers are 7 of 13 from the field.

— Jim Polzin (@JimPolzinWSJ) April 5, 2015

Koenig did not establish his feet inbounds.

— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) April 5, 2015

From courtside, the intensity level just feels off the charts.

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) April 5, 2015

1.5 points per possession for Wisconsin so far.

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) April 5, 2015

Hilarious. Tom Crean introduced on the floor during on-court ceremony. And is booed, I should add. So, it's not just a Wisconsin thing.

— Jesse Temple (@jessetemple) April 5, 2015

#Badgers have 4 offensive rebounds, 4 second chance points…coincidence? We think not.

— talkingBadgers (@talkingBadgers) April 5, 2015

UW grabbing 50/50 balls so far.

— Jim Polzin (@JimPolzinWSJ) April 5, 2015

FRANK. THE. TANK.
Welcome to the #FinalFour.

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) April 5, 2015

Kaminsky and Towns battling underneath. Kaminsky gets the rebound over him, hits a 3 in his face on the next possession. Tough matchup.

— Myron Medcalf (@MedcalfByESPN) April 5, 2015

Kentucky is totally lost defensively right now

— Jordan Majewski (@jorcubsdan) April 5, 2015

Wisconsin: 21 points in 13 possessions. 1.615 PPP. Against the nation's best defense.

— Drew Hallett (@DrewCHallett) April 5, 2015

#Badgers on a 12-3 run and have hit 5 of last 6 shots

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) April 5, 2015

Wisconsin leads 21-14. We got a long way to go, but this is largest deficit Kentucky had in the tourney

— Nancy Armour (@nrarmour) April 5, 2015

Wisconsin was the 4th best DReb% team in D-I, per KenPom. They're not going to let UK manhandle them on the offensive glass

— Andy Glockner (@AndyGlockner) April 5, 2015

Wisconsin is not even pretending to guard Cauley-Stein or Marcus Lee outside of five feet.

— Rob Dauster (@RobDauster) April 5, 2015

Sam Dekker. That is filthy.

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) April 5, 2015

Sam Dekker tearing stuff down in March, tearing stuff down in April. Kentucky now down nine.

— Brian Hamilton (@_Brian_Hamilton) April 5, 2015

Kentucky assistants/Cal trying to work refs. Feel like they're missing Wisconsin travels.

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) April 5, 2015

Andrew Harrison the best thing going for Kentucky tonight. Now seven points after a much-needed drive and bucket.

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_SEC) April 5, 2015

Media timeout after a foul on Dukan. #badgers lead stands at 23-16 with 7:41 left in the half

— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) April 5, 2015

Andrew Harrison having his best game of the season so far. Attacking Wisconsin in early offense. Kentucky would be down a ton without him.

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) April 5, 2015

No offensive rebounds for Kentucky in the opening 12:19.

— Jim Polzin (@JimPolzinWSJ) April 5, 2015

WCS cannot guard Dekker. Wisconsin has already won that battle

— Jordan Majewski (@jorcubsdan) April 5, 2015

I was about to look that up. Thanks for doing it for me. RT @epells: Kentucky hasn't trailed by more than 11 this season. #FinalFour

— Nancy Armour (@nrarmour) April 5, 2015

If Kentucky can drive to the basket with ease, this is quickly going to become a question of whether Wisconsin can score 2 out of 3 trips.

— Patrick Stevens (@D1scourse) April 5, 2015

Large play there by Towns. Went right around Kaminsky (on a GREAT bounce pass from Andrew) and the foul.

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_SEC) April 5, 2015

Frank Kaminsky loves going to his left but he's ALWAYS coming back over that left shoulder.

— Rob Dauster (@RobDauster) April 5, 2015

Josh Gasser picks up second foul with 5:52 left in first half. Badgers can’t afford foul trouble anywhere.

— Brian Hamilton (@_Brian_Hamilton) April 5, 2015

Wisconsin has rebounded 45% of its misses.

— John Gasaway (@JohnGasaway) April 5, 2015

Andrew Harrison is having himself a game.

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) April 5, 2015

Towns just picked up his 2nd foul.

— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) April 5, 2015

If Kentucky and Indiana fans had a baby, it would boo calls before they even happened.

— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) April 5, 2015

Kentucky is starting to steady itself.

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_SEC) April 5, 2015

Badgers need Jackson to calm down a bit. Maybe a few tics on the bench will help him in that regard.

— Raphielle Johnson (@raphiellej) April 5, 2015

Andrew Harrison looking like the lottery pick some projected him to be coming out of high school.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) April 5, 2015

Tide is slowly turning

— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) April 5, 2015

Andrew Harrison going to drag Kentucky through this, whether it likes it or not.

— Brian Hamilton (@_Brian_Hamilton) April 5, 2015

Andrew Harrison leads all scorers with 11 points. UW up 30-27 with 3:43 left until halftime.

— Jim Polzin (@JimPolzinWSJ) April 5, 2015

Now a 6-0 run for Kentucky to cut the #badgers lead to 1 at the 3 minute mark

— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) April 5, 2015

#Badgers rebounding nearly 43% of their misses. Not a big 2nd chance points team, but having to defend them for long stretches can be lethal

— Raphielle Johnson (@raphiellej) April 5, 2015

That baseline out-of-bounds play was unreal to get Kaminsky that wide open dunk.

— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) April 5, 2015

Looks like Wisconsin is at 1.333 PPP against Kentucky, which is insane. Also tied with them, which is a problem.

— Kevin Trahan (@k_trahan) April 5, 2015

Nigel Hayes knows rebounds as well as he knows words.

— Nancy Armour (@nrarmour) April 5, 2015

John Calipari: “DAKAAAAAARIIIIII! GRAAAAAAAB IIIIIIIIIT!”

[every blood vessel pops]

— Brian Hamilton (@_Brian_Hamilton) April 5, 2015

Kentucky gets a rare runout and takes the lead with 27 seconds to go in the half

— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) April 5, 2015

Holy hell. Aaron steal, Andrew outlet, Lyles (travel) TOMAHAWK down the lane. My good gracious. It's 36-34 UK, 27 ticks to go, first half.

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_SEC) April 5, 2015

Well hello, Bronson Koenig. What a half.

— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) April 5, 2015

36-all at the half. Let's play another 20 minutes (or more), shall we?

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) April 5, 2015

HALF: #Badgers and UK tied.
Great first half of action in the #FinalFour. Frank Kaminsky leads UW w/9pts, 5reb, 2ast. pic.twitter.com/gjxtvwbPvA

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) April 5, 2015

Cal to Andrew Harrison: "Hey! Talk to them in there!"
Andrew: "We good. We good. We winning this." #BBN

— Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) April 5, 2015

Over the last 20 minutes vs. ND and first 20 tonight, UK is shooting 66% on 2s and 71% on 3s.

— John Gasaway (@JohnGasaway) April 5, 2015

@AaronRodgers12 I guess we have to beat the refs too since you've obviously paid them..

— Randall Cobb (@rcobb18) April 5, 2015

Ulis, Booker, Lyles, Towns and Cauley-Stein start the second half. Booker lays it in for a 38-36 lead.

— Kentucky Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) April 5, 2015

Ulis steal, Towns chin-up. It's 44-43 Cats. Dammit, this game is awesome.

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_SEC) April 5, 2015

My goodness. Frank.

— Myron Medcalf (@MedcalfByESPN) April 5, 2015

Kaminsky doing it all. STUFFS WCS

— Busting Brackets (@BustingBrackets) April 5, 2015

Kentucky does NOT want that. Dekker on Booker again. Scores over him and the foul. FT coming and it's 48-44 Badgers, 15:47 to go.

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_SEC) April 5, 2015

Coaches: Kentucky has switched themselves into mismatches all night. Hurting them defensively. Switching not always the answer.

— Fran Fraschilla (@franfraschilla) April 5, 2015

Devin Booker has allowed 10 points one-on-one in the post to this point.

— Synergy Sports Tech (@SynergySST) April 5, 2015

UW averaging 1.4 PPP right now.

— Jim Polzin (@JimPolzinWSJ) April 5, 2015

Wow. Koenig's 3-pointer gives UW a 52-44 lead with 14:41 left.

— Jim Polzin (@JimPolzinWSJ) April 5, 2015

Wisconsin is doing Wisconsin things. Still a loooong way to go.

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) April 5, 2015

Wisconsin now has six threes on the night and John Calipari is gonna run out of guys to bench defensively.

— Brian Hamilton (@_Brian_Hamilton) April 5, 2015

The Cats have to burn a timeout after Wisconsin buries another 3. The Badgers are on a 9-0 run and lead UK 52-44 with 14:41 to play.

— Kentucky Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) April 5, 2015

what makes the swing offense so great is that the shooters don't miss

— Jordan Majewski (@jorcubsdan) April 5, 2015

The most perfect offensive game ever? pic.twitter.com/sPhGyqkg7h

— Kevin Trahan (@k_trahan) April 5, 2015

All year every time UK gets down the Harrison's make big plays and shots see if they do right now

— Keeneland Dan (@fatbaldguyracin) April 5, 2015

Calipari doing lots of the mock clapping on the last two foul calls.

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) April 5, 2015

Love Ulis

— Jon Pence (@scacchoops) April 5, 2015

The ground that Willie Cauley-Stein makes up is insane.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) April 5, 2015

"Out of position" doesn't seem to exist with Willie Cauley-Stein.

— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) April 5, 2015

The Badgers could be pretty good if they can lick this turnover problem.

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) April 5, 2015

What a strong shot by Lyles to sink that and get the and 1. 11:24 to go. UK down 3.

— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) April 5, 2015

Don’t care who wins at this point, just let the last 11 minutes be as good as the first 29

— Ed Isaacson (@EdKMGSports) April 5, 2015

Multiple teams have competed with Kentucky for 30, 35, 39 (ND) minutes. But you have to beat Kentucky in the late rounds. That's difficult.

— Myron Medcalf (@MedcalfByESPN) April 5, 2015

Biggest reason Kentucky still in this game? Aside from being Kentucky, that is. 7 TOs by Wisconsin, Kentucky turns them into 11 points.

— Nancy Armour (@nrarmour) April 5, 2015

Trey Lyles blocked a shot with his butt

— Chris B. Brown (@smartfootball) April 5, 2015

All ball. pic.twitter.com/SW7HLB3k5K

— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) April 5, 2015

Jackson hits both FTs & #Badgers up 56-52 w/ 10:34 to go.

— talkingBadgers (@talkingBadgers) April 5, 2015

Wisconsin – an very good FT shooting team – in the bonus for the last 9:51

— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) April 5, 2015

#Badgers have to find a way to take a charge on the Harrison twins because their guards aren't big enough to stop ball without fouling.

— Evan Flood (@Evan_Flood) April 5, 2015

You can just tell on his face when Harrison is gonna drop the ball to his knees and barell in for a foul.

— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) April 5, 2015

Large stop. Cats lock down, force shot-clock violation. UK ball with a chance to tie or take the rare lead.

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_SEC) April 5, 2015

Koenig hits a triple but they wipe it off on a foul inside, which wasnt even a foul Game-changing call

— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) April 5, 2015

Bo absolutely pissed at John Higgins.

— Jim Polzin (@JimPolzinWSJ) April 5, 2015

Harrison was falling down, lol

— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) April 5, 2015

Huge, huge call in Kentucky's favor. At least a three point swing.

— Jeff (BPredict) (@BPredict) April 5, 2015

HOLLLLLLLLLY SHIT THAT WAS SO GODDAMN BAD #BANCHARGES #BANCHARGES #BANCHARGES #BANCHARGES #BANCHARGES

— Mark Titus (@clubtrillion) April 5, 2015

Not just bad because it didn't have anything to do with the play, but he wasn't set at all.

— Adam Rowe (@AdamRoweTDD) April 5, 2015

UK is shooting 56 percent overall, 100 percent from three and 100 percent from the line. Wow.

— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) April 5, 2015

Kentucky has one turnover in the last 21:34. Wow.

— Dana O'Neil (@DanaONeilWriter) April 5, 2015

Kaminsky misses the front end out of the timeout and the #badgers remain in serious trouble

— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) April 5, 2015

Back-to-back big offensive rebounds from Towns. He capitalizes on a hook shot and UK leads by four.

— Kentucky Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) April 5, 2015

Oh hey slap to the face by Trey Lyles there. Hey now.

— Jim Young (@RealJimYoung) April 5, 2015

Trey Lyles with the slap to the face of Josh Gasser.

— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) April 5, 2015

Gasser grabbed the part of his head where he wasn't even hit. Fantastic flop

— Jordan Majewski (@jorcubsdan) April 5, 2015

And no call.

— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) April 5, 2015

No call??? What????

— Ed Isaacson (@EdKMGSports) April 5, 2015

Nothing at all? Haha ok.

— Raphielle Johnson (@raphiellej) April 5, 2015

No call? That is really bad. I'm shocked frankly.

— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) April 5, 2015

Dekker w/ the tough lay in there…2-point UK lead now w/ 4:15 to play.

— talkingBadgers (@talkingBadgers) April 5, 2015

And now three straight shot clock violations on UK. Unbelievable.

— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) April 5, 2015

I don’t know why Kentucky keeps running the “shot clock violation” play

— Regular Adam Jacobi (@Adam_Jacobi) April 5, 2015

Kentucky up 60-58 with 3:16 left. Kaminsky hasn't scored since the 17:06 mark.

— Jim Polzin (@JimPolzinWSJ) April 5, 2015

As epic as last year's Kentucky-Wisconsin semifinal was, gotta say this one is even better. #instantclassic

— Mark Zeigler (@sdutzeigler) April 5, 2015

These refs are up past their bedtime

— Adam Rowe (@AdamRoweTDD) April 5, 2015

NON REVIEWABLE

— Ben Swain (@TheBenSwain) April 5, 2015

I guess that counts. Wisconsin ties the game. Cal wants a review, but I don't think that is reviewable.

— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) April 5, 2015

Sneaky suspicion that’ll be reviewed next season.

— Ken Pomeroy (@kenpomeroy) April 5, 2015

but wow, that was a bad bad bad call.

— El Flaco (@bomani_jones) April 5, 2015

Ok so these officials just suck totally then.

— Mike Rutherford (@CardChronicle) April 5, 2015

These arbiters strike me as being a bit overwhelmed by the moment.

— Raphielle Johnson (@raphiellej) April 5, 2015

We can spend five minutes reviewing a guy getting fake slapped, but not anything that actually matters. Makes sense

— Jordan Majewski (@jorcubsdan) April 5, 2015

DEKKER

— Ben Swain (@TheBenSwain) April 5, 2015

Sam Dekker, so studly.

— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) April 5, 2015

Dekker is something else

— Chris B. Brown (@smartfootball) April 5, 2015

Sam Dagger — again.

— Nancy Armour (@nrarmour) April 5, 2015

#THESEREFS

— Fake Gimel (@fakegimel) April 5, 2015

Didn't see a foul there. Anticipation.

— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) April 5, 2015

Hey, another awful call! This is fun!

— Russell Steinberg (@Russ_Steinberg) April 5, 2015

Oh goodness. So clutch. So Aaron Harrison!

— Kentucky Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) April 5, 2015

Of all the charge calls, that actually looked like one and wasn’t called

— Ed Isaacson (@EdKMGSports) April 5, 2015

No two for one

— Jordan Majewski (@jorcubsdan) April 5, 2015

Kaminsky spins and draws the foul with 24.5 left. Nearly had the bucket. #badgers need the FTs up just 1 (sounds familar)

— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) April 5, 2015

Good. Gracious. This. Game.

— Brian Hamilton (@_Brian_Hamilton) April 5, 2015

UK needs three to tie. 24.5 left.

— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) April 5, 2015

Frank Kaminsky buries 2 free throws, and Bo Ryan wants a timeout. #Badgers 66, Kentucky 63 with 24.5 seconds left. My, my. What a game.

— Jesse Temple (@jessetemple) April 5, 2015

RT for Refs. Fav for Refs.

— Tony Reali (@TonyReali) April 5, 2015

Kaminsky with just a terrible foul. But it's a 1-and-1

— Blackburn Review©®™ (@BlackburnReview) April 5, 2015

Second is no good. Wisconsin to the line for two free throws and a 66-64 lead. 12.2 seconds left.

— Kentucky Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) April 5, 2015

Koenig good on the first

— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) April 5, 2015

Bronson Koenig.
Ice in the man's veins!

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) April 5, 2015

omg

— /r/CollegeBasketball (@redditCBB) April 5, 2015

#badgers up 4, 10.0 left. Timeout Kentucky (almost there)

— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) April 5, 2015

We have been spoiled by Kentucky-Wisconsin national semifinals two years in a row. More please. Encore.

— Andy Katz (@TheAndyKatz) April 5, 2015

An Aarball from Aaron Harrison?? Never expected that.

— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) April 5, 2015

Why??? Drive the ball, extend the game.

— Raphielle Johnson (@raphiellej) April 5, 2015

38 and done

— Paul Myerberg (@PaulMyerberg) April 5, 2015

Wisconsin has done it. Really believed Bucky would win, knowing how much they wanted this rematch. Bravo, Badgers.

— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) April 5, 2015

DOWN GOES KENTUCKY!

Wisconsin ends Wildcats' perfect season, advances to title game with 71-64 win. #FinalFour pic.twitter.com/1HvupNjReL

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) April 5, 2015

One more chance to #MakeEmBelieve. pic.twitter.com/hPvCIiiS0V

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) April 5, 2015

FINAL: #Badgers 71-64 winners over KENTUCKY!! 1st appearance in national title game in 71 years for UW.

— talkingBadgers (@talkingBadgers) April 5, 2015