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‘I knew we were about to be B1G champs’: Wisconsin’s Chucky Hepburn was confident on game-winning shot
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You have to be confident if you’re going to take the game-winning shot in a college basketball game. Wisconsin’s Chucky Hepburn wasn’t lacking any of it when he fired off a 3-pointer with time winding down in a tie game on Tuesday night against Purdue.
The bank was open, Wisconsin took a 3-point lead, stole the inbounds pass and secured a B1G regular season title. It was one of the wilder finishes to claim a league crown in recent memory.
Hepburn’s clutch triple pushed the Badgers to 15-4 in the B1G. With a win over Nebraska — or an Illinois loss — they’ll be outright conference champions.
After Tuesday’s impressive win, Hepburn said he knew his final shot was going in the hoop. It’s exactly the kind of confidence you want in a guy in those pivotal moments.
“I knew we were about to be B1G champs after I released it,” Hepburn said, per Jeff Portykus of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
#Badgers Hepburn: "I knew we were about to be Big Ten champs after I released it."
— Jeff Potrykus (@jaypo1961) March 2, 2022
Hepburn ended the game with 17 points, connecting on 4-of-6 shots from behind the 3-point line. The shot also extended the Badgers’ win streak to 5 games, currently the longest in the B1G.
Wisconsin will now try to close out the season as an outright conference champion with a win over Nebraska.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB