It's not surprising after a hard-fought, physical game with high stakes (for non-conference resume purposes) won by the road team in a highly charged atmosphere that included some back and forth between Wisconsin fans and Xavier players to see Badger fans expressing their hostility toward XU on Twitter.
It's rare for a professional golfer to enter the fray.
Steve Stricker is a University of Illinois alumnus, but he was born in Wisconsin and lives in Madison. His Tweet:
Xavier fans, of course, fired back, as you can read in the replies that included, from @brainesman, "@CoachChrisMack has more control over his team than you do over your shot at this point.