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Wisconsin basketball coach Greg Gard delivers epic locker room celebration after Badgers upset Purdue in Big Ten tournament

Wisconsin basketball delivered an epic victory against the Purdue Boilermakers in the Big Ten tournament semifinals on Saturday.

Greg Gard's locker room speech and celebration was just as epic.

"That may be one of the best I've ever seen," the Badgers head coach said about the team's 76-75 overtime win over the top-seeded Boilermakers.

No line, however, was delivered more perfectly from Gard than this one: "Raise your hand if you fouled out?" Gard asked his players, rather rhetorically.

The three players who fouled out raised their hands.

The fouls, of course, raised several questions on the broadcast and on social media with many feeling the Badgers were getting hosed.

Gard likely knew this.

Then Gard, maybe even invoking Deion Sanders, the exuberant head football coach at Colorado, shouted to a staffer "can I have my theme music?"

"Jump Around" then buzzed in the background as his players did the rest.

The vibes were buzzing.

What time is Selection Sunday?

Will the Badgers have more reason to jump around later today?

Wisconsin plays Illinois in the Big Ten tournament championship game at 2:30 p.m. and then later will find out its seed for the 2024 NCAA Tournament during the Selection Sunday show.

Wisconsin vs Illinios channel

The Badgers-Illini basketball game is broadcast on CBS.

SELECTION SUNDAY: Where does the Wisconsin men's basketball team stand heading into the 2024 NCAA Tournament?

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin basketball coach Greg Gard has epic locker room celebration