The Wisconsin Badgers took on the Maryland Terrapins in college basketball on Tuesday night, but the action between the two teams was paused briefly after a hilarious moment involving the Milwaukee Bucks‘ mascot named “Bango”.
The game took place at the Kohl Center in Madison, WI, and Bango took part in a special halftime show where he was asked to do a dunk off a trampoline.
Bango rocked the rim. 😄 #Badgers #Bucks pic.twitter.com/pwSThelm4L
— Laura in the 608 🌈⚾️🐈⬛ (@hemming_hawing) December 7, 2022
It went exactly to plan, except for the fact that the dunk was so powerful that it significantly bent the rim.
Slight delay to the start of Maryland-Wisconsin second half.
Why?@BucksBango broke the rim during halftime. 😂 pic.twitter.com/tagnS55ynt
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) December 7, 2022
Perhaps an even better moment occurred after the dunk, where Bucko acted out the classic “Jordan shrug” after the incident.
Bucks mascot broke the rim at Wisconsin/Maryland halftime and hit everyone with the Jordan shrug. Can’t hate it. pic.twitter.com/89WbSu0LYi
— Bobby Reagan (@BarstoolReags) December 7, 2022
This is certainly one of the best mascot moments in recent college basketball memory, and many laughed about the situation on social media.
The Bucks mascot crushed the rim during halftime of Wisconsin/Maryland game…
Thanks for pic @dino259 pic.twitter.com/vbH4j1aWaT
— Tim Murray (@1TimMurray) December 7, 2022
Rim trouble ongoing with less than three minutes (supposedly) left in halftime pic.twitter.com/V04YMCNGDl
— Emily Giambalvo (@EmilyGiam) December 7, 2022
We can safely assume the Bucks mascot messing up the rim at the Terps-Badgers game is in cahoots with the AAU football child who injured Poe. A big Maryland mascot conspiracy.
— Tyler Weyant (@tweyant) December 7, 2022
lol the Bucks mascot broke the rim in Madison during the halftime show delaying the start of the second half
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— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) December 7, 2022
Wtf the bucks mascot broke the rim😂
— Barstool Maryland (@barstoolUMD) December 7, 2022
The incident caused halftime to be delayed, but it certainly seems like the entertainment from the dunk was worth it for most fans.
Luckily they were able to replace the rim in a timely manner and finish out the game, with Wisconsin coming away with a 64-59 victory.
The whole situation was certainly wild considering college players dunk all the time in games, but this dunk from a mascot happened to break the rim.
While some college basketball fans may have seen this incident as an inconvenience for the delay in the action, most see this as a hilarious moment that is extremely uncommon coming from a mascot.
