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Thanks for joining me for this one, I've been Liam McMahon. Goodbye for now.

Wisconsin moves on to the Round of 32 on Sunday, and they will play Oregon in a rematch of a superb game in the Round of 32 last season.

And there's the final buzzer. The Wisconsin Badgers have beaten the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 86-72, and the game was not as close as the score would have you believe.

2nd Half 0:19 Coastal force two turnovers and get a couple of baskets, but it's only 86-72.

2nd Half 1:00 Gillis is fouled while shooting, and he hits both free throws.

2nd Half 1:30 Wilson hits a three, and he cuts it to 86-66

2nd Half 1:47 Showalter with a strong drive and finish.

2nd Half 2:00 Gillis hits another tough basket and Coastal calls timeout. 84-63 now.

2nd Half 2:14 Hayes with a fantastic pass to Dukan slicing through the lane.

2nd Half 2:41 Gillis with another tough basket

2nd Half 2:57 Dekker with a terrific drive finished by a layup

2nd Half 3:25 Wilson hits a deep three

2nd Half 3:42 Kaminsky hits his free throw. 80-56 now.

2nd Half 3:42 Kaminsky slices through the lane and hits another layup while being fouled. Media timeout now. I'd imagine all of the Badgers starters will sit after that free throw.

2nd Half 4:09 Hayes with a great feed to Dukan who goes up and flushes the ball home. 77-56 now, timeout Coastal. That's surely job done now.

2nd Half 4:40 Diange goes up for a strong basket. At the other end, Kaminsky dunks while being fouled. Oh, and he hits the free throw.

2nd Half 5:17 Kaminsky gets an offensive rebound and goes right back up and in.

2nd Half 5:43 Diagne hits two free throws, 70-54.

2nd Half 6:09 Dekker takes another three... and it's pure. He's been great toight. 70-52.

2nd Half 7:10 There's a Chanticleers bucket to stop the run

2nd Half 7:21 Gasser is called for a hold under the hoop. I have no idea how that was a foul on him.

2nd Half 7:55 Kaminsky goes 1-2

2nd Half 7:55 Kaminsky is hacked on his way up for a layup and here comes another media timeout. 66-50 Badgers lead.

2nd Half 8:12 Diange goes 2-2 from the line

2nd Half 8:23 Dekker and Kaminsky both miss interior layups after a great pasing move. Wisconsin leads 66-48 now.

2nd Half 9:15 Gillis with another strong drive and he hits a layup.

2nd Half 9:36 Koenig steps up and swishes a three. It's now 66-46.

2nd Half 10:33 Dekker goes up to grab a rebound and puts it back in all in one motion. 63-46.

2nd Half 11:05 Wilson goes 2-2

2nd Half 11:05 Wilson is fouled and he'll shoot two after the media timeout. Wisconsin leads 61-44.

2nd Half 11:46 Gillis hits another tough shot in the lane, and it's 61-44 now.

2nd Half 12:03 Kaminsky with a lovely turnaround and he's fouled while laying the ball in. He hits the free throw, and Wisconsin now leads 61-42.

2nd Half 12:44 Koenig goes coast-to-coast with a great dribbling move. 58-42 Badgers lead.

2nd Half 13:00 Hayes dribbles it off his foot. That's a turnover right after a foul. Bo is NOT amused.

2nd Half 13:33 Both teams again trade missed baskets, and Gillis is fouled.

2nd Half 14:11 At the other end, Gasser commits a dumb foul. You really never see any Badger do that. 

2nd Half 14:32 Gasser ends a gorgeous passing move with a reverse lay-in.

2nd Half 15:35 Gillis with another tough jumper. He's got 12 now. 54-42 now.

2nd Half 15:48 A period of sloppy play filled with missed shots and a couple turnovers ends with the ball going out of play. Media timeout coming here, Badgers in command as they lead 54-40.

2nd Half 16:35 Gillis hits a contested runner in the lane. 54-40.

2nd Half 17:04 Hayes with a beautiful drive along the baseline before making a reverse layup. 54-38.

2nd Half 17:31 Wiggins hits a fadeaway jumper. Fullcourt press on here. 52-38.

2nd Half 17:59 Gasser then hits a jumper to push the lead to 52-36.

2nd Half 18:23 Gasser with a terrific save after a pair of missed baskets.

2nd Half 19:03 Kaminsky sets a screen and rolls off before hitting a three. Badgers lead 50-36.

2nd Half 19:22 Wisconsin with a rare turnover and Gillis gets a transition layup.

2nd Half 19:45 Gillis gets us back underway with a layup. 47-34.

That was a good first half from both teams. Coastal shot the ball really well throughout that first period, but Wisconsin is simply the better team. We'll be back in 15 minutes to bring you the second half.

1st Half 0:00 Kaminsky steps out and hits a three at the buzzer to give Wisconsin a 47-32 lead heading into the half.

1st Half 0:34 Gillis hits a layup before Bo Ryan takes a timeout. 44-32 Badgers lead.

1st Half 0:49 Dukan hits 1-2. 

1st Half 0:49 Wilson can't hit and Dukan brings it away for Wisconsin. He is fouled.

1st Half 1:18 Ellis calls timeout for Coastal Carolina.

1st Half 1:23 Gasser is fouled and he hits 2-2 from the line. Wisconsin leads 43-30.

1st Half 1:30 Freeman hits a hook shot. 41-30 Badgers.

1st Half 1:48 Hayes finishes a Badgers possession that seemed to have four offensive rebounds. Incredible.

1st Half 2:31 Dekker is called for a foul and Freeman goes to the line. He hits 1-2. 39-28 now.

1st Half 3:21 Hayes goes 1-2 from the line.

1st Half 3:21 Diagne called for a foul and here comes another media timeout. 38-27 Wisconsin lead.

1st Half 3:36 Hayes with two offensive rebounds before Koenig hits a triple. 38-27 Badgers lead.

1st Half 4:18 Hayes hits a three to push the lead to 35-24 before Wilson responds. 35-27 now.

1st Half 4:54 Cameron whistled for a foul underneath after Coastal had turned the ball over. 

1st Half 5:30 Hayes with a beautiful hook shot to make it 32-24.

Coastal Carolina is off to a 4-5 start from beyond the arc. They can't keep it up, can they?

1st Half 5:52 Dekker with a tough layup before a foul is called and we get a timeout. 30-264 Badgers lead right now.

1st Half 6:35 Kaminsky with a layup before another Chanticleer three.

1st Half 7:15 Dekker misses a three and Cameron hits one at the other end. 26-22.

1st Half 7:39 Freeman gets another look down low and hits another bunny. 26-19.

1st Half 8:14 Dekker hits another three pointer. He's got 11 already. Badgers lead 26-17.

1st Half 8:46 Freeman works on Kaminsky down low and hits a turnaround jumper. 23-17.

1st Half 9:18 Dekker responds with a beautiful three of his own. 23-15.

1st Half 9:48 Wilson hits a three for Coastal and it's 20-15.

1st Half 9:58 Both teams trade missed baskets before a foul is called on Showalter and we head to another media timeout. 20-12 Badgers.

1st Half 10:53 Gasser hits a three and suddenly it's 20-12. Wisconsin turning it on now.

1st Half 11:26 Hayes with a lovely drop step to pick up another easy layup. 17-12.

1st Half 11:50 Gillis hits a runner in the lane to cut it to 15-12.

1st Half 12:06 Hayes with a strong drive to the basket and he hits a layup while being fouled. Hayes puts in the free throw to complete the old fashioned three point play. 15-10 Wisconsin.

1st Half 12:31 Wilson spins in the lane and goes up for a layup while being fouled. He completes the layup and misses the free throw. 12-10.

1st Half 12:59 Kaminsky hits a straight on three to bump up the lead to 12-8.

1st Half 13:25 Koenig pulls up for a three which comes out off the back iron.

1st Half 14:00 Diagne misses a shot and a foul is called on him underneath the hoop.

1st Half 14:26 Kaminsky with a quick layup. Badgers lead 9-8.

1st Half 14:54 Cameron with a three pointer from 25 feet!

Badgers start out shooting 3-9. They look willing to throw up plenty of jump shots.

1st Half 15:05 Kaminsky tips the ball away from Curtis and it goes out of bounds for the first media timeout. 7-5 Badgers.

1st Half 15:25 Both teams trade missed jumpers. Wisconsin looks willing to throw up threes.

1st Half 16:06 Dekker hits a three at the other end after Hayes had pulled down two offensive boards. 7-5 Badgers.

1st Half 16:40 Cameron puts up a contested three and it falls! He's got five quick points. 5-4.

1st Half 17:22 Dekker goes right at the bucket and lays the ball up and in. 4-2.

1st Half 17:40 Kaminsky misses another jumper before Cameron comes down and knocks down a jumper of his own. 2-2 now.

1st Half 18:32 Kaminsky misses a three before Curtis fouls Kaminsky after a missed Chanticleers jumper in transition.

1st Half 19:12 Diagne with a turnover

1st Half 19:33 Wisconsin wins the tip and works the ball around before Dekker takes a three. It rims out, but Kaminsky grabs the board and lays it in. 2-0.

Startling lineups: Coastal Carolina: Tristan Curtis, Badou Diagne, Warren Gillis, Josh Cameron Wisconsin Badgers: Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker, Nigel Hayes, Josh Gasser, Bronson Koenig

It's almost time for tip off here. So, sit back, read on and enjoy this wonderful sporting event. Tip is coming momentarily.

Meanwhile, Wisconsin have long been the prototypical "very good but not great" team in college basketball. They seem to have been a fixture in the Sweet Sixteen over the last 15 years, but last year finally made the jump up to "great" and went all the way to the Final Four. That seems to have only wetted their appetites, and many are tipping the Badgers as potential national champions.

With tip off approaching, I'll just take a moment to remind you all of the history of these two teams in this tournament. Coastal Carolina will be making their fourth NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament appearance, and they are 0-3 overall. Last season, they were a 16 seed and went out at the hands of the Virginia Cavaliers.

Finally found out that our new official tip off time is at 9:28 PM EST, so we are now 15 minutes from tip.

Not entirely sure what our new official start time is, but it'll be in the next ten to 15 minutes. Let me know what you're expecting from this game either in the comments section below or on Twitter. My handle is above.

We still have a few moments left until this game tips off, so let's answer one of the most asked questions in the lead-up to this game: what is a Chanticleer? I took to Google to answer that question, and if you do a Google Images search of the word "Chanticleer", you first see an all-male choir before seeing birds. So, here it is, a Chanticleer.

Oregon has won 79-73, and that means that in exactly 30 minutes the Badgers and Chanticleers will tip off. The winner of our game will take on Oregon on Sunday.

Carolina is coached by Cliff Ellis, a man with major conference and NCAA Tournament experience. Ellis has taken South Alabama, Clemson and Auburn to the Big Dance, and he has gone as far as the Sweet Sixteen three times. Additionally, he took the Chanticleers to the second round of the tournament last season.

Now that we've comprehensively gone through the Wisconsin team, let's give you a mini preview of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Quick facts: the Chanticleers are Big South Conference Tournament champions, play at the HTC Center, and their mascot is named "Chauncey the Chanticleer".

It sounds like our game should start close to the schedule start time, unless Oregon and Oklahoma State go to overtime. The Ducks lead 70-69 at the moment with only 3:52 left on the clock. 

"I don't plan on playing this weekend," Jackson said Thursday. "Because I wanted to be able to make sure I (went) through a full practice or workout. That is my goal, to play next weekend. To go out and contribute. I'm not going to go out there and hobble and be a detriment. But the good thing is I've literally made significant strides each day. It is getting stronger. When I first started out earlier this week, it was weak. I don't have any doubts or worries about that. If it feels like that I would stop.... It's just getting the strength back."

As we continue making our way through the Wisconsin lineup, we must turn our attention to one player who will not be on the floor at all tonight. Badgers guard Traevon Jackson has been out for Wisconsin's last 17 games with a broken foot and has just been cleared to return to game action. However, Bo Ryan is being extremely careful with how he handles the senior and Jackson will not play at all this weekend. Should Wisconsin, as is expected, make it to the Sweet Sixteen we could then see the senior.

Once again, hello and welcome in to VAVEL USA's LIVE coverage of the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. We will be bringing you this game from Omaha in just over an hour once the Wisconsin Badgers and Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are ready to get underway. Keep checking back with us for the latest coverage.

One Wisconsin player we have yet to mention is Josh Gasser. The fifth year senior is the man who makes the Badgers tick. He does whatever his team needs in order for them to win, and I had the distinct pleasure of seeing him play in person this season when I covered the Marquette-Wisconsin game back in December. Gasser was Wisconsin's second leading scorer that day, and his 12 points all came at crucial times during that game, and afterwards Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski described simply as a "winner." That's what Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan had to say on Wednesday as well when he said, "I can't get tired of saying that he's never taken a possession off, in practice or a game. He always sets the tone. I keep trying to get that to rub off on everybody that's been in our program since he's arrived."

Hayes' unique skill set was on display in Wisconsin's 80-69 overtime victory over Michigan State in the Big Ten Conference Tournament Championship Game. He scored 25 points while shooting 3-4 from behind the arc and went 12-12 from the line, including a number of clutch free throws late in regulation and in overtime. 

The Kaminsky-Dekker 1-2 scoring punch is already one of the most impressive in the nation, but it only gets more impressive as you keep looking down their lineup. Immediately after Dekker in the scoring ranks comes Nigel Hayes, another big man. Hayes has really improved his jump shot this season, and is a matchup nightmare for any team. He averages 12.4 points per game, 6.4 assists per game and 2 assists per game. His inside-outside game complements Kaminsky's perfectly, and those two dovetail wonderfully with each other. Hayes spends the majority of his time down on the low block, hence the high rebounding average, but he also loves to step out onto the perimeter and knock down three-pointers. 

Dekker was Wisconsin's second leading scorer all year with 13 points per game, and has also been a stud on the boards with his rebounding average of 5.5 per game. Dekker does not quite look ready to head on to the NBA, but he is a terrific player for Wisconsin. When Kaminsky struggles offensively, Dekker quickly becomes the "go-to" guy for the Badgers, and he is critical to their success.

What might be even crazier than how great Kaminsky has been all season is that he is not Wisconsin's only offensive threat. In fact, he is far from it. Kaminsky is widely expected to be a high draft in the NBA this summer, but he isn't the only potential NBA Lottery Pick playing for the Badgers. While this is a fairly normal occurrence for teams like Kentucky, Kansas or North Carolina, it's extremely unusual for the Badgers. Yet, Sam Dekker is one of the most naturally talented players ever to wear the Wisconsin red. He has struggled a bit this season with injuries, but still possesses the ability to light up arena (and social media) with a highlight reel dunk. 

Not only do the Badgers have one of the best records of any team in the tournament but they have one of the finest players in the nation. Frank Kaminsky is one of four finalists for the Wooden Award, which is awarded to the top player in the nation. Kaminsky began his career at Wisconsin riding the bench and barely played as a freshman. However, this season he leads Wisconsin in four major statistical categories. He is their leading scorer at 18.2 points per game, leading rebounder at 8.0 rebounds per game, leading assister with 2.7 per game and leading shot blocker with 1.6 per game. Oh, and he's tied for the lead in steals per game with Nigel Hayes. Both average 0.9 per game.

No #16 seed has ever beaten a #1 seed, but this is March Madness after all and upsets are what make this tournament such an incredible sporting event. However, it seems unlikely that will see one in this game. Wisconsin has been one of the best teams in the country all season long, and went 31-3 (16-2 Big Ten) while winning the Big Ten Regular Season Title and the Big Ten Conference Tournament title. Their ranking has not dropped out of the top 10 all season, and they checked in at #3 in the final poll of the season.

Hello and welcome to VAVEL USA's LIVE coverage of the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 2nd Round match-up between the #1 seed in the West Region, the Wisconsin Badgers, and the #16 seed in the West Region, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Tip off is scheduled for 9:20 PM EST, so sit back, relax and let us walk through the build-up to this game.

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Liam McMahon
American sports journalist based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin who has been affiliated with VAVEL for more than a year. Co-editor of the soccer section at VAVEL USA and international football writer at VAVEL UK.