{"id":25899,"date":"2025-02-27T17:06:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899"},"modified":"2025-02-27T17:08:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:08:54","slug":"just-now-wisconsin-badgers-coach-greg-gard-breaks-silence-on-star-player-status-after-shocking-mid-game-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899","title":{"rendered":"JUST NOW: Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d79db4796efc26332eabfc3f5dafbc76\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inarticle\">\r\n    <div class=\"hb-ad-inner\"> \r\n    <div class=\"hbagency_cls\"  id=\"hbagency_space_111930\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension&#8230;&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>Wisconsin Badgers Coach Greg Gard Provides Promising Update on Max Klesmit After Mid-Game Exit in 26-Point Win vs. Washington<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Badgers head coach Greg Gard reassured fans with a positive update on Max Klesmit after the senior guard was forced to exit mid-game during the team\u2019s dominant 26-point victory over Washington. Klesmit, a key contributor on both ends of the floor, left in the second half, sparking concerns about his availability moving forward.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_25451194_168400517_lowres-1-768x573.jpg-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_25451194_168400517_lowres-1-768x573.jpg-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_25451194_168400517_lowres-1-768x573.jpg.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following the game, Gard addressed the situation, stating that Klesmit\u2019s removal was precautionary and not due to a serious injury. \u201cMax is doing fine,\u201d Gard said. \u201cWe just wanted to be cautious and not take any risks.\u201d His comments eased worries among Badgers fans, who have seen Klesmit play a vital role in Wisconsin\u2019s success this season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Klesmit\u2019s early exit, the Badgers cruised to victory behind a stellar team performance, showcasing their depth and defensive intensity. With March Madness looming, having Klesmit healthy will be crucial for Wisconsin\u2019s tournament push.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the Badgers prepare for their next matchup, all signs point to Klesmit being ready to return soon. Fans can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that one of their key players is on track to rejoin the action without major co<\/p>\n<p>ncerns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension&#8230;&#8230; Wisconsin Badgers Coach Greg Gard Provides Promising Update on Max Klesmit After Mid-Game Exit in 26-Point Win vs. Washington &nbsp; Wisconsin Badgers head coach Greg Gard reassured fans with a positive update on Max Klesmit after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":25902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension......\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension......\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"letsportsrock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-27T17:06:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-27T17:08:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images-2-8.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"686\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"386\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shughun Ivory\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shughun Ivory\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shughun Ivory\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/674619adef31b09138e9ccd4e2852ee0\"},\"headline\":\"JUST NOW: Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension&#8230;.\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-27T17:06:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-27T17:08:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/images-2-8.jpeg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899\",\"name\":\"JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/images-2-8.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-27T17:06:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-27T17:08:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/674619adef31b09138e9ccd4e2852ee0\"},\"description\":\"JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension......\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/images-2-8.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/images-2-8.jpeg\",\"width\":686,\"height\":386},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=25899#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"JUST NOW: Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension&#8230;.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"letsportsrock\",\"description\":\"Sport News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/674619adef31b09138e9ccd4e2852ee0\",\"name\":\"Shughun Ivory\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0461d8b87ac229159ac526ebabd85108a5009b97923e896e2a506577805f8fc1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0461d8b87ac229159ac526ebabd85108a5009b97923e896e2a506577805f8fc1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0461d8b87ac229159ac526ebabd85108a5009b97923e896e2a506577805f8fc1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Shughun Ivory\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/Letsportsrock.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?author=11\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence","description":"JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension......","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence","og_description":"JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension......","og_url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899","og_site_name":"letsportsrock","article_published_time":"2025-02-27T17:06:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-27T17:08:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":686,"height":386,"url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images-2-8.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Shughun Ivory","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shughun Ivory","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899"},"author":{"name":"Shughun Ivory","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/674619adef31b09138e9ccd4e2852ee0"},"headline":"JUST NOW: Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension&#8230;.","datePublished":"2025-02-27T17:06:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-27T17:08:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899"},"wordCount":253,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images-2-8.jpeg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899","name":"JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images-2-8.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-02-27T17:06:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-27T17:08:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/674619adef31b09138e9ccd4e2852ee0"},"description":"JUST NOW : Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension......","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images-2-8.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images-2-8.jpeg","width":686,"height":386},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=25899#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"JUST NOW: Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard breaks silence on Star player status after shocking mid game suspension&#8230;."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/","name":"letsportsrock","description":"Sport News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/674619adef31b09138e9ccd4e2852ee0","name":"Shughun Ivory","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0461d8b87ac229159ac526ebabd85108a5009b97923e896e2a506577805f8fc1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0461d8b87ac229159ac526ebabd85108a5009b97923e896e2a506577805f8fc1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0461d8b87ac229159ac526ebabd85108a5009b97923e896e2a506577805f8fc1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Shughun Ivory"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/Letsportsrock.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?author=11"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images-2-8.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25901,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25899\/revisions\/25901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}