“This Is Laughable”: Wisconsin Badgers Max Klesmit Shows Support For John Blackwell After BIG10 Teams Announced

Mar 5, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Wisconsin Badgers guard John Blackwell (25) celebrates his basket against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the second half at Williams Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images

This will be the final year for Wisconsin Badgers guard Max Klesmit in college basketball. Klesmit has been one of the key players on this roster.

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Wisconsin guard Max Klesmit (11) finds an open teammate during the first half of their game against Washington Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Despite not being named to any of the BIG10 teams this season, he was still showing support for his teammates. John Tonje made it to the BIG10 all-first team and John Blackwell made it to the BIG10 all honorable mention team. It is not a surprise that Tonje made it to that team, but it was a surprise that Blackwell was not on the second or third team in the BIG10 Conference.

Wisconsin Badgers Guard Max Klesmit Baffled About John Blackwell’s Ranking In the BIG10 Conference

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Mar 5, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Wisconsin Badgers guard John Blackwell (25) works around Minnesota Golden Gophers guard Lu’Cye Patterson (25) during the second half at Williams Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images

When Klesmit found out about the BIG10 conference awards for college basketball on Tuesday, he was totally baffled about John Blackwell being on the All BIG10 Honorable Mention. Max Klesmit said on his Instagram page,

“This is laughable.”

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A season ago, John Blackwell was on the All-BIG10 freshman team. Klesmit had much more to say about Blackwell being snubbed. He said, 

“I mean, I just don’t know how many sophomore guards – I mean, I don’t want to say sophomore, but – younger guards have a point guard that left last year that was ball dominant for us and ran most of the show for us. And that was big shoes for JB to fill. And I think he did everything and then some.”

Blackwell is the first Badgers player to receive a postseason honor during their sophomore season since Chucky Hepburn during the 2022 season. Blackwell this past season for Wisconsin averaged 15.6 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 2.2 APG, and shot 45.6% from the field in 31 games played for Wisconsin. The Badgers during the regular season finished with a 13-7 record in conference play and had a 23-8 overall record also.

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